| The freedom that comes with leaving home and | | | | your classes, but perhaps more from the skills |
| going to college can be exhilarating, but don't let it | | | | and connections you make through campus |
| be simultaneously destructive or simply lost time. | | | | organizations. Leadership in campus organization |
| Once you leave for the campus and are | | | | also looks great on your resume. |
| responsible for yourself, you have to balance | | | | Certainly the costs you incur during your college |
| work, fun, and other life-relevant activities in | | | | years pay for classes, but they also cover |
| between. The college experience affords a | | | | opportunities for participation in school-wide and |
| number of great opportunities that can be missed | | | | smaller events. You are afforded the accessibility |
| by the extremes of either studying or relaxing | | | | of lectures, speeches, workshops, concerts, and |
| too much. | | | | other events that would otherwise cost a lot of |
| College life is largely about productivity. In it, there | | | | additional money if you did not have them as part |
| is probably some work you "ought" to be engage | | | | of being a student. Celebrities and other |
| in at most times of the day and evening. The | | | | well-known people from all walks of life visit |
| only way to accomplish it all and still have time to | | | | college campuses. So do "unknowns" who may |
| relax is to use your time wisely. When doing | | | | turn out to have a significant positive influence on |
| schoolwork, think about the fastest ways you | | | | your life. |
| can organize your assignments to complete them | | | | Become actively engaged in your classes, and get |
| with quality work while seeking the best grades. | | | | to know your professors. Ask a lot of questions |
| The most successful students in college are not | | | | during your classes. If you merely sit there |
| necessarily those who study all the time. Rather, | | | | nodding your head or staring forward, you won't |
| they're the ones who don't waste time and | | | | be getting your money's worth. |
| instead use it efficiently. | | | | After classes as you have time, approach some |
| The old adage "the more you do, the more you | | | | of your professors and start discussions relevant |
| get done" is seldom more accurate than in college. | | | | to the subject matters they teach. Professors |
| The most active and purposeful people also tend | | | | are usually interesting people and can offer |
| to earn the highest grades. Don't simply go to | | | | intriguing life perspectives that might not normally |
| class and hang out with your friends, but become | | | | be evident during class time. Building a relationship |
| involved in a few of the nearly limitless | | | | with a few of them at your school can also |
| organizations around campus. Whatever your | | | | provide you creative opportunities that would not |
| interests may be, there is likely a group to | | | | take place otherwise. |
| support, enjoy, or protest them. | | | | Remember, you are paying a high cost for |
| If you can't find a representative organization of | | | | college, so make the most of it. Many people |
| interest to you on your campus, consider | | | | have fond memories of college as the best time |
| organizing one yourself. Your eventual career may | | | | of their lives. Take advantage of it while you can. |
| actually come not from simply the completion of | | | | |