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Being a Successful Student

Being a Successful Student. Tips from ENGRG 150 Seminar. Credits to Jery Stedinger!. Plan to Succeed: Organize to Learn. Use a Calendar to plan EACH week exams classes assignments (including long term assignments) review Balanced schedule recreation, study, class, social

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Being a Successful Student

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  1. Being a Successful Student Tips from ENGRG 150 Seminar Credits to Jery Stedinger!

  2. Plan to Succeed: Organize to Learn • Use a Calendar to plan EACH week • exams • classes • assignments (including long term assignments) • review • Balanced schedule • recreation, study, class, social • Don’t leave it all until the weekend

  3. Organize to Learn • Don’t get behind in a course • you may not be able to comprehend subsequent topics • Getting behind is death • Long term assignments • divide into incremental scheduled milestones • Learn how/when/where you learn best

  4. Study tips • start homework early and as it is covered in class. • Don’t get stuck on one point or homework problem • Go on and come back for assistance • Do not try to learn by cramming at the last minute • Don’t hesitate to ask for help from Prof. and TA

  5. Textbooks and Lectures • Complementary sources of material • Figure out how they work together for you • consider skimming corresponding text before lecture • Textbooks usually cover more material than is covered in the course

  6. Exams • Find out what is important • Look at old exams • Start reviewing early (Getting behind is death) • Distribute time among questions based on point value • Answer the easiest questions first • Don’t get stuck. Settle for partial credit

  7. How to be a survivor • Cornell is different from high school • Engineering at Cornell requires hard work • Manage both time and material • time: allocate time for courses in blocks and reserve time for fun • material: some topics or readings are extra, some essential. Get handouts and old exams

  8. Teamwork • Develop a support group of other engineering students • Make contacts in every class • Studying in groups is encouraged • Help each other: if a friend needs help try to provide it • Teaching is the best way to learn something

  9. Sleep/Eat/Relax • Don’t keep missing sleep • Most people need 8-9 hours/day • Avoid all-nighters • Eat well (keep a schedule) • Excess Stress debilitates • EARS (255-ears) • get help when you need it, don’t assume the stress will go away • Take time to enjoy life too!

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