What makes some students succeed While Others Don't

What makes some students succeed while others struggle in college?

As a university student, I see many students, many students who were successful and many students who are struggling to cope with the workload and pressures of university life. I found out that the differences between these two groups has nothing to do with intelligence or ability, but students who have successfully tend to have better strategies and approaches to the university. In recent years I have been interested in these few key differences that make the students to excel in higher education, and tried to teach them. The results of this are a series of notes that I tried without benefit of any great skill in English, to become that and some other items. So without further ado or preamble ....

How to succeed without really looking at the University much more difficult than they already are

In the first half of any university or college is not fucking funny. If you are likely to be the way it is not because you have too much at the bar and not enough in the library. The first half is difficult for many reasons, but there are simple ways to make it better.

Be honest, everyone loves you in high school. You had friends, close friends, and you generally knew where everything was and how it would work (if you came to college from a job working for alternative high school). Were you know the system and your place in this world. The university is not so. At first it is overwhelming, you have classes in dozens of buildings with literally thousands of different people, none of them you know. Instructors race through educational materials and tutors tend to assume you know how to do something unless you tell them something else. Typically, you feel you're the only difficulty, but you are not!

Most people are struggling in the first half, because they have no social support network at the university. There are basically social animals, and the lack of a support network is so traumatic for us no harm. It ', however, a couple of things you can do to help. First, talk to everyone. About 90% of the students is having this problem and are only too aware to build a support network, to be smarter than that. Pretend you're five and is the first day of school, talking to everyone, sits next to teachers, asking them where are good places for lunch, what they are majoring in engineering and what they have found the challenge so far. Go to a lot of coffee (careful, some of the University of the coffee is terrible), relating to all student clubs to meet your needs .... and then go to the meetings .... and then talk to people there.

Some of the friends I made in undergrad is still in my immediate environment of today, these are people who share many of your interests and with whom you have much in common. And then use the greatest resource hidden in a university ...

A look at the faculty room, to find the elderly. Normally, sitting near the front, are incredibly organized , and a few thousand questions to each teacher. These students are of mature age, and you need to get to know them. Mature age students are usually returning to study after a period of work to change the track, are lean, Mean Machine, and the study site, it's your job to make friends with them. Advantages of friendship of students are more mature than to have someone very dedicated to their research, their experience of life is different from yours, they are more concentrated and worldlier, and generally have more contact with industry and the broader set of skills. In short, it's interesting people and not the kind of people who usually hang out that  will broaden your horizons.

Secondly, it is necessary to inform the academic staff. Universities are great place, and we have many students.  I remember the names of the two types of students, who are deliberately stubborn and annoying (not a good group to be in) and those who are interested. Enthusiastic students are the reasons why those who teach, remember that I am about the biggest nerd in the world that I do, and what I do is help does who wanted help. If you are interested in something that a speaker speaks, ask them about it after class, email them to read more and then drop by his office to discuss them. If you find journal articles teachers, reading and going to office hours and ask questions about them (even if only partially related to the course being studied), which are highlighted.

Personally, I would use the term as the diamond in the rough. And the closer i know that you are serious  the more time I'm willing to spend helping you, either by explaining the content of lectures in a different way, which gives further guidance or feedback or to discuss inter-ship opportunities and scholarships for summer. This type of aid is incredibly useful for growing both your knowledge and career opportunities.

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