survival guide

So someone posted a comment to my last entry about a post-grad school survival guide. Since I have yet to graduate (which happens in May unless I throw it all away to join a band of gypsies in the south of France,) I cannot write such a thing.
But I think it would be useful to suggest some survival tips for current students, graduate or otherwise. so here goes!

1. Get organized right away: I never organized my stuff in undergrad and I remember carrying around notebooks bursting at its binder because I stuffed papers and handouts from 5 different classes. I inevitably lost all the stuff I needed for finals, but honestly I doubt I would have studied that much in the first place. It did get frustrating when I was carrying around a bookbag full of stuff I didnt need. back problems at 20 = not awesome.

2. Branch out from your classmates: As you get to be a junior or senior, or if you go to grad school, you end up taking all your classes with the same people. By the end of the semester you end up hating half the people you called your friends (which, BTW, makes group projects even more fun.) I practice karate, which widens my social circle and lets me relieve stress.

3. DON'T be that person that freaks out over everything: We are all in this together, and we all know how boring the class is/how bad it sucks to have 4 papers due the same week as a major test/how the class will never help you in real life/how hard it is to work and study and have a life all at once. Relax! School isn't that bad! wait until you have to start looking for jobs and you realize that' even worse!

4. Develop your taste for coffee: Because when you are in the library writing your 4 papers due on the same day, you are gonna need a caffeine boost. But make sure you don't drink too much coffee (or espresso or lattes) without having eaten. Nothing is worse than sitting in the library with a caffeine headache and stomachache.

I could go on and on. But I am sitting in the library procrastinating so I am going to hop off and try to get some reading done before my 4 hours of classes tonight.

Labels: class, coffee, grad school, survival guide

Posted by Christina on 8/28/2007 01:58:00 PM
| | Comments (2) | Permalink