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If at first you don’t succeed,so much for skydiving!

If at first you succeed,try hard to hide your

amazement!

Address them properly Make a (good) personal impression on

every professor, even in large classes – you may eventually want letters of reference from them

Seek help before you are completely lost “Do your homework” before coming for

help The bottom line – figure out what they

want (early on!) then just do it

Time management Seeking help Working together with others Working on your own Think twice, act once Self assessment

But: wasting time (and money) in college may be

even worse than not going at all. Apply yourself, to ensure you have something valuable to show for it when you are

done!

If it weren’t for the “last minute” hardly anything

would ever get done!

When launching spacecraft, weather trumps all

(though weather forecastingremains an inexact

science).

Hardly anything complicated works

completely right the first time – don’t let that

discourage you but rather take it as a challenge.

Everyone falls down sometimes. What is more

important is what you do after you fall.

(Advice: Get up and go on,but learn from the

experience.)