5 Ways To Succeed In College

[LittleSally]

With however many master degrees you want, however hard they may seem to acquire, these tips, general and common sense, will work, IF you apply them daily!

1. ORGANIZE YOUR TIME

Leave however many hours you need for daily studying, writing and doing experimental practices/actual physical work. Be that 2 or 7 hours a day, leave those for serious work. Daily. No excuses.

2. DO YOUR WORK ON TIME

On time, as soon as you get the assignment. IF possible, if your professor gave you all assignments at the start of the course and marked them with dates, try to do them ahead of time so you have more time for other courses if and when you feel you're in a pinch.

3. SACRIFICE YOUR WEEKENDS

A lot of the time, you'll have to sacrifice fun for work. Make sure you put work ahead of unnecessary activities.

4. REST

Use your nights for sleeeeep!

5. DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF

Don't feel sorry for what you're doing right now. Don't feel like you're missing out on something better. If you've enrolled in this university that you wanted for so long, you're doing the right thing. Don't feel like you should be having more fun and doing less work. You'll be happy you stuck through it and made it!

And remember...

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

good take, although you don't necessity need to do any of those to be successful in college. But it has more to do with knowing yourself. Like, I'm a strategic procrastinator

I'd also add for people to stay at least somewhat healthy. I was a pretty damn good athlete in high school. Could've gotten a full ride, but decided to just do school. But a lot of people stopped doing sports after high school and don't keep up with their health. I, myself gained a solid 25lbs my first year (some muscle). But a lot of people just get fatter.

And to add on to 5, everyone goes through hell week. If you feel like you're going to kill yourself during the last month of the semester, so does everyone else 😂
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[Tomboy_Cool]

college sounds so mizerable

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

@Tomboy_Cool college is the best 4 years ever. Its just the 2-4 weeks at the end when you think about jumping off a bridge. Then you figure out everyone else is equally as fucked and you just say "fuck it!" and accept you're probably going to fail! Then, magically get an a or b

[Tomboy_Cool]

o cool :)

[Cccgala]

I really am thankful for the people who share their ways in "thriving" in college and not just surviving in college because I believe it is a good time to really know one's self.

I'm a couple of years in attending college and I have been nervous about the nerve-wrecking pass-it-or-you-can't-enroll-in-this-college entrance exams and that sort. *heaves a sigh*

People who are actually in college tell me that a student's failure will result either because of a professor disliking him or because of failing to submit requirements usually allotted with very limited time. I hope those won't happen to me! 😞

I'll keep all of those ways in mind (Especially sleep haha) 😊 Splendid myTake.

[howzit2015]

I liked university. It was a wake up call for me. I went to a public school, and would only show up the day of the exam to write it. I would walk out with 80s or 90s. When I got to university I was completely destroyed, and was put on academic probation my first year. Got my shit together, and got my honours in biochemistry (after acquiring a bachelor's of science in Biochemistry). Now I am in medicine. University can either make or break you if you don't have the skills to study. Fortunately, I was not the latter of the two.

[mir13]

Some things that held true for my college days.

1) There will be people smarter than you (especially in a STEM field). Accept it and focus on what you know/don't know.
2) Take community college classes for the useless general ed like English and Philosophy.
3) Take classes as early in the morning as possible. No, it does not matter if you are a morning person. Do this especially if you are a procrastinator like me. If you think that you will study before a 4-5pm class... you won't. And you will stay up late, wake up late, and no studying will be done. Getting done by 11am is great as it allows you to hit the books before lunch and not fall too far behind. My best semester was one when I had 8am upper division stats (and that is with 2h commute), 3 back to back math classes!

[lyannamormont]

How come do you think no fun and all the time study? It will burn your brain, you will burn out very quickly. You need fun from time to time. People are not machines, neither ones with college student status. I am sorry but this take is very mediocre and would scare high school senior GaG users.

My advice is mark all your fun meetings, plab your vacations in advance, be it weekend trips or whatever, mark major deadlines and work towards deadlines. Each deadline/homework you finish, take a fun activity to reward yourself. Also choose your friends wisely. Choose the ones who work with you and have fun with you, rather than preventing you from actual work.

