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Laviania Thandayithabani Qualified tips provider. Going to college can be exciting, as well as stressful. During this time it's important to learn a few things before going and getting a higher education. Included in this article are a few things that you can do to make your time at college a lot easier to deal with. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Laviania Thandayithabani A Few Ideas worth Knowing For College


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Laviania Thandayithabani Get the Best College
Education with These Tips
  • Laviania Thandayithabani Skilled tips provider.
    Facing college can be overwhelming where to
    live, work and how to get through all those exams
    and lectures may seem impossible, but you've got
    some good advice in the following article. Learn
    from those who have gone before you and avoid
    costly mistakes. Most importantly, stick with it
    until graduation!
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  • Organization of your time, your schedule and your
    responsibilities is essential to making your time
    in college count. You should know exactly where
    you have to be, when you are supposed to be there
    and how you will get there. If you are not
    organized, you will soon be confused and late
    with assignments.
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  • Going to college is a real commitment. If you are
    thinking about getting an education, you need to
    make sure you will have enough time to attend
    classes and do your homework. You might have to
    make some changes to your schedule, talk to your
    family and to your employer before you enroll for
    school.
  •  
  • Laviania Thandayithabani Skilled tips provider.
    Make sure that you do not let a balance lag on a
    credit card. Late fees and interest can quickly
    add up and double what you originally owed. Try
    using your credit card only if you have to. While
    you may be tempted to use it for pleasure,
    understand that you are in college to learn, not
    play. You could find yourself quite distracted by
    financial difficulties.
  •  
  • It is important to choose your classes wisely.
    Try to avoid taking a lot of classes that you are
    going to have to devote a lot of time and
    attention to all at once. Instead, alternate
    these harder courses with easier ones to make
    your semester and college experience a much
    easier one.
  •  
  • During college, there are going to be classes
    that you realize are too difficult from the onset
    as you should drop these immediately.

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These classes can put a lot of stress on you, as
you would be better off with an alternative.
Also, a different teacher may be able to explain
the material better. Every time you purchase
something with cash, put your spare change into a
jar and try not to touch it. Once the jar has
filled up, count out the money and use it toward
something you need, like books or living
expenses. While it may be easier to use a
coin-counting machine, try and refrain. You will
wind up giving them too much of your hard-earned
cash.   Laviania Thandayithabani Skilled tips
provider. If possible try to live for your first
year in campus housing. By taking advantage of
room and board you can give yourself more of a
chance to focus on getting accustomed to the
campus and community. Then in following years you
will have a better idea of where you might prefer
to live on your own.   You should get in the
habit of taking notes during lectures. When you
write items down, you both see them and recite
them in your head, embedding them in your brain.
This will allow you to remember more later when
you have to study. You may think you can remember
everything, but writing notes is a good habit to
get into.   A good tip that will help you with
your studying is to make use of flash cards. It
may sound juvenile but flash cards really do make
a big difference when you're studying for a
brutal test or exam. The more you have in your
studying arsenal, the better you'll do.   One of
the smartest ways to study during your college
career is to purchase index cards and use them as
flashcards. On these cards, make sure that you
write all of the important terms and use them to
study. Also, these cards are mobile as you can
bring them anywhere you want during the
day.   When you are in college, get virus
protection on your laptop, as this is one of the
most important tools that you will have during
your stay. The last thing that you will want to
have happened is to lose important information
that you will need on the day of the test from a
virus.  
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If money is tight, and your choice is to either
take out a loan or leave school, the smart choice
is always to get a loan. Even though this may put
you in the lurch temporarily and add to your
current burdens, if you have chosen your major
wisely, it will increase your earning power. You
should be able to pay your loan back with your
increased earnings. Leaving school is a sure way
to guarantee low earning power for
life. Laviania Thandayithabani Skilled tips
provider. If you plan to live on campus in a
dorm room, pack only what you need. Most dorm
rooms are very small, and excessive clutter will
be a real problem. Write down the essentials on a
list, and do not buy extraneous items when doing
your shopping. Keep an eye out for anything that
is compact or saves space.   If dragging yourself
out of bed at 600 am is impossible, don't
torture yourself with 700 am classes. Most
schools offer classes in a wide range of time
slots. Take advantage of the classes later in the
day and in the evening if you aren't a morning
person. You will be more likely to go and will
get more out of the course.   Develop solid
studying habits. Leave the partying and
socializing at the door for a few hours (at
least) every day. Gather all of your materials,
notes, and books, and walk through where you are
in each of your classes. Write out areas that you
feel weak, and approach your professors with
these questions during their open office
hours.   During your college experience, one of
the things that you will want to make sure to do
is to keep in touch with your friends back home.
This is important as you do not want to neglect
them, since they have been your friends from the
start. Try to invite them to your college and
share the experience with them as often as you
can.   Laviania Thandayithabani Skilled tips
provider. Getting through all those years of
college may look like an eternity now, but in a
few years, you will look back on it and be so
glad that you saw it through. Let nothing stand
in the way of your collegiate dreams and the
places that will take you!  
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