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What helped you to be successful at school?

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Chirayu’s Answer

Some things that helped me be successful in college were setting clear goals as having a clear understanding of what you want to achieve in school can help motivate you and provide a roadmap for your progress. Staying organized and keeping track of assignments, deadlines, and other responsibilities can help ensure that you stay on top of your work and meet your goals. Developing good study habits and establishing a consistent study routine and finding effective study techniques that work for you can help improve your understanding of the material and your performance on exams. Seeking help when needed and don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Whether it's seeking extra support from a teacher or tutor, or collaborating with classmates, seeking help can lead to a better understanding of the material and improved performance. Staying engaged and motivated and maintaining a positive attitude and staying interested and motivated in your studies can help you persevere through challenges and achieve your goals. Balancing responsibilities and finding balance between school, work, and other responsibilities can help ensure that you have enough time and energy to devote to your studies and achieve your goals. Building a support network and surrounding yourself with positive and supportive people who can encourage and motivate you can help you overcome obstacles and achieve success in school. Good luck!
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Gisselle’s Answer

What has helped me so far is..
1. Using sticky notes
2. Taking breaks while studying
3. ACTUALLY studying!
4. May sound weird, but chewing gum has helped me concentrate on my work!
5. Knowing it's okay to not be the perfect A+ student, we are human after all
6. NOT studying in bed, this is pretty self explanatory
7. Reaching out to my teachers! I cannot emphasize this enough reach out!
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Alexandra’s Answer

Note: This answer combines input from a group of marketers with more than 50 years’ combined experience - all currently working at a global tech company. We answered this question as a group. We hope you find it helpful and wish you the best in all of your endeavors.

Some tips:

• Get a job to give you structure and an income and have your own money
• Go to the gym, take care of yourself. Divide up your time if you can into work time, fun time, and self-care time.
• Have friends who have the same values and work ethic as you did. They don’t all have to be the same as you, but know which friends are for what purpose.
• Know what you can control in an environment that is out of your control
• Know how you best operate – do you work better with a routine or better with a flexible schedule? Do you work better with people or without people? Try out different approaches – now is the time to learn about yourself. You don’t have to follow what everyone else does. For example, you can go to the library with all your friends, but if you work better in a private cubby and they like to be in a group study room, then you can split up and come back together to grab a coffee later.
• Try your hardest, but remember - it’s ok to make mistakes. This is a time for you to figure yourself out. Forgive yourself if you make a mistake or don’t get an A+. But also, don’t make the same mistake twice.
• Get involved in the school clubs, networks, meet people and learn from them.
• Remember that you are paying the school to be there – you are the “consumer” of that school – if you need something from the school, ask for it and stand up for what you need.
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Gina’s Answer

I think it's important to stay structured and like the others said-- create a routine. Allow free time each week/day to explore new activates, classes or extracurriculars/clubs.
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Dominique’s Answer

1. Definitely create a routine. It's easy to get knocked off your routine but it's rewarding to stay on it. Make sure you account for breaks and social time.
2. Find your own support network. This can be a study group, or social group or family. The support group helps in those times you may experience imposter syndrome or feel overwhelmed.
3. Be open to something new. Understand that it's really hard to plan your whole life and career in one swift decision. You will be faced and presented different disciplines, areas of interest and studies. Some of them will be things you don't think will be useful, but it can serve a better purpose (like introducing you to new friends and experiences).
4. Accept that things that used to be easy, may not be easy. Example: 8am classes, unless you are a happy early riser at 6am, you may not enjoy an 8am class the same way you were used to going to school at 8am in high school/primary school.
5. Give yourself a break. Don't sign up for too much because you are excited and you were used to taking on a lot. Better to deep dive and focus on a small concentration vs spread yourself too thin.

Best of luck!
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Gloria’s Answer

I think that one of the most important skill for college students to learn or to be given is time management. As a college student, you have to realize that every teacher thinks that you are only in their class. They assign homework accordingly. A full time student can have assignments that will require double or triple the hours that they spend in the classes. Balancing school and life is one of the most stressful experiences that I had each time that I worked toward a degree.
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Samantha’s Answer

As said, time management is a huge thing to consider as a college student. With some new found freedom sometimes it is hard to manage everything you need to. Another thing that really helped me be successful in college as well as helped me with time management is staying organized. For me it was color coding my planner. I knew what things were due when, what I had on certain days and if I needed to fill in at work or someone asked to do something I had everything that needed to be done first written down and organized.
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Jelani’s Answer

Create a routine for yourself. Make a schedule for yourself and make some time each day to focus on your class work OUTSIDE of the classroom. It’s okay to have some fun, but don’t get carried away, remember the reason why you’re at school. Study hard but also make some time to relax. Get involved in activities that will expose you to people and ideas that are different from what you are already used to. College is THE BEST time to expand your horizons. Reflect often on what you’re true interests are and pursue them.

Good Luck!
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