1. Skills needed in College:
Time management
Accuracy
Commitment to Education
Self- and Resource-Management Skills
Interpersonal and Social Skills
Academic Success Skills
Career Planning Skills
2. Commitment to Education
• Why are you here? How do you expect your education will
help you? How will it change you personally? How will it
change you professionally?
• What kinds of technology do all students need to master to
be successful in college?
Self- and Resource-Management Skills
• What are the hardest or what do you anticipate will be the
hardest aspects of college life to adjust to?
• What are things you think college students should do every
day? Every week? Every weekend? At least once before they
graduate?
• What are the financial difficulties involved in attending
college? What can be done to reduce them?
3. Interpersonal and Social Skills
• How has the cultural diversity of the college campus
changed your thinking or affected your social perceptions?
• What is the hardest part about “fitting in” at college?
What strategies can you think of to help others become
more socially involved?
• What have you noticed about other college students’
attitudes that you admire? What have you noticed that you
don’t like?
• What do you think it takes to get an A in a college course?
What about a C? What do you have to do to fail a course?
• What academic skills do you think are most important to
have for any college class? What can you do to improve
your ability in these areas?
4. • Do you procrastinate? Why? What can you do to motivate
yourself to work ahead of schedule?
• What common problems do people run into when taking
tests? What are the characteristics of test anxiety? What are
some effective test-taking strategies to remember for various
kinds of exams (multiple choice, short answer, essay, etc.)?
5. Another key to success is the time management, and every
student needs to establish a school schedule which is the most
effective time management tool to better be organized. It is
preferable to decide earlier that you really want to spend time
studying and distribute it according to your course classes, and
the most important avoid postpone by establishing priorities
and stick to them as much as possible. Be flexible and set
yourself realistic goals. That will give you a sense of control.
In general, it is good to make a break of 10 minutes after one
hour of work to keep up their ability to concentrate and
attention.
6. When we feel overwhelmed, it is important to review its time
management.
have built a professional project.
Be responsible for yourself, show discipline and motivation,
adopt a positive attitude, have the desire to succeed, manage
performance anxiety (fear of failure), adapt to the changes, ask
for help if necessary, know take advantage of the failure,
become autonomous.
7. An essential skill that every student need to develop is the
career planning that allow you to match your personal and
career development interests with jobs needs and
requirements. Getting your diploma is good, but after
graduation you may miss some opportunities, so to avoid that
and increase your chances of getting the job you want. First
step in career planning is to summaries your strengths,
interests, preferences, and values; second step is to enhance
your understanding and awareness of the organization's needs,
technology changes, expected turnover, program plans; third
step is to decide on goals that are the best fit for you, your
position, and the organization; You can also think how you can
work towards those goals within your school program.
8. Next step is to identify the skills and competencies
that you need to develop by using your career
goals as guides, then assign the resources
(money, time, support relationships, etc.) that will
be needed for success. And last step is you need
to practice what you have learned and have an
opportunity to build your competence and review
the skills you have acquired and the ways in which
those skills have enhanced your performance and
can be used to help you grow in the future. Set
new goals and revise or adjust action steps and
timelines as necessary.
9. move from high school to university is not always easy, and
many questions came to head like What do you expect to get
out of your college education? What do you expect to put into
it?
What goals, both short and long term, have you set for yourself
as a college student? Are those goals realistic? Do you have a
plan for reaching them? What are the financial difficulties
involved in attending college? What can be done to reduce
them? What are the most effective study methods? What do
you consider to be the proper balance between school, work,
and social obligations? Which of these is most important to
most college students? What is your college major or what
majors are you considering? What possible jobs do you think
this might lead you to?
this is why students must develop some survival skills in order
to succeed in their school, professional path as well as their
lives.
10. One key to succeed in college is to develop good working
methods because successful study at the college is a matter of
organization, and have the balance between classes, work in
libraries, cultural and campus events with friends, job, and
other life obligations.
In college, the construction of knowledge comes through
personal research and attending courses; at this point much
freedom can be a trap, so it is recommended to attend classes,
not to rely on friends to take notes in your place and carefully
prepared homework.
11. The best way to learn something is to repeat regularly. While
taking notes is the first step. the second, Reread them at
regular intervals. When the time of the examinations, you will
only review and not to learn everything. As I am doing
engineering major I have to deal with many courses where I
have to solve problems, for example, Math, Physics, and
Sciences so I spend much of my study time doing exercises.
