Tips from college students

Tips for high school students to prepare for college

1.   Be prepared to make a lot of reading in college.

2.   Learn time management: use a calendar and plan how to use your time. Learn to manage your time while still in high school, keep a calendar of all exams and paper due dates.

3.   One of the biggest transitions between high school and college is development of time management skills- students must learn to balance school and social life.

4.   Be prepared to discipline yourself, as the temptation to slack could be great. If you miss 4-5 classes in a semester, you may not make it through the semester successfully.

5.   Being sick affects your ability to be a student and remember that community living contributes to the cold/flu season.

6.   Learn to read- summarize and outline reading.

7.   Learn to take notes in class.

8.   Learn study.

9.   Start the college and scholarship search as early as possible.

10.Take as many science, math, English, and foreign language courses as you can; they build a foundation for college.

11. participate in volunteer and community services programs. It helps with scholarships!

12. Take advantage of the advanced classes offered in high school.

13. think about what characteristic in a university are of most importance to you (climate, anvironmet, degree offered, size, location, etc.) before marking a final decision about attesting college. Visit them if possible.

1.   “ I think the most important thing to let high school students know is not to overlook anything. When I was in high school I often asked myself, “ why do I need to know this?” then  if I didn’t think it was pertinent, I wouldn’t brother to study it. But college, all those seemingly unneeded tools come together in the real life (e.g.: feding an intersection of those two lines in algebra is later important in cost/revenue calculations). In thje way osf classes, learning to read and write well is very important. The focus should be on the format and clarifying ideas in writing ,and being able to pick out the important parts of writing (the testable facts.) voluntaring and joining clubs are important