How College Students Become Successful

When asking most people about college they will probably say that it was the greatest time in their life where they furthered their career and made friendships that last a lifetime. The part that they do not mention about college is the constant struggle that most college freshmen face on a day to day basis. When starting college everyone is on their best behavior but as the year progresses the can do attitude is crushed by large amounts of homework and late nights cramming for English midterms that get canceled. To be successful in college students have to spend a large amount of time studying outside of the classroom. Most of the studying consists of math problems that can take up to twenty-two hours solving, writing code that doesn’t ever work, or cramming for tests. With all this studying it is difficult to fit it all in one day so typically students stay up into the wee hours only surviving on energy drinks and fear produced by procrastination. If this reoccurs enough the student, then becomes subject caffeine addiction which is helpful in the short run with getting those last precious hours of studying before the test but can harm the student’s wallet and well-being in the long run. Do not let this happen, to be a successful student one must not procrastinate on their work and instead plan ahead so that they …show more content…
College students are pretty diverse but one common struggle they can agree on is the lack of sleep that accumulates over the weeks and the following days of hibernation. Most students do have one or two classes that they would not mind sleeping through but some classes are so intense that skipping is just not an option. Do not sleep through class, get at least 6 hours of sleep if there is a test the next day and on a typical day-to-day basis over 5 hours of