Time After Time

Easy Tips on How to Manage Your Study Time

One of the hardest things to do when you first start college is learning how to manage your study time. And let's be honest, you learn the hard way. But just think of that first failed test as a learning mechanism. Move on and follow these steps to make better use of your time.

1. Prioritize. 

You HAVE to know what is most important and what should be done first. If you have a paper that is due in two days and an essay that is due in four days, write the dang paper first!

Procrastination is not your friend in college, or in life even. If you put off writing that paper and decide to do something that isn't due for two weeks instead because it is "easier", you are done for. It will sneak up on you and next thing you know you have a four page paper due before midnight, but by golly you finished answering those three questions are that due in two weeks!

2. Utilize.

Use all the time you can to study. Every second matters. And just think of it this way, using your time to study can't hurt you. It can only help you.

What WILL hurt you is wasting your time running to Taco Bell at 11:30 at night instead of writing a 3 page paper due the next day. But that isn't from personal experience or anything.

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3. Focus.

I know, your roommates are all having the time of their life eating popcorn and having a movie night in your living room and you are sitting all alone studying in your room. It can be hard. But just know that the sooner you get done with all your homework, the sooner you can go join them!

4. Create a Schedule.

Make a schedule of how long you want to spend on each subject and stick to it! This will not only help you stay on track with studying but also give you a general idea of when you will be done so you can still go socialize with your friends. But also keep in mind that your schedule needs to be flexible depending on the subject and what you have to do for that subject.

If you keep these things in mind you will be on the right track to getting that A that you so desperately long for. It will take some time to really get in the groove, but studying is essential to doing well in college so you may as well do it right!