University Success Tips: University life: essential tips for a successful first
A lecturer’s honest advice on reading lists, deadlines and asking for help before it’s too late.
Your first semester
The jump from school to university isn’t about harder content. It’s about nobody checking whether you’re keeping up.
Plan backwards from deadlines
Put every assignment date in one calendar in week one. Start each assignment three weeks before it’s due, even if you only write the outline.
The students who struggle most are rarely the least able. They’re the ones who started late.Margin note from Samuel
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Ask early
Office hours, tutors and study groups exist for week three, not week twelve.
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