[LittleSally]

No need for advice for me. I have my double masters... =)

But different thinkgs work for different people. But - I also find that a LOT of people in college seem to disregard studying and put partying first. No way you're going to make it then. I'm not saying it happens intentionally, but when you party a lot - it happens.

[lyannamormont]

I did PhD in Computer science, and I did it in a foreign country where education medium is not my native tongue at all. Trust me, if i know couple things, the first thing is not to be an uptight person about things. Do you things on time, you'll have timefor fun. And fun is not an 'unnecessary activity'. I agree things work differently for people but studying 15 hours a day inefficiently just for the sake of studying is not same as fully invested 3 hours. You burn out in the former easily. You need friends, family, fun time to stay focused better.

[LittleSally]

Oh, just like my sister then. =)

Well... I guess it depends on which foregin country it was - and which university. She was the best in her year, though...
And I do agree, never exclude freinds and family. =)

[OpalLi]

College is a time unlike any other in your life. You have gained independence, you are in a new place, and your adult life is gradually staring you in the face. You have choices to make, and you know it. There is no secret recipe for succeeding in college; everyone does it differently, in a style all their own. When I was in college it was hard to plan my time + I was working. So I was cheating (seldom) and used writing service
. It was the only way to keep my grades on a certain level and earn some money.

[LittleSally]

Hmmmm... okay...

[chrisbigman]

I'm not sure about sacrificing your weekends, but the rest of them are good. If you do your work during the week, then you should be able to have fun on the weekends. At least some fun. Even if you do some work on the weekends, you shouldn't have to do a lot if you do more and more during the week.

[LittleSally]

That's why I didn't say every weekend... But it depends on what your major is - sometimes your weekends won't be for resting...

[OleMissMiss]

Oh how I remember those long nights into the AM where I was cramming for a final when if I had studied during the semester I would have been able to relax. But as a member of band and orchestra and with a live in boyfriend at a notorious party school I was a little distracted lol.
I liked your myTake though, good read.

[GingerGuy]

I'd add to that, go when you are 100% ready and committed to it. I made the mistake of going just because my parents wanted me to but I wasn't ready and I knew it. I went anyway but dropped out not long into it.

[phil2]

Agree

[vishna]

I needed things like this freshmen year, alas, I'm a senior. :/ *cries into notes*

[LittleSally]

Haha I'm sorry. :(

But hey, you're a senior - you're doing something right. =)

[vishna]

lol, true. GPA won't matter after graduation *fingers crossed*

[Tephra]

Nice take! Organising and time-scheduling is definitely not my forte but I know I should be better at it, probably something I need to work on this year :P

[cinderelli]

very nice.. .. but it's very difficult to apply lol.. 😅

[LittleSally]

Not if you really want it...

[cinderelli]

Yeah we can try and improve i guess

[Waffles731]

Really great take,
Sadly I have to take a semester off for financial reasons :(

[LittleSally]

I get it... There could always be complications. It's important to do the best you can. =)

[Jayson101]

Fun and work should not be seen as mutually exclusive. It;s a mistake! I'm going to the Vancouver Film School and I'm so excited!

[LittleSally]

No, no... Haha of course not. But I'm thinking of partying as fun here... and that's not part of studying. Unless you're studying social sicences. Haha

But let's be honest, studying something you love should literally equate to fun. =)

[vonasaurus]

i'm heading back to college in sept. and definitely needed this. thanks for sharing!

[xXiTacoXx]

6.) Don't have a job you have to work in order to pay for college because it'll fuck up your time.

[Jehovahkiin]

Good take.
Which reminds me.. I really should be studying :P

[FallOutBoy2001]

The "Go Study" pic I need to print off and pin to my board

[Dipsy]

Good take! I'm starting university (school after highschool) after summer. :)

[KateBR]

I have read a book 'Getting Things Done' that helped me lot to be organized. I would also like to add that it is important to study in different places, like one day in your room, another day in a kitchen, a day after that in a park it, it helps to to remember things better and longer. And yes, of course, to REST.

[somanybugs]

Graduated summa cum laude with an engineering degree. Hello ladies.

[phil2]

Awesome

[apple24]

I am trying to work up to doing homework daily but I hate it.