West Coast Connection Forum
Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: pavan8491 on July 27, 2009, 12:56:11 AM
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Until you familiarize yourself with how a college runs, and what are your responsibilities and rights, ask if you are not sure what needs to be done. It might be a "how to" question, or a "when should I" question, but no matter what it is, always ask.
4If you are not sure whom to ask, contact your clinician or the PLuS director.
Go to class
Attending class in college is important for many reasons. Professors might:
4lecture on information that is not in your textbook but will be on a test
4often highlight what is important to study for the next test in their lectures
4have attendance and/or class participation as a part of the final grade
Not going to class shows the professor that you are not interested or that you do not care about your education.
Buy and use your own books 4Having your own set of books for your classes is important because you don’t want to depend on someone else bringing the books to you.
4With your own set of books, you can write notes or underline key points.
4You are ultimately responsible for your success or failure and one of the keys to success is having access to all the necessary materials you need
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how bout have some fun?
an education is useless if you're depressed
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I swear I studied very little and graduated in 4 years from a major university. One of my rules was to never miss class regardless how much I partied the night before. Teachers take major notice when u r not there. Lil shit like that goes a long way
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I swear I studied very little and graduated in 4 years from a major university. One of my rules was to never miss class regardless how much I partied the night before. Teachers take major notice when u r not there. Lil shit like that goes a long way
real talk...and talk a lot in discussions. Make sure the teacher notices you and knows you by name. So even if you do average work, them knowing you will give you that edge.
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I swear I studied very little and graduated in 4 years from a major university. One of my rules was to never miss class regardless how much I partied the night before. Teachers take major notice when u r not there. Lil shit like that goes a long way
true
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do hw. do study. stay away from fun time till school is out.
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do hw. do study. stay away from fun time till school is out.
LOL
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do hw. do study. stay away from fun time till school is out.
LOL
The truth.
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
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I'm an average student and I don't do anything in school
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everyones experience is different, ultimately it depends on what you want to do, and if you are really sure you want to do it, i bullshited around for 2 years, had a 1.96 gpa, did no work, was a pharmacy then a business major, i took a year off, came back, changed to liberal arts (english), and the last 2 years had like a 3.7 gpa, brought my cumlitive to a 3.0, will graduate in dec, i honestly wish i didnt go to college right from high school so that i could figure out what i want to do, or at least go to comunity college so that i wouldnt have those loans, i think taki9ng a year off after high school to travel is smart, shit i dont remeber half the stuff i learned when i was younger, im in my 2nd life and my first seems liek a weird dream
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
once you get your degree it doesn't matter unless you want to go to grad school
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YOu can't really give tips to college succes anyway.
Not everybody learns the same.
A friend of mine learned 7 hours for a test he got a 2 I didn't do shit I got a 8
( we get graded ona scale from 1 to 10)
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
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I'm an average student and I don't do anything in school
here is a tip ....
stay in school
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
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I'm an average student and I don't do anything in school
here is a tip ....
stay in school
That's probably the best tip there.
And stay away from the Uni bar, lol
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ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGE STUDENT OR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
SUCCESSFUL MEANS DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT
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I'm an average student and I don't do anything in school
here is a tip ....
stay in school
You can't drop out till you're 18 here :P
So I will have finished school before I'd be able to
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I just finished my BA in law with honors... I went to a school 3000 miles from home and partied hard every year. I almost flunked out first year... like a grade lower in one course and I woulda been kicked out. The key is balance, I partied just as hard the rest of the time I was there... I just figured out how to take care of business at the same time
I stopped taking courses that started before 11, or anything on fridays (Thursday was the big night at our campus).
Between classes I always tried to schedule a couple hour breaks... good opportunities to hit the library, gym or grab lunch, You're already at campus, you might as well stay the whole day and get shit done
Take classes you're interested in.. you're more likely to study, pay attention and not mind going to class.
Check the syllabus at the start of term... compare it to other prof's teaching the same course... a few times I switched profs because the courseload was half the work for the same credit. Ie) one was a term paper and a final, the other was 2 presentations, 2 papers, a midterm and a final.
Talk to other people farther along in your program... find out what profs to avoid, what courses are easy etc..
Most profs hold a review session at the end of the year... make sure you go to that, theres always hints and shit as to whats guaranteed to be on the exam.
I still skipped every once and a while... but I always made sure that I did the readings for that week.
Keep every essay you ever write.... theres lots of crossover between courses, you may find one of them useful. Im not saying hand in the same paper for 2 courses, but you might be able to modify a few of the pages, improve on them and save yourself some research and time.
If you're short a few paragraphs in length... change the font of all the periods "." to font 15, it'l give you an extra half page... haha
I stopped blazing during the day, but kept a beer and a bowl waiting for me at home as a reward.
the REAL lazy way to do something isnt to wait to the last minute... then have to write an essay for 12 hours in a row. the REAL lazy way to do it is to break it up over a longer period... an hour here, an hour there etc.
Thats how I survived my undergrad. I'm going to grad school in Sept.