Blog 3: Study Up

We all come to college for one reason, that reason is to get an education and degree of some kind. For me, I want to be an engineer and I am going to Muskingum University to get my basic engineering degree. This major is not the easiest, but it is something that I have a passion for and want to do for the rest of my life. Because of my major I have to dedicate a lot of time to studying and homework, but that’s ok because that is what I’m here for. The price of text books is a hefty one so I highly recommend asking the upper class men these two things. One, do you actually use the textbook for the class and two, are you willing to sell your used text book, or do you know where I can find a cheaper book. I had a professor who required the book for the class and never assigned anything out of the book and as long as you paid attention in the class you didn’t need the text book. I was so glad I talked to a friend who already took the class and told me not to spend the $60 on the text book I would never use. One thing to learn quickly in college is how well you study. Are you the kind of student that needs to go to the library to get your homework done, or can you sit on your bed with music playing and still get your work done? For me, I turned my desk in my dorm into a catch all, hold all, mess which means I do not do a lot of homework in my room. Most of the time I will go to a place on campus called the Chess Center. It is basically a small library that has a bunch of conference rooms to allows students to get their work done. I have used the library on campus before, but its too far of a walk in the cold. With learning your study habits, you also need to be aware of how you learn. Most of my professors use Power Points and just talk and talk about the things they want you to learn. For me I have to take notes and then re-write them and go back to the PowerPoint to make sure I didn’t miss anything in lecture. I also use colored pens to try and make my notes more pleasing to the eye and it helps when I go back to study important terms that are written in red. Also taking notes in pen is so much better than pencil because they last and don’t smear. That is all the advice I have for this blog but stay tuned for the tips coming in the next one.