Dear High School Graduate,
Congratulations on being admitted to college whether your going after your full degree or just after your general education your time at SLCC will be well spent. College is vastly different from your experience in high school, so here are a few tips and strategies to help you succeed through your college experience. Several strategies that will help you in college include learning to study, learning how to write good essays, managing your time, and being goal oriented throughout your experience. These strategies will help you do well in college and stay motivated to complete each semester and get your degree. Studying is by far the most important skill that you can develop early on in order to succeed in college.
Studying in college is much more important than it is in high school; each class is very specific in the topics covered so studying for your tests so you can understand the plethora of information that is covered in the course is imperative for your success. Learn to study by understanding your learning style, what types of studying techniques work best for you, and making sure you have more than enough time to study properly during your semester. Studying for and passing your tests is a great feeling, so dedicating your time to understanding the material is important. Studying will also help with essay assignments and essay questions; writing concisely and clearly is paramount to a lot of classes in college.
Essays are tedious assignments that take a lot of your time to complete, if you can’t write clearly and concisely on a college level then I suggest learning quickly. Writing in high school is very different from college, in college essays are long and very specific, and being able to write one that is structured, worded, and executed expertly is paramount to a lot of classes, not just English classes. Learn to write well by developing your ideas fully and dedicating time to hashing out details for a complete and concise essay. Managing your time in order to study, write those essays, and do your other projects and homework is also important to being successful in college.
Time management is very difficult in college, you have all of your classes on top of any other work you have to do such as a job or social club, if you don’t manage your time wisely you set yourself up to fail. Making time to do all of your assignments, go to your job, hang out with friends, and do any other social activity is a daunting task for most freshmen and causes a lot of stress and failure if your time is not managed properly. You can manage your time wisely by sticking to a schedule and maintaining your priorities instead of being impulsive. Maintaining all of these things thus far is difficult, but is worth it in the end as with every semester completed you get closer and closer to your goal of graduation.
Goals, make sure you set goals that you can achieve, realistic goals are hard to achieve but by setting short term goals and long term goals for your college experience it will make it more fun and much more rewarding in the end. Your goals need to be attainable and specific, graduating is a good goal but challenge yourself as well, aim to graduate in a good amount of time with a good GPA, setting that goal will motivate you do the best you can and maintain that momentum till you achieve that goal. Setting short term goals such as completing the semester with a 4.0 or aiming to do better than you’re used to, helps maintain your motivation. Being successful in college is entirely dependent on how much work and effort you decide to put in.
College is entirely dependent on the amount of effort that you as a student want to put forth in order to succeed. Studying will help you with your mid terms and finals which make up the majority of your grades in most cases, learning to write essays will benefit you immensely due to the sheer amount of writing that is required in college, managing your time either sets you up to succeed or fail depending on if you use your time wisely or impulsively, and setting goals helps you maintain focus and motivation throughout your time here in college. Weather you succeed or fail is entirely up to you, using the strategies I suggested will help you set yourself up for success. College is an enjoyable experience so make the most of it while you’re here, make time for your studies and your friends but enjoy both. Welcome to college, use your time wisely and enjoy the time that you’re here.
Sincerely, Tryston Taylor
Reflection: Writing this letter helped me point out in my own mind a lot of the habits that i use every week during my semester in order to succeed in my classes. While writing this letter i wanted to convey what I thought was important for success in college, managing my time is by far the most important thing I do on a weekly basis followed by making sure I'm doing what needs to be done to succeed in tests and essay assignments. My hope is that if a new college student reads this letter they might avoid making some of the same mistakes that i made during my first semester, such as underestimating the importance of studying.
Congratulations on being admitted to college whether your going after your full degree or just after your general education your time at SLCC will be well spent. College is vastly different from your experience in high school, so here are a few tips and strategies to help you succeed through your college experience. Several strategies that will help you in college include learning to study, learning how to write good essays, managing your time, and being goal oriented throughout your experience. These strategies will help you do well in college and stay motivated to complete each semester and get your degree. Studying is by far the most important skill that you can develop early on in order to succeed in college.
Studying in college is much more important than it is in high school; each class is very specific in the topics covered so studying for your tests so you can understand the plethora of information that is covered in the course is imperative for your success. Learn to study by understanding your learning style, what types of studying techniques work best for you, and making sure you have more than enough time to study properly during your semester. Studying for and passing your tests is a great feeling, so dedicating your time to understanding the material is important. Studying will also help with essay assignments and essay questions; writing concisely and clearly is paramount to a lot of classes in college.
Essays are tedious assignments that take a lot of your time to complete, if you can’t write clearly and concisely on a college level then I suggest learning quickly. Writing in high school is very different from college, in college essays are long and very specific, and being able to write one that is structured, worded, and executed expertly is paramount to a lot of classes, not just English classes. Learn to write well by developing your ideas fully and dedicating time to hashing out details for a complete and concise essay. Managing your time in order to study, write those essays, and do your other projects and homework is also important to being successful in college.
Time management is very difficult in college, you have all of your classes on top of any other work you have to do such as a job or social club, if you don’t manage your time wisely you set yourself up to fail. Making time to do all of your assignments, go to your job, hang out with friends, and do any other social activity is a daunting task for most freshmen and causes a lot of stress and failure if your time is not managed properly. You can manage your time wisely by sticking to a schedule and maintaining your priorities instead of being impulsive. Maintaining all of these things thus far is difficult, but is worth it in the end as with every semester completed you get closer and closer to your goal of graduation.
Goals, make sure you set goals that you can achieve, realistic goals are hard to achieve but by setting short term goals and long term goals for your college experience it will make it more fun and much more rewarding in the end. Your goals need to be attainable and specific, graduating is a good goal but challenge yourself as well, aim to graduate in a good amount of time with a good GPA, setting that goal will motivate you do the best you can and maintain that momentum till you achieve that goal. Setting short term goals such as completing the semester with a 4.0 or aiming to do better than you’re used to, helps maintain your motivation. Being successful in college is entirely dependent on how much work and effort you decide to put in.
College is entirely dependent on the amount of effort that you as a student want to put forth in order to succeed. Studying will help you with your mid terms and finals which make up the majority of your grades in most cases, learning to write essays will benefit you immensely due to the sheer amount of writing that is required in college, managing your time either sets you up to succeed or fail depending on if you use your time wisely or impulsively, and setting goals helps you maintain focus and motivation throughout your time here in college. Weather you succeed or fail is entirely up to you, using the strategies I suggested will help you set yourself up for success. College is an enjoyable experience so make the most of it while you’re here, make time for your studies and your friends but enjoy both. Welcome to college, use your time wisely and enjoy the time that you’re here.
Sincerely, Tryston Taylor
Reflection: Writing this letter helped me point out in my own mind a lot of the habits that i use every week during my semester in order to succeed in my classes. While writing this letter i wanted to convey what I thought was important for success in college, managing my time is by far the most important thing I do on a weekly basis followed by making sure I'm doing what needs to be done to succeed in tests and essay assignments. My hope is that if a new college student reads this letter they might avoid making some of the same mistakes that i made during my first semester, such as underestimating the importance of studying.