Managing yourself means more than keeping up good personal hygiene, although we certainly hope that ranks right up there on your list of priorities! No, what we mean by managing yourself is staying on the ball. Having a pretty good idea of where you’re headed and what you need to do to get there.
In this case, where you’re headed is easy; you’re headed to the end of the semester. After that, you’re headed to the end of the year, and eventually, to your college degree. Now, what do you need to do to get there? Well, you need to know what papers, assigned reading, and tests will be looming on the immediate horizon so you can be ready for them. You need to haveor brush up oncertain skills to do this work. You need to know where and how to get information and help, and you need to know a couple of basic academic ground rules.
Taking Good Lecture Notes
Better nail down this skill right away, if you don’t already have it, because you’re going to need it soon. Picture this: You’re studying for a test, anxious and kind of mad at yourself because you waited until the night beforeagainafter you vowed to change your...