Can't find an audience? Don't know where to buy a ticket? Do not understand anything in documents and scholarships? Believe me, you are not alone, and there are dozens of people around who can help. In many universities, newcomers even have a curator - a senior student who will show and tell everything. Don't be afraid to look stupid with questions like "Where's the canteen?" It is normal not to know this when you are at university for the first time.

Try yourself in unusual things

A dance group, student television, a choir, or even a cheerleading team. Nobody knows where you will find yourself. The university provides opportunities that were not available to you at school.

Try and take risks - maybe it will change your life?

Take everything from these opportunities: competitions, festivals, international exchange programs and much more, until the burden of everyday work has fallen on your shoulders.

You will learn how to plan your time so that you do not run after the teachers during the session. After all, it will be quite unpleasant to fly out of KVN, the choir and the volleyball team at the same time, because it didn’t work out. now your everything!

Be active in workshops

If at school everyone liked to sit silently at the back of the desk, then at the university it’s better not to do this. If you answer at seminars, the teacher will remember and get a chance for an "automatic".

Make new acquaintances

Especially with classmates and seniors. You will have to communicate with the former for another four years, and the latter will tell you everything about the teachers, share notes and questions for exams. It is also useful to know the activists and staff of the university.

Don't be afraid of the session

No one has ever died from university, believe me. Yes, there will be more of them than at school, they will be twice a year, but it's not scary. And if you take notes, delve into educational process and start preparing in advance, you don’t even have to cram all night long. Many groups have a practice of preparing together: questions are shared among everyone, and it becomes much easier to write tickets.

Go to physical education

It's simple: not getting a credit and losing a scholarship because for some reason you decided that this is an unimportant subject is insulting and stupid. If you don’t want to grab your head at the end of the year, then it’s better to regularly visit the gym and pool.

Generally, this great way be in shape, because university physical education is not like school physical education and most often goes in the format of free training or fitness.

Forget everything you were taught in school

First, your USE scores no longer mean anything. Secondly, it is worth removing the words “lesson”, “teacher” and “change” from the lexicon. And thirdly, studying is now only your problem. They won’t call mom to the director and they won’t put a stake, but you can easily earn more serious problems. Independence at the entrance to the university is not issued, which is a pity.

Take things easy

If you catch a cold and miss one day, you will not be expelled. If you do not carry ten textbooks with you, you will not be expelled either. Even if you are late for a class, you can continue to study further. try to find mutual language with teachers, and everything will be fine.

Don't drop your studies

Despite the previous point. Yes, student life is great, but you should not forget about lectures and proper attendance. After all, that's what you're here for, right?

Student life is the best time

Believe! The school years flew by too quickly, and the student years, all the more, cannot be delayed.

So the school was left behind. Now you are at a new stage of development, a new era has come in your life - studying at the university. You will immediately understand that at the university the requirements for you will be very different from those at school. It will be difficult for you - but also interesting. University is an opportunity to engage in only your favorite subjects with enthusiasm. There are certain rules of the game in universities. What are the most helpful tips for freshmen?

How to learn everything

University education is quite insidious - the time from the moment when you are given knowledge to the moment when your knowledge is tested is quite long. Therefore, without the use of repetition techniques, it will be very difficult for you to remember the material. This is especially true for high school students who can feel a lot of stress from not being able to remember everything. In fact, there is a possibility, but it turns out to be real only for those who prepare every day and regularly repeat the material.

Work with material

Good advice to first-year students necessarily includes some time management techniques. Be sure to train yourself to deal with procrastination or procrastination. If you find it difficult to force yourself to read a huge material, divide it into parts and make a reading schedule. Psychologically, this is much easier than thinking that you need to read 200 pages, for example. Such volumes are the norm for the university, so it would be good to master the technique of viewing reading. I'm not talking about speed reading, because speed reading does not help to absorb the material well. But it's worth learning to find what you need.

Live bright

Qualitative advice to a freshman is often given by a person working in a socio-psychological service. Trainings are often held at universities oratory, leadership, self-confidence. They are mostly free. Be sure to sign up and "taste the trainings for taste." You come to university not only to study and hang out. It is also very important. Charity, music clubs, sports clubs, KVN and competitions are at your service. The student stage of life is often remembered not as a series of tests and exams, the best memories are funny performances, victories in contests and competitions, inter-university Olympiads in subjects.

