Tips from Students to Students

Tips

Five Best Study Tips 

1. Read notes every night
2. Avoid having TV on
3. Be in a comfortable setting.
4. Re-reading your chapter before test.
5. have lots of food, coffer or whatever.  You'll need it to get you through the process ;-)   FYE 2001 student

1. Prepare a false test & test myself
2. Rewrite  my notes on my pocket date book
3. I use cue cards
4. I study in my bedroom when I'm at home
5. Whenever I'm waiting, I study my index cards.  At work I study using my pocket date book   FYE 2001 student

1. Pick a perfect quiet spot before studying, so there are no interruptions.
2. Realize your goals and why this test is a building block to your goals.
3. Take 15 minute breaks and study in 20 minute increments
4. Read over all material before studying
5. Study certain subjects 15 minutes every night  Eric

1. Review your notes as soon as you can after taking them.
2. Put your notes on flash cards and take them everywhere you go; you never know how much time you can waste waiting in line...
3. Put notes onto tape and play it in the car, while doing chores..
4. Write down "?" and if you can't answer them, ask a fellow classmate or teacher
5. Always review your notes before class; you will be able to get more out of class that way!  Joe

1. Do what you have to do and get it out of the way.
2. Try to relax your mind and your body.
3. Forget all the bad things that happened today
4. Put together or prepare something you need to study.
5. Study in an environment that will be conducive to your study. Elizabeth

1. Rewrite my notes and important parts of the text
2. I read the text again out loud

1. Spread your studying out over several days instead of the dreaded marathon
2. Study at your best time of day
3. Take breaks while studying
4. don't study in a cluttered area
5. Study in the same area   Tim

1. Study in a quiet room
2. study every day at least for a short while
3. repeat the lesson
4. Get extra help   

Your Best Time Mgt. Tips

1. Prioritize the things that you have to do first.
2. do the less important tasks later
3. Learn to say NO if you don't have the time , no matter what the consequences may be.
4. Try your best to follow your time schedule. Elizabeth

1. Multi-tasking:  This one's my favorite because most people can do more than one thing at a time.
2. Prioritize your LIVE!  Realize what you can do today &what can wait.
3. make a daily "to do" list.  this helps in so many ways, but most importantly, you realize that anything is achievable.  FYE 2001

1. Multi-tasking
2. schedule appts. for kids & myself on the same day
3. Study on the bus going to work
4. Prioritize all my tasks
5. Have the kids pitch in for chores

1. Make a planner on certain goals you want to reach
2. Make a daily planner on what you are going to do that day
3. Make a priority list of things - from least imp to most imp.
4. Never procrastinate or it will pick up and make things worse  Eric

1. Make a schedule & stick to it
2. don't put things off - if you can do it now
3. don't plan for things you know you don't have time for   Joe 

1. Use a planner
2. Curb social time
3. Get started whether you feel like it or not   Tim

1. Multi-task
2. Date book - so i know what i have scheduled
3. I never say YET when I don't have time

1. Focus
2. Prioritize
3. Just do it!  

Tips on Motivating Yourself to study

1. Make a plan to reward yourself for say every solid hour you study
2. Think how it helps you get closer to your goals.   Joe

1. Convince yourself that you will get an A in this class - only you have to study in order tog et there.
2. I always promise myself a reward after studying. chocolate works great!!!!!
3. Don't turn TV or radio on until done studying. This works if  your favorite show is on!
   

1. Just do it.  I tell myself I have to!
2. I think of the grade I want to achieve
3. I also take a little  "me" time & then i get started with my work

1. Put a  picture or saying where you are studying. Every time you get aggravated with studying, look at it and realize your dreams or goals.
2. Reward yourself if you get a high grade. Eric

1. I try to finish the tasks that are on my way
2. I try to listen to the music I like
3. I tell myself that I will be the "loser" and that I will have a harder time if I don't do it now.  Elizabeth

1. I can't do anything fun until I at least study for a while
2. i got o my room and it's either clean or study

1. Think about the benefits of studying
2. Try to imagine how les stressed out you'll feel if you know the information on test day
3. do it for yourself to get a good grade.  Tim

My mail reason to study is that if I don't do well I have to pay back my tuition (FYE 2001 student)

Essential College Success Skills

1. Unique intellect
2. courage
3. time to spare
4. interest

1. Time management skills
2. communication
3. writing and reading

1. Time management
2. Studying
3. proper note-taking
4. goal setting
5. Planning ahead

1. Time management
2. Good study habits

1. Skills in communication
2. Skills in comprehension
3. skills in more academic fields

1. If you don't know something, ask. The only dumb question is the one that's never asked.
2. Learn to take good notes
3. if possible get into a study group; it may help you more than you think.  Joe

1. time management
2. a schedule
3. good note-taking
4. studying

1. Positive outlook
2. Study daily in small increments
3. Don't procrastinate   Tim

1. Time management
2. desire to succeed
3. Ability to ask for help

Tips 

1. Organize
2. Prioritize
3. be realistic
4. focus
5. follow through      Chad

1. Try to make a daily "to do list."  It doesn't always get completed, but when you do, it's a great feeling.
2. Wake up and try to go to bed at the same time everyd ay
3. Multiple tasks - we live in a fast world! Doing more than one thing at a time helps (ex. cooking/cleaning)
4. Be reasonable with schedules; we're only human; not machines
5. If a list is made and your time gets thrown off, just prioritize the list. some things can wait to tomorrow.      Liz

