how to survive college

HOW TO SURVIVE COLLEGE

Psych Group 2

Setting a Balance• To have a meaningful, relevant and

practical education there must be a proper balance of some mindsets.

What Does Discipline Require?

GOAL SETTING

• Define your short term, medium and long-range targets.

STRIVING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

GOALS INTERESTS & ABILITIES WORK

Remember!Excellence is not perfection.

“Excellence is not being the best, it is doing your best.”

DILIGENCE-It Pays OffINTEREST-The Sustaining BaseSCHEDULING-The Time-SaverCONCENTRATION-The Focusing FactorINVOLVEMENT-The Relationship ElementPLANNING AND PREPARATION- Looking AheadLISTENING-A Rewarding SkillINTEGRITY-The Lost ValueNOTE-TAKING-The Essential HabitENJOYMENT-The Difference

DILIGENCE • “Diligence is a constant, steady effort to

accomplish a task” – Webster Dictionary

Investing Wisely Be a responsible student.

– Pass your requirements on time.– Study well for your quizzes and exams.– Recite!

Crafting Quality• Many students rush through school works

without thinking of the quality of their final output, losing the essence of learning.

Learn to Persevere• A good start does not guarantee a

rewarding finish. Failure is not the making of mistakes; failure is giving up.

INTEREST

• There are two types of interest: natural and cultivated.– To be naturally keen and interested in a

subject is a blessing, while to cultivate interest is wisdom and discipline.

How can you cultivate new interest?

• See with curiosity. Open your eyes and look around you with a searching and inquisitive mind and heart. Read, observe and inquire. Most of all, the Bible will reveal to you the mystery and the reality of God Himself.

SCHEDULINGProper time management can make the hours work for you and not against you. Calendar what you have to do.

• Work out a Daily Schedule -Allot time for each listed activity that

you have to do and what you want to do on a particular day.

Remember!• Block Priorities

–As a student, your priorities are your school requirements. All your class time, library time and study time should be non-negotiable and non-adjustable hours.

– Do not leave God out of your priorities.

• Balance All Priorities–A balanced set of priorities leads to a

sound mind and a pleasant personality, so include in your schedule a controlled time for athletics and recreation.

–The key word in priorities is balance.

• Turn time-wasters into time-savers–Make use of the in-between times.

Utilize your vacant period, traveling hours, grace period while waiting for a tardy friend and others.

–Keeping a schedule is tough. Cultivate the discipline of saving time by sticking to your schedule.

CONCENTRATION

• The number of hours is not what counts, it is how much you put into these hours.

• Concentration is focusing your mind.• Tip: Strengthen your concentration and

bridle the direction of your thoughts.

Practice the Art of Making Your Mind Behave

1. Do one thing at a time.

2. Set time limits and compete against them.

3. Take short breaks and stave off mental exhaustion.

4. Set aside a difficult problem for a while.

INVOLVEMENT • Involvement can add up to your

experience, broaden your education and deepen your insights of life.

• Helps one to gain self-confidence and can boost up one’s self-esteem.

• Being lazy would not lead to anywhere.• Have the initiative to care• Involvement is not a minus; it is a plus.

Ways to Get Involved

1. Share what you know.2. Join a co-curricular activity in your school3. Get involved in issues affecting society.4. Spearhead charitable projects in your

school.

PLANNING AND PREPARATION • Planning and preparation are twin

cornerstones needed to succeed.• Foster greater efficiency in your study

performance.

Steps in Daily Planning and Preparation

1. List down things to do for the day.

2. Prioritize and subordinate the things to do.

3. Finish what you have set out to do on your day’s list.

4. Draft a list of things to do for tomorrow.

LISTENING

HEARING is different from LISTENING.

1. Read.

2. Deal with distractions.

3. Focus.

4. Take down notes.

5. Summarize.

INTEGRITY

• “There is no way to pull off cheating. You cannot lie to life. You may deceive your teacher about what you know, but you cannot deceive life. What you have not learned leaves a hole that nothing but that learning can fill and no amount of covering over can disguise.” –Edward R. Sims

You Always Lose When You Think You Have Gained

Without integrity, you lose:

1. Other people’s respect;

2. YOUR self-respect;

3. and most especially, touch with God (Leviticus 19:11)

• Lying and deception are sins. Sin separates man from God.

• Integrity means uncorrupted, blameless, honest, and consistent. –Webster’s Dictionary

Listen

Understand

Remember

Easier

NOTE-TAKING

Note Taking while Reading

1. Read the introduction, conclusion, and summary first;

2. Mark the main ideas;

3. Jot down the key ideas and sub-points;

4. And do NOT copy word for word.

ENJOYMENT

If you consider enjoying in everything that you do, you:

1. Do not take it as burden but rather challenges;

2. Make the most out of it;

3. Tend to use your precious time wisely;

4. Can avoid boredom and hardship;

5. And ENJOY!

• “You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. Enthusiasm is natural; it is being alive, taking the initiative, seeing the importance of what you do, giving it dignity and making what you do important to yourself and to others.” –Gordon Parks

Source:

10 Keys to College Success

by Edna S. Leung-Yao

THANK YOU!GOD BLESS