Guide to Being a Student

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Guide to Being a Student

• How to Get the Most Out of the
• College Experience
• Developed and Designed by Birma Gainor

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Introduction

• College is friendly.
• College is also COMPETITIVE.
• To get the most out of your experience, please
  read these suggested tips and steps. They will
  assist you in maximizing your college experience
  and taking skills from college to the job and
  other areas of your life.

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Advice Overview

• Student Life Basics
• Self Discipline
• Time Management

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Student Basics

• Prioritize your life. Doing well in school should
  be your top priority.
• Study there is no substitute for studying. Not
  cheat sheets, not hint sheets, not tutoring. Just
  study.
• Always attend class. You cannot learn material
  that you do not see or hear.

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Student Basics cont

• Do all of the homework and assigned reading.
  Practice makes perfect. PRACTICE.
• Develop self-discipline. No one looks over your
  shoulder to tell you what to do in college.
  Police yourself.
• Manage your time. Only you can decide what gets
  done and when.

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Self Discipline

• Reason what you need to do.
• Form habits based on the reasons you need to do
  things.
• Your habits and reasoning should match. Self
  examine your behavior to make sure you are doing
  the things you have reason to do.

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Self Discipline cont

• Mantra
• You reason to do something, and thus you do it.

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Self Discipline cont

• The more time spent working on self discipline,
  the less difficult it will become.
• Practice makes perfect. So practice, practice,
  practice.

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Time Management

• Good time management involves these steps
• Not taking on more than you can handle.
• Giving yourself enough time to get tasks done.
  Dont cheat yourself plan wisely and pad your
  time on important projects.
• Completing work instead of procrastinating.

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Time Management

• Suggestions that may help you achieve time
  management
• Do things in a timely fashion. Putting something
  off for later, when you have time now, only
  wastes time now AND later.
• If youre not ahead of schedule, youre behind
  schedule. If you are just on schedule, and you
  have an emergency (or mishap, or misjudgment),
  you will fall behind schedule and your problems
  will multiply.

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Questions?

• Please talk to one of the staff members if you
  have more concerns or if you would like
  assistance.
• For more information, please see these other
  workshops
• Personal Management
• Course Management
• Study Skills Basic Study Skills, SQ3R, Quick
  Tips
• Testing Test Taking Skills (Regular, Essary,
  Math), Test Anxiety