Being a student requires more careful time management than at school – as well as having lectures scattered all over your timetable, you will be expected to spend a lot of study hours reading and doing assignments, and you will have to organise all this yourself. Whilst this can seem like an annoying distraction from the important first year business of making friends and generally having a good time, it’ll make a difference when you move into the second and third years if you have developed a sensible work routine.
In your first year at university, it’s easy to be distracted by all the excitement around you, but systematic, regular hours are easy to follow and will increase your effectiveness. It can help to construct a timetable with all your weekly commitments – work, lectures, meetings – and allocate specific periods so you know when you need to be studying. Be strict with yourself. After all, if you work properly for the hours you’ve planned, you’ll enjoy your reward that much more.
In your first year at university, it’s easy to be distracted by all the excitement around you, but systematic, regular hours are easy to follow and will increase your effectiveness. It can help to construct a timetable with all your weekly commitments – work, lectures, meetings – and allocate specific periods so you know when you need to be studying. Be strict with yourself. After all, if you work properly for the hours you’ve planned, you’ll enjoy your reward that much more.