Don't turn into zombies

Freshman tips also include a rather boring reminder. Despite the decrease in control, do not skip classes and lectures. And be sure to communicate with the lecturer at the lecture. This will give you points in the exam. Often questions during a lecture, even if not very smart ones, make you stand out from the hundreds. And you can get a mark on the exam more than you really deserve, just for not keeping silent. Interestingly, participation in the lecture will add you points of respect from classmates. Yes, and lecturers are very fond of active students, even if they do not agree with the teacher. Nobody likes lecturing a hundred zombies who do nothing but look at their watches.

The advice for a freshman is simple: learn to work with voluminous materials, do not put off work, participate in the life of the university and give voice at lectures.

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Tip 1. Learn to communicate, always be able to establish contact with people

• Something different from everyone else
• To be famous, recognizable
• Earn respect, earn prestige
• Be better, at least in some way

If 6 years ago, or at least a little later, there was a person who would have told me these now obvious things, I think I would have built my studies at the university and relationships with people in a completely different way. Most likely, it would change my life now, and indeed, I would be a different person.

Please take everything you say as if it were mine. personal experience. In no way am I trying to impose my opinion and I do not consider it absolutely correct, but I hope that it will be useful to someone and will be interesting.

Well, freshmen, waited for September 1?! Now you are full representatives of a special social group - students. And in order to remain students for another five years, but, we recommend winding up on your mustache or what you are winding up on the advice of senior comrades.

Features of the educational process, or why a university is not a school

1. Remember, student, the main thing that distinguishes a university from a school: your diploma is your problems. Yes, we know that in schools everywhere they pull threes to hominids who have not even reached the level of an erectus. Because teachers, head teachers and directors, firstly, rivet reports on the progress of the school population, and secondly, they receive loot for each ram from the school herd. high school it is not for nothing that they call it a "sump" and a "corral", in which teenagers are kept until the army, so that they do not roam the streets. Are you used to being pulled by the ears? Forget it.

Universities are mercilessly expelled and erectus, and Neanderthals, and even some under-evolved Cro-Magnons. Because age already allows you to fuse them into the army! Or send goods to be laid out on supermarket shelves. Moreover, the most powerful flow of those expelled merges into the sewer after the first semester.

University teachers are deeply violet, whether you will crawl to a diploma. No one will run after you with requests to finally pass the test. And parents will not be called to the dean's office.

Hack on the nose: a university is not a school! You have grown up!

1. But you need to visit. Unfortunately, the hypothesis that “the student is an adult who independently controls the personal learning process” does not withstand the test of practice. Practice shows that the majority of students remain overage schoolchildren. And if you do not control the attendance of lectures and seminars by these minors, there will be five "nerds" in the audience. Therefore, no matter how the principle of checking those present contradicts the principles of university education, most teachers practice it.

By skipping lectures, you can get into the “black list” of the teacher, which is fraught with especially close attention during the exam. Some teachers even demand to show notes of cormorant lectures.

And skipped seminars, colloquia, practical, laboratory and control will have to work out in 99% of cases.

1. Find out immediately what you need to be admitted to the session. Some tests and exams are allowed only on condition of writing an abstract, report, essay, control. This is not so bad, "waste paper" can be ordered from student lancers in November - December. Worse, if the university has a point system for admission to the session. Points must be collected directly from September.

1. Put your textbook... well, somewhere on the back shelf. Do not rely on the textbook to help you prepare for the exam. This is another key difference from the school. The textbook is an auxiliary tool, and the main sources of knowledge at the university are lectures and literature, with which you will prepare for seminars. Of course, you don’t need to throw away the textbook completely - as a base, a basis, it will do just fine. Just keep in mind that the textbooks that you will be given are most often outdated. New ones need to be searched in the library, bought or downloaded online (if possible). And then there are teachers who specifically drive exams in their lectures. However, there are those who read lectures according to the textbook - with these it is easier.

