Credits to Socyberty and seriously, The No 1 spot is a favorite and I am indeed violating it right now.
10) Avoid taxing study /using your laptop too much in bed. Your bed should be a restful place for sleep and relaxation. If you get into the habit of working in the place where you sleep it can cause problems with stress and poor sleep. You should have a designated desk or workspace which you associate with work and then when you have finished at the end of the day you can close down your computer, move away from it and take time out. Another reason why it is not particularly helpful to work in bed is because of the temptation to dose off. If you are sitting in a chair at a desk you are more likely to be work focussed.
9) Do not try to over cram your brain. There is only so much the human brain can take in at a time and it is not healthy to stay up late every night with a textbook or work without breaks.
8) Poor time management will hold you back. Rushing around, turning up late for classes and skipping meals is a recipe for disaster. If you are leaving the house at the last minute and panicking about busses you are not preparing your brain for study. It is better to leave earlier and then you will have time to think about what is expected of you in class and which books you need to take etc. The brain doesn’t perform at its best if you have missed meals, so stoke up for study with decent regular food.
7) Do not spend on credit cards. While you are a student you will be able to get a loan and therefore you do not need a credit card. Ok you may not always be able to do the things that you want to do but at least you won’t end up in unnecessary debt. Card companies charge enormous rates of interest on credit and you don’t need the stress of trying to afford repayments.
6) Being inefficient with your paperwork is a killer. If you are given hand-outs and you lose them or get them wet nobody is going to be impressed. You wouldn’t make a coffee ring on a management report would you? So why do when you are at college? Keeping books in order and essays etc. in a folder is the key to success. You will know where to find things when you want them and you won’t find yourself in the embarrassing situation of having to share. The same goes for stationary, carry a good supply of pens and paper.
5) Working too hard in a part time job. You need to get your priorities right. Your qualification should come first and any work that you do should preferably be short hours and non-taxing.
4) Leaving everything til the last minute. Do as much as you need to do on your projects every day and then the deadline won’t creep up and bite you.
3) Allowing fall outs and relationship problems to get on top of you. These can really drag you down. Try to work things out or distance yourselves from those concerned as your grades will suffer if you are upset.
2) Getting passionately involved in political college activities. The obvious example is protests. By all means join the union and offer your support to the college community but don’t go overboard. Take a lesson form the young student who threw a fire extinguisher off a building. Protests can become heated, even with the best of intentions and is it worth injury, death or a two year imprisonment?
1) Plagiarism. I was very surprised when I was at college that people I knew got hauled up for unlawfully copying something. Colleges take plagiarism very seriously so make sure you do cover your back before you hand in your coursework by double checking everything is quoted correctly. It is so easy to forget.
10) Avoid taxing study /using your laptop too much in bed. Your bed should be a restful place for sleep and relaxation. If you get into the habit of working in the place where you sleep it can cause problems with stress and poor sleep. You should have a designated desk or workspace which you associate with work and then when you have finished at the end of the day you can close down your computer, move away from it and take time out. Another reason why it is not particularly helpful to work in bed is because of the temptation to dose off. If you are sitting in a chair at a desk you are more likely to be work focussed.
9) Do not try to over cram your brain. There is only so much the human brain can take in at a time and it is not healthy to stay up late every night with a textbook or work without breaks.
8) Poor time management will hold you back. Rushing around, turning up late for classes and skipping meals is a recipe for disaster. If you are leaving the house at the last minute and panicking about busses you are not preparing your brain for study. It is better to leave earlier and then you will have time to think about what is expected of you in class and which books you need to take etc. The brain doesn’t perform at its best if you have missed meals, so stoke up for study with decent regular food.
7) Do not spend on credit cards. While you are a student you will be able to get a loan and therefore you do not need a credit card. Ok you may not always be able to do the things that you want to do but at least you won’t end up in unnecessary debt. Card companies charge enormous rates of interest on credit and you don’t need the stress of trying to afford repayments.
6) Being inefficient with your paperwork is a killer. If you are given hand-outs and you lose them or get them wet nobody is going to be impressed. You wouldn’t make a coffee ring on a management report would you? So why do when you are at college? Keeping books in order and essays etc. in a folder is the key to success. You will know where to find things when you want them and you won’t find yourself in the embarrassing situation of having to share. The same goes for stationary, carry a good supply of pens and paper.
5) Working too hard in a part time job. You need to get your priorities right. Your qualification should come first and any work that you do should preferably be short hours and non-taxing.
4) Leaving everything til the last minute. Do as much as you need to do on your projects every day and then the deadline won’t creep up and bite you.
3) Allowing fall outs and relationship problems to get on top of you. These can really drag you down. Try to work things out or distance yourselves from those concerned as your grades will suffer if you are upset.
2) Getting passionately involved in political college activities. The obvious example is protests. By all means join the union and offer your support to the college community but don’t go overboard. Take a lesson form the young student who threw a fire extinguisher off a building. Protests can become heated, even with the best of intentions and is it worth injury, death or a two year imprisonment?
1) Plagiarism. I was very surprised when I was at college that people I knew got hauled up for unlawfully copying something. Colleges take plagiarism very seriously so make sure you do cover your back before you hand in your coursework by double checking everything is quoted correctly. It is so easy to forget.
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