How to Conquer College: A Complete Guide

The first semester of college that I completed I was well organized, didn’t procrastinate and succeeded in college. My very second semester I made a couple of bad grades and my GPA went downhill. It went from a 3.7 to a 2.5. Wow! I decided to write up a list of guidelines to help me get back on track. Upon just completing 5 summer school classes using these guidelines, I mad straight A’s. Trust me. If this doesn’t at least help you a little bit, there’s no hope for you in college.

1. Organization
2. Go to the Library
3. Isolate yourself
4. Prepare assignments ahead of time
5. >Study in your spare time
6. Find ways to remember what you study
7. Take advantage of extra credit opportunities
8. Ask questions
9. Study buddy up

Lesson 1: Organization

You can’t survive college having a book bag full of papers. What if you can’t find an important paper like a study guide, or your notes? You’re screwed for the test. Get a folder to put your papers in, or buy a hold puncher for at-home use. Punch holes in your papers and stick them in your binder. It takes 5 seconds at the most to put a paper in a folder or clip it in a binder, but most of us are too lazy for even 5 seconds.

For your papers, a notebook computer would be good. A regular notebook and a P.C. (Personal Computer) would also suffice. You should get either a Flash-drive or a couple of disk to save your work on. I suggest you get a flash-drive; it’s more compact and convenient.

Lesson 2: Go to the library

When you get out of class, it would be very beneficial to hit up the library. The library is about the best place to study. There’s no noise, no distractions, no T.V. and most importantly no “Hey Billy, want to go to the movies?” LOL(laugh-out-loud).

The library is also good for doing a research papers. The library as you already know has books, magazines and the widest variety of sources for a paper.

Lesson 3: Isolate yourself

You just got to know when to tell your girlfriend “Baby, I can’t take you to dinner today because I got to study.” “I can’t hang with you today Chris, I got to do my paper.” It helps a lot of times to get away from friends, away from distractions and isolate yourself.

Lesson 4: Prepare for assignments ahead of time

To prevent procrastination, work on your assignments immediately and DO NOT WASTE TIME!!! A little bit of work here and there never hurt anybody. Do a little take a break, Do a little take a break, and etcetera. Divide subjects into individual study time.