Advice From Your Favorite Uncle - Planning For College Success

There's a lot of things that go on to college in your freshman year that are new and exciting area not everyone of them is going to help you achieve your academic goals.
This is not to say that classwork is the only aspect that's important college because social skills and broadening your for rhizomes and new experiences are crucial to your development as an adult.
But if success in the business world after college graduation is important to you and you want to be an independent adult who pays for their own way through life you clearly cannot neglect academics.
Here are some things that will help you keep things in balance: people from your high school who did not go to college are working 50 to 60 hours a week to feed their families and pay their rent.
They're struggling to get by.
So when you feel tired and sorry for yourself with your 15 hour credit load, remember the effort they're putting in and see if you can find a little bit of energy to take care your business.
Don't hang around with a bunch of people that do nothing but party all night unless you plan to make a career out of saying "would you like fries with that?" prep plan your daily class schedule so that you have breaks in between classes that allow you to study while you're out and out of your dorm room.
That will leave your evenings free to take care of special projects or relax.
If you're not a morning person then don't schedule your most difficult classes for that time.
It's a good idea though to learn how to function at a time when the rest of the world is functioning.
College is as good a place as any to learn that.
Make a master calendar for the whole semester the records the dates of every assignment and test so that you can budget your time.
Keep a study journal that has a page devoted to nothing but the excuses that you used to blow off your studies say you can see how pathetic your excuses really are.
 don't let the truth embarrassment.