1.

Take a study skills seminar or workshop...check with the Counseling and Student Development Center at x6552.

2.

Reduce your non-academic commitments such as part-time work hours per week and/or nights playing in the rock band.

3.

Get a few good, reliable study partners.

4.

Keep weekly (and daily) reports/journals of your progress. Where were you wasting time that could have been better spent on your academics?

5.

Improve your note taking skills...get a book or take a course at the Counseling and Student Development Center. You won't be sorry!

6.

Get a tutor, and tell him/her what your objectives are. Be prepared to work toward your goal!

7.

Take fewer (but greater than zero!) courses next term.

8.

Balance difficult courses with easier ones. Don't take too many writing intensive courses, reading intensive courses, or math/science intensive courses at the same time. Spread each kind out if you can.

9.

Tell your instructor you need help, and ask him/her to recommend supplementary materials (a more basic text, practice tests, office hour visits).

10.

Switch your major. Don't do this too often! People may start to worry about you, or you may run out of options! :)