Guide to Success!

Like every new experience, you tend to go into the situation blind, and have no idea what to expect. This phenomenon is something that countless college freshmen encounter, causing them to be unprepared and in the long run ruin the beginning of their college career. However, I was able to figure out this puzzling system of college by finding the tips and tricks every college freshman NEEDS to have! College can be a tough experience, but here in this post, I have constructed a helpful guide to help future soon to be college students a chance to endure this crucial stage in an individual's educational life. To begin my guide, I found that it is very important to consider online classes as an option. Online classes can be convenient to a college student because it can help the biggest issue every college student faces: time. First, we as students must make sure that online classes would even suit us by: keeping ourselves on schedule without the help of professors, make sure we won’t procrastinate, be good listeners, and ultimately excellent independent learners. If a student meets all these characteristics, then online classes can easily become extremely beneficial by helping students fit classes in a schedule better, whether it be for work, social life, family time, leisure activities. In addition, the perks of taking online classes include teaching students how to be more self-disciplined, getting more individual attention by the instructor without the fear of asking a dumb question, and of course adds a huge amount of flexibility for any persons schedule. Another great piece of advice I highly recommend going into college to never pick morning classes. Another critical lesson in college is that you must learn how to balance your time in school with the probably crazy life you will live outside of the classroom, whether it be with work, friends,and even parties. I am a huge believer in the philosophy that education is the greatest investment a person can receive, so I suggest you prioritize school over the little distractions you may come across. Studying in college is very exhausting and studying can leave a person up until early in the morning. When that happens, there is not enough time to get a good healthy rest due to having morning classes. Getting morning classes is also a huge inconvenience to others because the majority of the population are not morning people and cannot simply get up early and be as functional as I should be. Getting ready in the morning happens so quick, and sometimes a person do not even have enough time to eat breakfast, which a crucial part in helping keep an individual's focus in school. Overall, I feel morning classes are a huge hassle, and should be avoided if you absolutely know you cannot wake up easily in the morning. You also have to keep in mind that since you are now a college student, in other words a young adult, you must learn to be independent which means that there is no one there to tell you when to get up. In addition, I advise future college students to NEVER EVER procrastinate, or you will fall behind on your assignments and will not be happy with your grades. Another important lesson you need to know coming into college is to be prepared to study until your brain explodes!!! (Kidding of course).

Students should also learn to take advantage of ALL the resources given to them, from libraries, writing centers, computer labs, office hours with teachers, tutoring, and even financial aid, for these highly ignored resources only benefit your learning experience. Ultimately, a new college student should learn to be independent of themselves, and must find discipline to become a truly successful scholar.