1. Time Management : create a way to manage your time, use either a planner, calendar, or smartphone app. Write down class times, work schedule, and homework schedule daily so you can keep your tasks in order. Keeping a schedule will help you reduce the amount of times you forget about an assignment, or important meeting.
2. Take a reasonable amount of credit hours : only take as many credits as you can handle, everyone is different with how many credit hours they can realistically manage. Look back on past semesters too find a good gauge on the proper amount of credit hours for you. Take into account work schedule, homework amount for each class, and having enough social downtime as well.
3. Have all materials ready : use the first week of the semester to get all the supplies you'll need for the semester such as text books, highlighters, notecards, pens and pencils, notebooks, calculator, and printer paper.
4. Get involved : use this semester to get involved in an on-campus group, or club. Being involved in your community brings opportunities to make new friends, as well as build confidence, and relieve stress.
5. Budget : create a budget to live by for this semester. Estimate about how much money you have to spend on groceries, gas, bills, savings, and shopping and/or fun money. After a couple weeks of sticking to your budget make any necessary modifications.
This semester we challenge you to try something new, get involved, and use campus resources available to all USU students! Welcome back to school Aggies!
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