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The Tips
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- Keep your old school books and notes
after class is over. You've
invested a lot of time and energy into learning your stuff, why throw
all of that knowledge away? Sure
you could buy new books on the subject if needed, but the new books
might explain the subject in a different way than you learned it, so it
won't look as familiar and may take longer to relearn what you
forgot. It's especially important
to keep materials from classes that are prerequisites for future classes.
- Don't overload on school units if you
don't have to. Ask yourself: is there really a good
reason to hurry through college?
Remember, once you graduate, you'll have plenty of time to
experience the working life. The
fewer units you take, the more you can get out of each class.
- Minimize work during school. Again, you've got the rest of your
life to work. Of course, some
jobs provide important experience, like internships that are extremely
valuable on a resume. But if
you're thinking of cranking up your hours from 20 to 30 hours at
whatever job, are the 10 extra hours just for extra spending cash, or is
the extra cash really needed?
- Use dimensional analysis. It will help you figure out formulas
when you can't remember what the formula was.
- Get started with LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a web site that can enable
you to contact professionals around the world. Start building your
network of contacts now, before you need them. Then, when you’re working
on a school assignment that requires contacting someone at a particular
organization, you have a chance of making a connection via LinkedIn that
you may not have otherwise been able to reach. See my LinkedIn Tips to
get started building your network.
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