College is only hard if you make it hard, and if you’re worried about doing bad, or not passing any of your classes, you don’t have to worry about a thing if you follow these 4 steps.
Study:
The biggest problem former high school students have when they reach college is learning how to study properly. As many high school students never learn how to effectively manage their study material or never find a need for it, they are completely unprepared for the college life of tests, finals, and reports. The best advice you can give a new college student is to spend time alone or with others on the campus finding the ways in which they learn best, whether it is with an MP3 player in the quad, or in the cafeteria with chattering providing the ambiance. The key here is simply to find a way to help you retain the information you need to succeed in your classes.
Be On Time:
Never show up late to your classes or you risk not only embarrassing yourself in front of your peers and professor, but also missing out on very important information about tests, assignments, etc. The early bird is always the one who catches the worm, and, in college, the bookworm who is prompt and on time will beat all of the other birds in the race for excellence.
Do Your Assignments:
Students who fail to complete their assignments or cheat by copying others are only cheating themselves out of a valuable education. The assignments are designed to help the students understand the material and prepare them for the upcoming tests. By not doing the assignments yourself, you put yourself at a disadvantage and risk ruining your chances on the next test.
Work Hard:
College is about expanding your horizons and pushing yourself to be better. Anyone who believes they can breeze through college without effort will not survive the process. It is a full time job and needs to be treated like one. You wouldn’t expect a raise at a job if you never did anything productive, would you? The same applies to college.”
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February 4th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I agree that doing assignments is important to succeeding in college and getting a good education. But I don’t agree that you have to do them all by yourself. Some people are social learners and really need the interaction with other students to be able to comprehend the topics and material- I would suggest in addition to trying to do the assignments yourself, that students also try and form study groups and seek out help through tutors and any on-campus program designed to give them additional learning resources. There are also alot of online resources also and finding a supportive website community for the course they’re taking can be important also. There are several that are great out there – CourseHero, Cramster, Koofers and another one SolutionsSurfer.com that just came about. Each of these sites have attributes that tailor to social learners, but in general finding a an online group to learn from can only enhance the student’s knowledge.