Random tips/things I’ve learned as a university student
Believe it or not, your old notebook is enough. If you’re like me, you’re mostly tempted to buy new ones because AestheticTM and also because you’re worried that you will run out of pages. Trust me, your old notebook will be enough!!
36458734 stationery and pens are not necessary because you will not get time to use them in class. However, if it helps you, you can buy 36458734 pens to rewrite your notes from home.
Rewrite your notes.
This always helps!! Even if you don’t have plans to make your notes aesthetic and colorful, you will need to rewrite your notes because
a) notes you take from class are 100% going to be scattered
b) when you rewrite your notes you can compare what your proff said in class and ppts/textbooks/google, etc
c) rewriting helps you remember stuff better and helps you understand what topics are important and what are not.
Also, I generally rewrite my notes at the end of the week. This way I can join one or more topics together, do my extra research and put them in the notes as well.
Google everything.
Learned a new topic in class today ? Great. Now google it and see what you find. You keep finding terms you don’t know on google ? Great. Google those terms as well.
Sit in the first row.
I know, I know, if you sit in the first row you might be labelled as the “nerd” of the class or the teachers will keep asking you questions or back benchers have all the fun! But, sitting in the first row has helped me A LOT in ways that I can’t explain. I’m someone who has attention disorder and I find it extremely hard to pay attention when I have 2-3 hours of the same class, and sitting in the first row makes my attention span 10 times better.
Prepare your CV.
If you are a new uni student then you definitely will not have much (if anything) to put in your CV but still DO IT! It will put in perspective where you stand and how far away from your goal you are. Don’t forget to keep updating your CV.
Here is a masterpost on making CV and resume that I think is very helpful.
Learn outside your syllabus.
What I mean by this is that stick to your course but do don’t stick to your syllabus. I am a computer science student and in the first semester we only had Python (as a programming lang) to learn in class, but I went ahead and learned HTML as well (let’s not focus on how well I learned it) ………… because why not!
Surround yourself by people who are hardworking and are a positive influence. Your friend group/squad will influence you in a huge way so make sure those influences and changes are actually good for you.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help from teachers or your fellow students. And if you have a friend who is really good at a certain subject then make sure you sit with them during those classes.
Make study plans a month prior to your exams. Even if you know that there is only 50% chance of you following the timetable, make it!! Visualizing your study journey will help maintain a mental sketch of it.
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