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![]() Yep, I'm officially entering college in engineering physics. Any tips ?
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![]() Too many to list. What questions do you have?
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![]() What's a good way to succeed an extremely hard program ? Should I have free time ?
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![]() doesn't everyone start tomorrow?
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![]() Unless you're taking 18+ credit hours and working a job, you should have some free time. Don't miss out on what college life has to offer!
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![]() use protection, and try out a club.
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![]() The most important skill you can have is time management. I finished two degrees from a top school in four years during undergrad while working full time/paying for my own education -- and I still had extra time to dick around (even here on FFR).
How to do it: 1. Don't procrastinate, ever. 2. Don't procrastinate, ever. 3. Don't procrastinate, ever. 4. Use office hours. Super important. Very few people actually bother to use them, which is dumb because office hours tend to be more helpful than doing a shitload of reading and not understanding it in the end. Office hours are like one-on-one sessions where you can have some custom-tailored explanation, and it's oftentimes a useful way for you to figure out what's important and what is secondary. 5. Sleeping in is great, but if you want to be ambitious about shit, wake up early. Those extra couple hours per day = more time to get a bunch of shit done. 6. If you have to work a job at the same time, find something that will let you have access to a computer so you can get homework done and/or study during downtime. 7. Work out. I'm not kidding. It will help you maintain energy and mental awareness, and keep you on track with your routine/schedule everywhere else. Similarly, eat well so you'll be alert all day. 8. Get a credit card so you can start building a credit history, but use it like a debit card. In other words, every time you use the card, go pay it off as soon as you can so you can have your balance paid in full at all times. 9. Leave your dorm room door open so people can walk in and talk to you whenever. It'll help make you more social. 10. Make an effort to attend social events and maybe a club or two. Having a good set of friends is important. 11. Don't get too caught up in romantic relationships. There's plenty of time for that after college. 12. Talk with any on-campus academic advisers early on so you ensure you're planning ahead correctly. 13. Don't skip class. 14. Don't pull all-nighters. If you are staying up all night to study, you're doing something wrong. There are more than enough hours in the day to do all the studying you need. Wasting an extra 5-6 hours trying to cram more shit into your head is not going to help. Sleep instead. You'll do better. 15. If you have a class that has group projects, it's extra important to sit near the front of the class so you don't get stick with lazy people. Lazy people will waste your time. Let me know if you want to know more. |
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Really though, this guy knows what he's talking about. Go with this.
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I wouldn't say that every piece of advice listed is necessary, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to do all of this. I personally never went to office hours and did well. However, you probably should go if you have time. I found it more useful to just prepare well on my own. 12 is crucial, but at the same time don't trust everyone. Advisors leave out information that is pretty damn important all the time (not necessarily intentionally, but they do). I can't say I endorse 11, although honestly it probably is better to do it that way... especially if your program is pretty rigorous. Above all, have fun. It goes fast.
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![]() Thanks for the infos rubix, it's helping me out a lot. I have a question about clubs though. How time consuming are they ? I want to leave some free time so that I can learn another language (so that I can study abroad) but at the same time, I'm quite interested in joining a club.
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After doing my assigned reading I'd immediately go to the professor's office hours to ask questions because it was not only better for getting the one-on-one explanation, but it was faster than wasting hours trying to figure out the answers to my own questions whenever I got stuck. It's also good for clearing up misconceptions. Sometimes you'll THINK you understand something when you might be missing some crucial detail that happened to slip through the cracks during problem sets or whatever. In other words, office hours were great for letting me feel confident that I had mastered what I needed for the time being and could safely move on. They're also good for getting to know the professor and vice-versa. If you want to apply to a grad school later, you'll need to get recommendations from faculty members who can vouch for you. It's amazing to me how few people take advantage of office hours. It's like free progress on a platter that kids don't go after because "I attend enough class already." The marginal gains are enormous. Quote:
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![]() Rubix knows what he's talking about. Let me add a few things that helped me attain two MA degrees:
1. When you are working on a thesis or large paper, you will probably feel the urge to keep on reading and/or experimenting instead of organizing your notes/results. Intellectual curiosity has led me to read too much and get more and more lost in details and side roads way too often. Try to organize your notes and thoughts and explicitly write out your progress and ideas every week or use some other systematic way of handling a project rather than muddling along. 2. Study and research is not always fun and certainly is not always easy, especially at creative stages (e.g. organizing your thoughts after the intial readings, coming up withb a good research design etc.). When you have some serious creative work to be done, avoid distractions, especially internet distractions. 3. Set concrete goals, both long-term and short-term (e.g. get so many credits this semester, get this or that average grade, finish this paper by next weekend) and award yourself after, and only after attaining a goal. 4. Freedom is cool, structured freedom is cooler. Unless you have a really strong discipline and motivation, it's best to force yourself into a regular study/work structure. As indicated by rubix, getting up early and not procrastinating until you are forced to pull an all-nighter is essential to your study progress and your own sanity. 5. College is more than an opportunity to study. It is also an opportunity to meet interesting people, get involved into sports and cultural campus activities etc. 6. Your MMORPG days are over. If you want to continue to play games, pick games that you can play in moderation. 7. Break at least one of these rules once in a while so you can feel like a rebel.
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![]() Yea, I suck at this. Glad I'll be done this year. A regular steady job seems much more doable for me. Not that the work is too hard. I'm just not too fond of the school life.
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