In response to your question, I like to share with you a slew of proven efficient and effective strategies for becoming a college success, and yet still have time for fun.
To me, navigating the college journey with success is just a matter of strategy and discipline!
Here we go:
1) First and foremost, have FUN and ENJOY your academic journey to the full tilt;
2) Think about your career aspirations in the longer term, and also look at your interests and hobbies, and explore how they can mesh together to help you reach your fondest dreams;
3) Set long-range goals and objectives – broken down into short-term, medium-term, and long-term perspectives and covering the most important areas of your life, with naturally academic pursuit as your top priority, followed by career aspirations, physical health, financial wealth, mental development, family relationships, social networking, recreational ventures (including hobbies, interests, sports, vacations, etc.), and spiritual development (including contributions to society, volunteering, etc.).
This is to ensure that you have the motivating image of your ultimate success achievement right in front of you, to serve as your personal driving force, so to speak;
4) Learn and embrace proven effective study techniques, like SQ5R, 6W1H questioning toolkit, Cornell Method, Index Card Strategy, graphical methods of note-taking and note-making like idea-maps, cluster diagrams, graphic organisers that you can readily use to navigate your more intensive school subjects with ease and ace;
5) Make a quick study the nature and structure of each of your academic subjects so as to determine their significance, i.e. understanding why you are studying them, and why they are important, in tandem with the auspices of your career aspirations.
Once you have this forward-looking mental grasp, your studying becomes a total breeze for you;
6) Understand that studying at college or university level is a different ball game. It's a deliberate and disciplined process, and it involves ten inter-connected, inter-dependent and interactive stages:
- (i) setting goals and attaining goals;
- (ii) managing priorities and executing tasks;
- (iii) reading actively and selectively;
- (iv) gathering information and generating insights;
- (v) taking notes and making notes;
- (vi) organsing information for fast recall;
- (vii) revising and rehearsing lessons;
- (viii) preparing for test/exam;
- (ix) writing logically and creatively;
- (x) managing stress and increasing energy;
7) Because your memory retention and recall is a critical aspect of your ability to negotiate your academic journey through college or university, make sure you pay attention in class [this explains why goal setting is important, because life goals and priorities direct your attention, like precise commands present into the flight plan of a Tomahawk cruise missile homing onto a predefined long-distance target!].
In reality, this is the most critical, as it is the first stage of your information intake, which science calls, " schema acquisition". Preferably, during the night before class, you should run through the new lesson on your own to get a gestalt feel or bird's eye view.
This is because, when you are learning something new, your prior knowledge will always come into play to make connections and create linkages. More schema, more understanding!
8) Also, make sure that you thoroughly understand the content of all your class lectures; if not, you have to ask for clarification or elucidation from your lecturers or professors.
To me, the acid test for understanding something new is your ability to explain the new concept to someone else, like your kid brother or even your grandma. No puns intended;
8a) A tip for you: at the end of a class lecture, always do a quick recap, review and reinforce, preferably with mnemonics (I call ...
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Being a student at college ,I can surely give you few tips:
1.First and foremost,if you want to succeed at academics,attend your lectures regularly and keep pace with what is being taught in class,try to interact in the class,raise some questions ,try to answer some even if you think answers may be wrong.That will help in building up your confidence.
2.Secondly along with studies try to participate in some extra curricular activities which interest you.That will help making you all rounder.
3.Try to interact with people around and make some connections,by people i mean your seniors as well your classmates,that will help you to learn from others experience.
4.Participate in at least one sport to keep yourself healthy.
5.Seek for some internship ,that will help you to gain some real time experience and work on some awesome projects that will help you stand out of the crowd.
6.Lastly,have fun,go have some outings and trips with your friends,you will learn lot of things besides we live college life only once.
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