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Tips About Uni

Heyy beautifuls! So as you’ve probably guessed this is a post about a few tips, that I personally feel are useful to help you get through university / college with minimal disasters and/or break downs! So lets get to it!

1. Get to know what kind of learning/teaching style suits you best. This is actually super important in the long run. Get to know what methods help you study best, do flash cards help you more than mind maps? Do you learn best when someone tells you what to do? Are you more hands on than auditory? Figuring out what methods help you learn is honestly the first step to everything else. During my first semester i wasted sooo much time trying to do everything, and in the end It didn’t benefit me at all, this semester flash cards are my best friend.

2. Write out your notes - When you write notes out make sure you word them in your own words its more beneficial that way. By doing this you’re reading, analyzing, and summarizing the notes and the action itself helps you recall information easier.

3. ATTEND CLASS - Do it. (insert Shia labeouf gif) I mean it. Go. to. class. In the beginning of my first semester I skipped quite often and I thought I’d teach myself but I always got lazy My marks were awful, so I started attending class and I learnt so much more than I wouldve from just reading the notes, some times your profs will give you hints on what will be on your exam, or they’ll give you extra information. Honestly go to class

4. Mental Health before Education - Okay I know I just told you guys to never skip class, but the truth is youre going to have days where getting out of bed is nearly impossible. Straight up guys there will be days where your brain wants to just shut down, it’s over worked and over stressed, and that’s no good at all. You wanna avoid burn out at ALL costs. If you need a day just for yourself take it. But do not confuse this with procrastination, theres being lazy and theres being exhausted. If you want to curl up in a ball and cry then I highly suggest taking the day off. Just make sure that you’re not going to miss anything major or something important, otherwise you’ll be more stressed than you were a few days ago. This brings me to my next point,

5. Make friends with your class mates - I know It’s super intimidating, (especially if youre socially awkward like me) but they don’t bite, and honestly they probably want to have someone in the class to know as well (the sentence sounds awkward but you know what I mean) Make two friends in each class, this way if you’re going to miss a class and one happens to miss a class too, then you have the other one to help you. It’s also good if you end up staying late at school and you have to bus home, if you see someone you know TALK TO THEM it’s so much safer for the both of you

6. Do NOT procrastinate - this is pretty self explanatory, a way around this that I found is super useful is the 2 minute rule, I forgot which account recommended it but I seen it on tumblr and gave it a go, So basically if you’re feeling lazy tell yourself to do the task for 2 minutes, when you do this you’ll find that you’ll continue doing the task for far more than just 2 mins and usually I end up completing the tasks at hand.

7. What to have on you at ALL times

- A phone charger: the last thing you want is to be bussing home at night and your phone dying

- Tissues: if you’re in a lecture and your nose starts to run this is essential, because 10 times out of 10 your prof’s wont have a box of kleenex in the room, and if youre sitting in the middle of a row it can be very distrupting to those around you when you have to get up and maneuver through a sea of students, also if you leave and come back you could’ve potentially missed some very important notes

- Lotion: ya girl gets ashy, especially when its cold out, so this is a life saver in my opinion

- Sanitizer: you don’t know where people’s hands have been, trusttt. I once seen a girl walk out of a bathroom stall eating a bagel and licking her fingers and she didn’t bother to wash them :)

- Hair ties: if you wear your hair down on a day where you have a lab, 8 times out of 10 the lab instructor will ask you to tie it, especially if you have long hair, so this is an easier fix then tying your hair with a rubber band (ouch)

- Laptop Charger: major key

- Change: keep enough spare change on you for 2 bus rides, because if you forget your transit pass, or you lose it, you’ll have a back up.

8. Invest in a water bottle- Honestly campus is so big that you do alot of running around throughout the day, especially if your classes are a buildings apart, you WILL get thristy. It’s very important to stay hydrated, but Everything on campus is over priced, a bottle of water at my university can cost me $3, and you may be thinking ‘$3 isnt much’ but believe me it adds up.

9. BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH- Pack yourself a healthy lunch that will fill you, and pack lots of snacks. This not only saved you soo much money, but it also helps you avoid the dreaded freshman 15. Yeah it’s nice to buy lunch once in a while but not every day. Take my word on this. Ideas on what to pack for lunch would be a sandwich or a salad with some kind of protein, a cheese string, a few granola bars (if they contain peanuts be cautious of people who have allergies), apple slices with peanut butter or nutella, Home made trail mix ( its muchhh cheaper to buy a giant bag of almonds and a big bag of chocolate chips that will last you quite a while, and this way you can include more chocolate chips if you want, or mix it up with whatever you want in it), berries, yogurt, etc. It depends on you and your preferences but these are just suggestions

10. Dont take early morning classes- If youre a morning person by all means go for it, but if you don’t live in residency or near campus, it can take some time to get to class and you have to factor in traffic and getting ready, you’re going to have to wake up pretty early, and for some people - like me - chances are you’re going to be so so tired and that could affect how well you pay attention in your classes throughout the day or if you even attend them. In university you need as much sleep as you can get, trust me.

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11. Sleep early- Try to get 8 hours a night, if you can’t do that but want to wake up not feeling groggy and exhausted I suggest using http://sleepyti.me/ it helps you determine which times you should sleep if you have to be up at a certain time and don’t want to feel gross when you wake up

12. No one minds that you’re super dressed up or super dressed down - everyones at school to learn, no one cares if you wore the same sweater for the whole month, or if you have a mustard stain on your shirt, no ones judging you, lowkey they’re probably jealous of how comfy you are. However i suggest to avoid super comfy clothes especially on days where you’re tired because It only adds on to the urge to nap.

13. BUDGET - Buy the used textbooks, use coupons, ask if places give student discounts (if anyone would like a list of places that offer student discounts I’d be happy to make a post for that) do you really need that pair of heels? but seriously guys save your money, you’ll thank yourself in the long run.

14. Go to the office hours (!!!) - Your prof’s have these times scheduled specifically to help students, if you need help go to the office hours there’s no shame in asking questions or asking for help, your profs want you to pass,they want you to succeed I promise. Also if you go to office hours often you can bond with your professors and that can honestly be a great aid.

15. Have fun- Take advantage of all the services your school offers, you’re paying for them anyways, might as well utilize them. Go to the seminars they offer you can learn quite a lot of interesting things, go to the events, go watch a sports game and cheer on your fellow class mates, make time for plans. Part of uni/college is finding out who you are, it’s an environment that supports growth, so allow yourself to grow and enjoy yourself.

16. It’s okay to switch out of your program- If you decide teaching elementary kids isn’t for you and instead want to do theatre or become a civil engineer, thats OK. If you want to switch your Major from psych to bio thats OK. as long as you’ll be satisfied with what you end up doing its OK

Hopefully this helped you guys a little bit, if you’d like to know more drop me an ask or a message *:･ﾟ✧ xoxo *:･ﾟ✧

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believetimshel

9 years ago

How To Take Lecture Notes

The professors sometimes ask for students to print out lecture slides or take notes before class, so here are some ideas on what to do before, during, and after the lecture. Of course, these don’t have to be followed exactly as written, so you can use what works best for you. :)

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believetimshel

9 years ago

070316 // i’ve been really productive over the past 3 weeks. on-task for all my tutorials and lectures. i understand things way better now (atomic structure ehem) im still not regretting my choice of repeating jc1. not really liking my class tho. i’m getting bad vibes from a lot of them. project work hasn’t even officially begun and most can’t keep up with their homework. this is really scary: at this rate 50% of them will retain. and the thing is they’re stubborn. oh well, i hope for the best.

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