1. Get ready to work with literature on your own. If you think that the purpose of the university is to stuff you with knowledge, then you are deeply mistaken. The goal of the university is to teach you how to get information on your own, to give you the skills of self-education and, preferably, to form your scientific thinking. The textbook gives a basis, lectures structure the material and help to sort it out in your head, and an independent search for materials among articles and monographs drives.

You will find some of the materials on the Internet (thanks to digitization!), but much has not yet made it to the World Wide Web. Therefore, you will have to stomp into the university, regional or specialized library, make extracts and photocopies. Horror-horror? Nothing, then you will say thank you for teaching you how to study on your own. In the information age, knowledge becomes obsolete very quickly. A professional needs to study and study in order to remain in demand, and for this you need to have the skills of self-education.

One way to measure the rate of obsolescence of facts is to look at the citation index of scientific articles. If a publication is not cited, it most likely means that it is irrelevant or out of date. So, for example, as a result of studying publications in Physical Review journals representing different areas of physical science, it turned out that half of the publications cease to be cited on average after 10 years, and, say, in nuclear physics, after 5 years. The half-life of a book (in terms of citations) is about 13 years in physics, 9.4 years in economics, 9.1 years in mathematics, and about 7 years in history and psychology.

1. Find out what seminars, colloquia, abstracts, abstracts, tests, term papers and other mysterious garbage are. A freshman is bombarded with megatons of unfamiliar or completely unfamiliar words, under which new ways of testing knowledge are hidden. Yeah, bro, it's not like school here. Start dealing with all this right from September.

1. Get ready for a new rhythm of learning. Lessons of 40 minutes and long breaks are a thing of the past. Now you have to sit in pairs, and the break is only enough to run from audience to audience (it is better to go to the dining room during the “windows”). On the other hand, there are pluses: perhaps there will be days in the schedule when you can come to the second or even the third class. Appreciate the “windows”: instead of just stupidly staggering around waiting for the next couple, go to the library or the cafeteria.

1. Remember that there are upper and lower weeks. Another innovation. Enter the data into the gadget that you carry with you. Still confused? Get to the schedule - it's simplest way find out what week it is.

1. Find out when the session starts, as well as (just in case) the rules for granting academic leave. And find out all this not in December, but as soon as possible.

1. Do not forget that you can fly out of the university for violation of discipline. The life of a student is much freer than that of a schoolboy, but the dean's office will not turn a blind eye to some outbursts. And if it comes to the rector's office - you understand. The reason for exclusion can be a particularly violent booze in a hostel (for example, throwing a refrigerator out the window), and a violation of the law, and even overly active political activity(for example, a single picket in front of the administrative building demanding the resignation of the rector). If they do not deduct directly, then they will create conditions under which it will be very problematic to pass the session. So control yourself.

1. Try to understand that you are already an adult and are responsible for the results of your studies at the university. Keep in mind that no one will chase after you with reminders of lectures and seminars. And calls to parents with the question: “Where is your child, is he sick or absent?” - it won't either. Become independent.

1. Work on account. For at least the first two sessions, give it your all. Then it will be easier: the better your image, the more loyal your teachers are to you. And vice versa: teachers are prejudiced towards triplets and “tailers”. In general, work for a record book, then it will work for you.

Head swollen with advice, freshman? Wait, this is just the beginning. If you haven’t broken down yet, read the recommendations that will help you survive until the session and survive it.

Tips for freshmen to swim in training waters

1. Learn to benefit even from boring lectures. To do this, you need to learn to 1) listen (and hear), 2) focus. Useful skills that will help you in life.

1. Master the skills of imitation of interest. This is in case the teacher is a beast, and his lectures are, well, completely stupid and meaningless. But do not abuse this skill, otherwise your entire future career will be reduced to an office IBD (imitation of violent activity). Use skill in exceptional cases.

1. Learn to outline. Lectures should not be transcribed word for word. Isolate the main thing, develop your own system of abbreviations and conventional signs understandable for the brain. Outline logically, structurally.

