EDUCATION
If you are not a morning person, don’t schedule classes for 7 a.m.
Recopy your notes after class. Or if you’ve typed them (which is
recommended), do a quick read-through after class.
Find a bank that also has
branches in your hometown. Get your account connected to your parents’ account so they can transfer money to you.
Get involved on campus. All work
and no “productive” socializing are boring.
See how your first semester goes before you consider getting a
Sit near
the front of class.
job. See how heavy your course load is first.
Reconsider bringing a
car to campus your first semester. It can be a pain to park.
Use virus protection and firewalls on your laptop.
Considering Graduate School?
For those students aspiring to attend or attending graduate school, Marybeth Gasman, an associate professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania, offers tips through her blog column in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
More tips for success Need more tips for success? Try Northwood University, a unique institution based in Michigan and other states whose purpose is focused on developing leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs.
www.hispanicengineer.com
For students not yet in college, the African-American Collegiate Scholarship Fund Inc., a Florida-based non-profit organization established in 2001, says in a posting of tips from its website that it is never too early to set the stage for college success.
“Winning means winding up at a college or university in which you’ll be both happy and successful,” according to the African-American Collegiate Scholarship Fund.
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