Ten tips for student success
St. Johns University
1. Attend your classes. Remember in the words
of woody Allen ‘seventy percent of success in life is showing up’.
2. Know your faculty. Make sure you know who
your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.
3. make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the
front of the classroom. Participate in class discussion. Consult with your
teachers during office hours.
4. Use a daily planner. Note the dates of
exams, assignments, team paper, etc.
5. be organized. Prioritized your responsibilities.
Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only know
some of us use them better than others.
6. Know your campus resources. Visit your
academic’s dean office regularly. Become familiarly with the services and
programs offered by the counseling center, the freshman center, the career
center, the campus ministry office and the student life office.
7. Take care of your health. Get enough sleep.
Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and
mature decisions about alcohol, sex and drugs. Visit the Health Office as
needed.
8. Work only as necessary. Try not
the exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply
for financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very
carefully.
9. Get involved in campus
activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network
and enhance your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you
learn in the classroom.
10. Keep your eyes on the prize.
Clarify your goals. Know why you are in (high school) or college in the first
place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.
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