Top 10 Survival Strategies

You have managed to make it this far. Here are some helpful tips to survive your first year!

• 10. Find a study group – not just friends to study with. Your friends are nice, but maybe consider people enrolled in the course
• 9. Visit with your academic advisor – not just in March and October. Advising: It’s more than just scheduling ©.
• 8. Your professors are humans too – get to know them. I’ve heard most of them don’t have rabies.
• 7. Keep a planner – don’t let assignments slip away!
• 6. The due date is not the starting date. Contrary to popular rumor: chugging sixteen red bulls in a row does not extend the deadline. *shrug* who knew?
• 5. Use your textbook. Textbooks: more than just weight in your backpack. Yeah, it has important information.
• 4. Buy a LOUD alarm clock, or train a wild cougar to wake you on a planned schedule. The alarm clock seems less painful, but it’s your call.
• 3. Get Involved – there is life outside your dorm room.
• 2. Enroll in IS 1100 and meet other students just like you. Some might even be different.
• 1. GO TO CLASS! – Try to stay awake. If not, maybe you’ll learn by osmosis — but I wouldn’t bank on it.