Friday, February 21, 2014

College Survival: The First Semester

By Darrel Jefferson


There are typically two main concerns for serious college students around the country-grades and money. Students everywhere need both but often lack the second until they can get through college and join the work force.

Most likely, you didn't have readings and lectures quite like you will have them in college. You can look at a syllabus on see what the topic is for the class on a specific day. Make sure that you are always caught up on the pre-readings for class. Getting behind on your readings can be detrimental in your success and is a bad way to start off your college experience. Make time in your busy schedule to read and put your studies ahead of other less important things.

Organizing fun events with your friends is a fun way to learn how to network, and you'll get a taste of creative event planning. These are skills you'll carry into your professional career, but don't forget the main purpose: to have fun! So to inspire you to get out and do something amazing with your buddies, here are 6 ideas that could be pretty epic, and also won't cost you an arm and a leg.

Make a list and put the more important things near the top. When you engage in an activity, think about whether or not it is the most important thing to do. If you aren't spending enough time with homework then allocate some more towards your studies. Conversely, Make sure that you are well balanced. Have friends, and spend time unwinding to keep yourself from getting overly stressed.

Take a road trip. Piling in a sedan with five or six of your friends and hitting the open road sounds like the screenplay to several dozen movies, but taking a road trip really is one of those quintessential college activities. Once everyone pitches in for gas it'll wind up being pretty cheap, and if you keep everything spontaneous (like what your destination is and where you'll stop on the way), you'll wind up with one of those stories you tell your kids.

First and foremost, those college students who wish to save money during their school years need to remember and master the fundamental financial responsibility of budgeting their money. Budgeting one's money to go toward needful expenses while limiting other expenses is a primary and critical skill for college students to learn in order to save more money immediately.

Taking difficult accounting classes, programming classes, or biochemistry classes might be something you want to do when you have figured out effective study habits for yourself. Take some difficult classes to push yourself but keep your overall load low. Try to take classes that you will enjoy the first semester to help you have a fun experience as well.

One tip to saving money in college that few may have considered is to pass on the low paying (or even high paying) summer jobs and stick with school. Attending summer school while working part time may keep a student busy, but it is a great way to get through school faster, which saves money, and typically cheaper, as summer tuition is usually less than traditional semester's tuition would be.




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