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Adjusting to College Life

Balancing Class Selection with Time Management Transitions to College: An Advising Curriculum for High School SeniorsSlide2

AgendaWeek at a glance Make a weekly schedule—when are classes, work, study, eat, sleep, gym, free time, etc.2) Planning your semester Enter critical assignments on a 4-month calendar. You can see where assignments are piling up and where in the semester you need to plan ahead so you aren’t overwhelmed.3) Back to weekly calendar Each week, make time (Sunday night, Monday morning) to plan the week: block out study time, gym time, etc. around your fixed commitments (classes, work).Slide3

Case

Study: The Catch-Up Game“My

semester always starts off with me on track. My school materials and notebooks are organized with separate notebooks for each

course.

I

make sure to check my syllabus regularly to determine if I have enough time to complete my assignments.

After

a couple of weeks into the semester, I missed an assignment and a class. Eventually, I began this catch-up game. I had one paper due in two weeks, dealing with work issues, and another paper due that week for a different class. My manager at work called and asked if I could work an extra shift because we were short-staffed.”Sound familiar? What would you do?

Provided by Success Boston Peer Mentor at UMass Boston. Slide4

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“Because I needed the money, I said yes. At the same time, I’m thinking I can just catch up with my work later on knowing good and well the unlikelihood of me completing my assignments. I ended up either falling asleep soon after I got home after a long shift. I’m now three weeks behind in one class and have no chance of catching up. It’s far too late to drop the class, so I withdrew. I wasted time and money because I procrastinated and didn’t do a better job with managing my school work and my social life.”

Case Study

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The Catch-Up GameSlide5

A Similar Situation…..Slide6

How he made it through…..Slide7

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Creating a Weekly Schedule Slide8

Dilemmas Brainstorm with your table for 2 minutes and see what you can do to address these issues:This student is taking 5 (3-credit) classes, which means that they’ll need to study 30-45

hours/week. As is, their schedule only allocates for 20 hours of studying/week. Where/how can the student make up for the remaining study

hours?

TIP

: For each 3-credit

class, it’s recommended

that you

study 6-9 hours/week. This student has an English paper and a Sociology exam on the same day: Tuesday. How/when will he be able to prepare for both if Monday appears to be this busy?Slide9

Plan Your SemesterSlide10

Class

Scheduling: Creating a BalanceTopics of Discussion:Selecting classes according

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tyleAmount of study time required/suggested for each hour of courseworkManaging work, friends, family, and school

Use out-of

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class

and travel time wisely

Balance

between

easy

and

challenging classes Slide11

Academic Calendar

Add/Drop Deadline

Registration Spring ‘13

Pass/Fail

and Withdrawal Deadline

Final ExamsSlide12

Undergraduate Catalog

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Class schedule for Psych 234:

3 days a week: Monday,

Wednesday &

Friday

or 1

day a week: Friday

Times: 11:00 am to 11:50 am or 6:00 pm to 9:00 pmAdditionally it fulfills the U.S. diversity requirementSlide13

What I learned…..Slide14

Stay Organized!