1. Plan ahead
2. make a list
3. prioritize
4. organize
5. leave time for margin of error  Nina

1. Set goals  that are easy to reach
2. know your priorities
3. Plan ahead
4. be flexible with your plan
5. Train yourself to stick to your schedule.  Elizabeth

These are my 5 best tips for time management:

1. I prepare my meals in a slow cooker 3 mornings a week, so when I arrive
home at 6pm all my cooking is done.

2. I changed my dentist to the same office I use for my kids, and I
schedule all appointments at the same time.

3. I do all my errands in one day preferably on Monday. I start with the
longest designation first and work my way home.

4. I do my grocery shopping for a month. So all I need to stop for is milk
and bread.

5. I have my children start their home work right after dinner, at the
kitchen table, while I'm doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen I'm
available to help them.
Jude

1.Always have a schedule made before a particular occasion.

2.If you have a long term assignment, plan things out days in advance.

3.Stay away from Procrastinating too much, Get the task done and over with.

4. If you do not have the time, say no.

5. Have a priority list made of what is most important to least important just in case you are not able to complete all tasks.
Eric

5 Best tips for time management:
1. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time everyday. At least
this way your body is on a timed schedule.
2. Make a "to do" list everyday, this way you know what needs to be done,
and what you have time to do.
3. Prioritize! Some things can wait until tomorrow, don't beat yourself up
if it doesn't get done today.
4. Multiple Tasks! Most people can cook, do dishes and laundry at one time.
This saves time.
5. Don't be afraid to ask for help. We're only human and can only do so
many things at one time.
Liz

I found that the five best ways to manage my time were to:

1. Make a daily schedule for yourself the day before and try to stick with it as best as you can.

2. Make sure you don't spend to much time on one thing. Try to space things out evenly, so you will feel like you are doing something all the time.

3. Write out a list of things that you would want to accomplish for that day, and make sure they were accomplished in a reasonable amount of time.

4. Be focused on what need to be done for the day.

5. Make sure that there are enough hours involved in resting and personal time, so you're not to tired to accomplish your goals.   Emelie

TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS
1. MAKE A SCHEDULE AND STICK TO IT!
2. WHEN MAKING A SCHEDULE GIVE SOME EXTRA TIME FOR EMERGENCIES.
3. IF YOU HAVE ERRANDS TO DO AND SOME ARE ACROSS TOWN DO THEM AT ONCE TO 
SAVE TIME AND AVOID GOING ACROSS TOWN 2 TIMES IN 1 DAY.
4. AVOID UNNECESSARY STOPS OR EVENTS.
5. TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME SO YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT TO THE 
BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.  Joe

My five best tips for time management are the following.

 Keep a schedule with a planner so you don't forget important appointments.
Make sure you do your most important tasks first like homework, and job
related tasks. 

Don't try to tackle everything at once. 

If you can, break tasks into small, manageable chunks.

 Make sure your schedule isn't so full that you have no extra time. Something unexpected may occur  that you have to attend to. 

Make sure you have some time for leisure during the day to break up the monotony.

Tim

Essays:

What is it, how can it help me, and why do I need it?
Time management is just what it sounds like its learning to control your 
time to make it work for you and, know where your time goes to make the most 
of it. It helps you achieve goals by showing you what you have done and what 
you need to get there and how to get where you need to be to get it all 
done.
How Can it help me? It can help you in a lot of ways 1 if you make a 
date-book or planner and set daily, weekly, and monthly goals, not only will 
you be able to see where all your time goes but, it will help you see where 
you spend most of your time and, help you realize where you may want to 
spend more or less time to help improve your life. Once you make a date-book 
or planner the next step that will help you greatly will be to start 
prioritizing your goals from the MUST get done to the well it NEEDS to be 
done but isn’t MANDATORY to well I would LIKE to do this but I don’t really 
HAVE to. It helps when you can plan downtime for relaxing otherwise you will 
burn out and be to tired to really do much of anything which really isn’t 
good and can lead to bad health physically and mentally. 

Another key issue  with time management is when things come up that you have no control over  you will be able to work around that situation and keep things going as 
smoothly as possible until the emergency or crisis is over which in return 
will make things less stressful then they would have been. One main thing 
that usually hurts peoples control of time and there life is they 
procrastinate about a lot of things if not everything, putting things off to 
the last minute is a BAD habit and one I sadly learned the hard way. I was 
always putting things off till the last minute and because of that I just 
barely graduated high school with the rest of my senior class, thankfully I 
was able to just make it and have learned a valuable lesson from that. A few 
more things that can be traps and kill your time is "saying yes to something 
you know you don’t really have time for, working or studying when you have 
the least amount of energy will only take more time to get the job done then 
it would have if you did it when you are better energized or awake, working 
or studying in a distracting area, not thinking ahead will always catch up 
to you when least expect it, I have done many a projects on the night before 
they were do and got a lower grade then I know I was capable of getting 
because I put it off for so long. Last of all learn to balance work with 
friends, family fun and enjoyment. What fun is life if all you ever do is 
work?
You Need time management to help make the most out of life and to help you 
reach your goals or before you know it your in your 60’s and cant recall the 
last time you had any fun or even if you had time to talk to friends or even 
have friends or worst of all by not planning how you use your time your 
goals slipped away without you really knowing it and you will regret it 
later. So please start now and you will see how much better life can be if 
you just plan how to use your time instead of letting IT control you!

Joe

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have,
and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful
lest you let other people spend it for you.
--Carl Sandburg