How can i be a better student in college?

Question

I've screwed up my first year in community colllege. Then i took the fall semester off. Now I am going to go back to school but i want to make sure that i stay motivated. What can i do? Serious answers only please.

Answer 1

Effort, persistence, determination, hard study. Also, get yourself a support system. Someone rooting for you in the background makes a huge difference.

Answer 2

Are you even sure you want to go to college? Why are you there? Are you following someone else's dream or plan for your life? Or are you doing what you've always dreamed of?

If you are going to college or you are studying something that someone else has told you that you should - reconsider.

Give serious thought to what you want out of life. Not what someone else wants for you or has told you you should do. What do you personally want? What are your goals? Where do you see yourself in the next ten years?

Will what you are doing at a Community college get you on track to that goal?
If the answer is no, consider what would get you on track. Would gettting an entry level job and working your way up get your faster and be alot better for you than sitting in class?
Would getting out of community college and getting into a trade school or an apprenticeship be a better option for you?

Or would forgetting community college and jumping into a regular four year college better suit your life plans?

It doesn't matter what you do, but you should be pursuing what you want out of your future. You will be more motivated to take the steps to get you where you want or dream of yourself being if you do it for your self and not for someone else.

There's no shame in waiting on college or not going at all, and just getting right out there in the work force.
Do whats best for you!

Answer 3

First of all, you need to tell yourself each day that you are going to make and it and be a good student. Set a goal, such as passing with a B GPA or making the dean's list. Hate your current job? Well tell yourself that if you do well in school, you can quit that job, make more money and do something you enjoy.

Here are some suggestions:

Most importantly- GO TO CLASS!!! If you skip class you are missing out on important notes and details. A lot of instructers won't let you make up quizzes or tests because they feel it is your responsibilty to come to class!

TAKE NOTES! Notes are very important, you should never solely ddepend on the textbook, for sometimes the teacher will use his or her own information.

STUDY! You don't have to study for hours, 15-20 minutes each day will do just fine

ASK QUESTIONS! Teachers like that, and it will help you be less confused about something. If you are struggling with a subject, get a tutor or take advantage of a tutoring service.

DON'T PROCRASTINATE! Trust me, procastinating hurts.

I hope I can help!

Answer 4

You need a mindset. I know what you are going through. I went to 4 different schools & was not ready for any of them, but by shear will & determination, I made the 4th one a charm & I was a good student and got 2 certifications & am working in the field I went to school for now, but if I had to do it over again, I would change a lot & make sure that the first time I went to school was a success. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. The fact that I could not get motivated for school the 1st time made me feel like I was a failure & I repeated this over and over again. Subsequently, it got harder for me each time I tried. I think you really have to want it to actually get it done. So, I talked myself into it. I actually had little talks with myself about my future and what it would be like after I finished school. I pretty much only thought of the positive for myself. And I had to force myself to study a lot when I was really exhausted or just plain didn't feel like it. Now, my daughter is going through this & I have to hand it to her, she is doing a much better job than I did. She has had a couple set backs, but her mind is set, she wants that BA degree bad.

Answer 5

Have goals in mind. Have long term and short term ones. I took time off from school. When I returned it was hard to stay motivated. I made a goal that I would have a college education and to make something of myself. As for short term goals---I wanted to do decently on the tests. I realized there were going to times that I couldn't make an A or study as much as I wanted. At the end of the week (if I had met my goals or was a bad week), I rewarded myself. Watch a movie or set aside time to do something you like to do. Good Luck!

Answer 6

Make going to school your job. And in doing so, realize that many successful people are successful because they found a way to do thier job exceptionally well, even when they didn't like doing it. What does this mean for you? It means that even when you don't like going to lectures, go, because it's your job. When you don't like studying, study, because it's your job. When you don't want to prepare for an exam because it's difficult, study and suffer through it because it's your job. In other words, give yourself only one option, and that is to do your best in college.

You first have to accept the reality of the world that you live in. The reality is that graduating from college significantly increases your chances to have options and thus be able to have a good life. Sure there are people who didn't graduate from college and are successful. But there are also people who swallow poison and fall down wells who have survived; does that mean you should try and do the same?

Successful people are more often born out of their ability to do things that other people don't like to do, and do them well. This includes: going to college, studying for exams, applying for (many) jobs, staying late at work, coming in early to work, making more calls than others, hearing "NO" more than others, trying to meet more people etc. Spend a few minutes to really think about this. If you think about it hard enough and you get it, the rest should be very easy.

P.S. one last tip but a very important one: make friends with people who are smarter than you and learn from them. It may sound fake at first, but you'd be surprise of how much of an impact hanging out with intelligent and hard-working people can do for your own personal attititue and work-ethic. And maybe you can even teach them a thing or two.

Answer 7

Right! Think that, what the mind can perceive the body can achieve! Dream big for yourself, and do something about it. Don't think of yourself as mediocre. Do your best in every endeavour and notice how positive things flock around you. All it takes is the guts and persistence to keep doing it until you succeed. You only fail when you give up. In the end who will definitely benefit from all this? IT IS YOU! So stay motivated.. and build your own future.

Answer 8

There is no magic formula, it is just a matter of dedication. When you feel yourself getting distracted or tempted to heed the calls of your friends who want to go out while you need to study, be firm with yourself. It takes a lot of self discipline but once you get in the habit of being a good student, its easy to stay on it. Plan when you're going to study and when you're going to take breaks. Try to do healthy things too like going for walks or jogs, and try to get a friend in on it, it can make it easyer if you have someone doing it with you.
If all else fails, just look yourself in the mirror and say: ''would you like fries with that?'', and picture yourself 15 years from now. Would you rather have an intersting job and life, or be stuck living pay check to pay check with no health insurance?
Good luck, you can do it.

Answer 9

Keep focused by thinking each morning as you rise about how much better a job you will get when you have completed your schooling