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 Most of you are taking four, five or six classes, and you have
a great deal to keep up with both at school and at home.
The following are some organizational techniques that will
help you keep with all the stuff you have to do.
1. Get yourself an organizer or planner (a calendar
with plenty of space on each date to write information).
You can find these little items at most variety stores for
less than three dollars. When I was a sophomore at Murray
State University, I finally discovered the planner and all
its benefits. I would purchase a planner at the beginning
of the academic year and as soon as my teachers gave me
a syllabus with any kind of daily schedule, I'd fill in
all test dates and due dates on my planner. Also, throughout
the semester, I could add any new due dates. I would even
mark dates on which I planned to study for various tests.
My planner became a very valuable tool that helped me get
through college.
2. Use pocketed folders or some type of portfolio.
Each instructor will hit you with a number of handouts throughout
the semester, and if you don't have a special place to keep
them, they could be misplaced and forgotten. I suggest you
get a different color folder for each class and put some
type of label on each one. That way, when you load your
backpack for the day's classes, you'll be able to grab that
folder and the textbook easily, without having to open the
folder to see which one it is.
3. Create a study schedule for exams. Don't wait
until the night before the exam to study. Plan your study
schedule a week ahead of the actual exam. For example, if
your exam is on Friday of next week. Plan to study 30 minutes
or an hour for each day up to the night before the exam.
Then on the night before the exam, take an hour or two to
review the information that you've been studying all week.
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