Strategies for Becoming a Successful STC Student

We all know that education is important. However not everyone knows how to survive in college. There are many different steps a person can take to become an excellent college student.

1. Manage your time.
2. You have 168 hours in a week. How well you use them can determine how successful you really are.
3. Plan and evaluate goals regularly.
4. To be successful you should understand where you are and where you want to be.
5. Listen and process information.
6. You must be able to listen and take in a lot of information. You must also be able to decide what information is important to your success and filter out the rest.
7. Communicate your needs.
8. You must be able to communicate effectively in writing and in speaking with individuals and groups.
9. Take action and responsibility.
10. Make educated decisions for yourself, realizing that these decisions can affect others. Understand your core values and how they relate to the values of your community.
11. College requires developing new skills.
12. Habits that worked in high school are not always effective in the college classroom. Be prepared to be challenged and don’t consider your first year as the 13th grade.