Top 10 Things Students Must Know Before Starting College
Get in touch with your college and ask for their approved and prohibited items checklist. Every college will have one and each college will have slightly different guidelines.
When you’re on the phone with the college and asking about what things you can take with you, make sure to find out about things to do on and off campus.
You should look into which classes you will be attending in your first semester. Because you will need to prepare beforehand.
Take a few pre-college tutoring classes based on classes you will have during the first and second semester. That way you can hit the ground running with one less thing to worry about when starting college.
The best way to move something from your short-term memory banks to your long-term memory banks is to repeat it a few times.
Practice your listening skills. Learn to Identify the most important snippets of information and forget the rest. Create a few notes on the big picture, then pinpoint “subheadings” underneath with brief, key information under each.
If the lecturer is going too fast for you, take a photo of the slides or board notes with your phone for later review. (Check first whether your faculty allows this)
When you get to college; you can choose how to spend your time. There is, for the most part, nobody looking over your shoulder or guiding you. This can be exhilarating but also destructive.
List out anything else you think you will need to spend money on each month and try to get as close to the real cost as possible by looking up the prices for everything on your list.
One of the fastest ways to meet people is to put yourself in situations which force you to interact with others based on mutual interests.
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