Are College Students Successful

There’s a variety of reason why Incoming freshmen are not prepared and fail to succeed in college. But the main reason why college students aren’t successful is because they have not developed a habit of planning or scheduling their everyday tasks. they think because they have more freedom and less hours of school, they can get their homework and other plans done throughout the day or at the very last minute which leaves them no choice but to spend endless nights of no sleep, be late to class and eventually feel really stressed out that they drop out the class and eventually out of college. However to successfully survive college and balance your school, homework, work, and personal time. A good strategy to help you manage all your tasks is …show more content…
As you’re planning make sure you include your daily term goals to see how you can incorporate them in your schedule along with the long and short term goals that will need to include throughout the week in order to get close to achieving your goals. For example if you’re long term goals is to get accepted to the dental program at UMKC. Then you could plan to make your short goal similar to the long term goal by planning to pass every semester with good grades. As you began to plan your schedule you can make time to study for three hours and incorporate this to your weekly schedule. And for your daily goals you could plan to go over notes regularly after every class, and other goals you plan to work on in an everyday basis. When planning make sure you prioritize the most important tasks on the top of your list so you know those task are the most important things to get done for the day or throughout the weeks. Also make sure you add how long each task will take to get an idea of long you should be spending time on each task. After planning things out you can make things look more organized by creating two lists. One can be to help keep you keep track of your personal tasks like cooking a meal at seven o’clock every day and adding an estimate of how long it will take to cook. The other lists can be just for school, …show more content…
Began by setting realistic goals based on your goals you plan to achieve in a short or long term, and on a daily basis. Second take those goals you have in mind and began to plan how you will work on them by creating a very organized to-do list to help you keep track of everything you need to get done for school and your personal tasks. As your creating your lists you must be very specific with time and the most important tasks you want to get done by prioritizing them. Also keep in mind some tasks might have to be delegated or tossed out as your finishing tasks or experiencing unexpected events. Finally incorporate your lists in an agenda or a planer to help you know what things you need to get on a daily basis and for the next couple of weeks. Keep in mind that as you’re following your schedule you may experience unexpected events and all you can do is try to go on with your day and focus on getting everything else done in your schedule. Getting used to always creating a schedule will help you manage your time to have more free time and be stress free as long as you follow your schedule you will also get closer to achieving your goals. Although it may seem hard to get used to doing this habit regularly, it all takes practice for you to fully get used to this habit and be a successful college