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College 101: Tips & Tricks to Being a Successful Student


College 101: Tips & Tricks


Advice for Being Successful in College
  • Go to class
  • Don’t sit in the cheap seats - sit where you can see, hear and focus
  • Be prepared
  • When lost…ask questions
  • Plan and be organized by keeping up with assignments and check the syllabus for what is coming up
  • Don’t cram, pull all-nighter, wait until last minute
  • Use available free resources – library, tutoring, computer lab (library has group/quiet study space, computers, printing, anatomical models, textbooks, free print and online sources including books, databases and more for your research, free citation tools and help, tutorials, in-person and online help from a librarian)
  • Team-up – meet people, form study groups or work with a classmate
  • Participate in-class
  • Participate out-of-class – go to a game, see a show, join a club
  • Prepare for the future – what’s next?