1. Use the voice recorder and other gadgets wisely. Do not rely on the achievements of civilization at 100%. Firstly, transcribing a lecture from a voice recorder is a chore. Imagine: you have finished a lecture, and then you still have to spend the same amount of time transcribing the recording! Is that reasonable? Recording on a voice recorder is only suitable for auditory people (people who best perceive information by ear). Secondly, teachers really do not like students who turn on the recorder and continue to sit with an absent look.

As for tablets, laptops and netbooks, they can be of great help, especially in the library. But do not forget that writing with a pen activates the memory processes in the brain. Be aware of teachers who have to hand in handwritten notes.

1. Stock up on common notebooks, pens, multi-colored markers. Carry a spare pen with you. Use colored markers to highlight the main points, structure your notes.

1. Be among the first to go to the university library for textbooks. Yes, textbooks at the university are not the main thing, but they are still needed. Most universities do not have enough textbooks for everyone. Especially new ones.

1. Find out where the libraries and reading rooms you need are located. Sign up and learn how to work with the catalog. Unfortunately, the Internet does not yet have all the materials that you will need.

1. Write down the schedule, remember the location of buildings and classrooms. You can just ponytail after your group, but it's better to be independent. It is also worth writing down the opening hours of libraries, gyms, laboratories and other places that you will visit.

1. Collect information about teachers and take into account their individual characteristics. Write down and remember the names of the teachers - this is the time! Get to know them by sight - two. There is nothing more stupid than meeting a teacher at an exam. Learn about the character and habits of each (undergraduates will help with this). Find out how someone relates to attending lectures, who has what requirements at seminars, tests, exams.

1. Choose a teacher. A correctly chosen supervisor will not only help in writing term papers and lead you to a diploma, but will also defend you in front of the department and even in front of the dean's office. We advise, freshman, .

1. Read about the principles of time management. Learn to allocate time so that it is enough for visiting the university and for self-training, and to rest.

1. Divide items into important and unimportant. Profile - important, bury yourself in them with your head. Any non-core study in such a way as to get a credit - that's enough. It makes no sense to dive into the study of an analogue of the school life safety to the detriment of the core subject.

1. Try to get "automatic" to the maximum. Acceptance of a test or exam “automatically”, for active learning activities during the semester, will save you from the hassle before the exam. Some teachers also have "semiautomatic devices", which is also a good thing: you can choose one of two questions on the exam.

1. Do not sit on the "Kamchatka". This is a place for those who want to mind their own business, not study. Many teachers are prejudiced about Kamchatka (especially if they hear the rumble of beer bottles accidentally hit by someone's foot). In addition, in "Kamchatka" it is usually hard to hear what the teacher says. Lectures are best recorded sitting in the front rows or in the middle of the audience.

The middle is perhaps the most comfortable place. It is heard normally, and in which case it can be a little sloppy. The first desks are loved by excellent students, they allow you to establish visual contact with the teacher, as well as demonstrate diligence and interest.

1. Feel free to ask questions to the teacher. If something is not clear, feel free to ask. Teachers love active students. But do not overdo it, imitation of interest will create an image of a sucker for you. Or even worse - the image of a stupid sucker.

1. Lectures are useless, it makes no sense to waste your energy on them. If the teacher notes truants, sit in the middle and imitate being busy. Unless, of course, this beast does not require you to provide notes for your blizzard.

1. If the teacher doesn’t care, and no one writes his lectures, you better write them down. Why? Because then you can get their figs from someone! Keep in mind that a teacher's indifferent attitude to visits and recordings of his lectures can turn into a tough guy on the exam. Some teachers have selective indifference: they believe that a student should not be forced to study, it is his own business - to study or not to study. The exam will dot all the "i" ...

1. Get active in seminars! This is a direct path to the "machine". Or, at least, reducing the risk of detentions before the session.

1. Are you afraid to speak in front of an audience? Paradoxical advice: speak as often as possible. Skill public speaking great useful in life (not to mention the fact that the session will be easier to pass).

1. If the teacher gave everyone the topics of reports, try to read yours as early as possible. Otherwise, there may not be enough time, and either the “machine” will close, or you will have to carry the report directly to the test or exam, or you will look for a teacher to acquaint him with the fruits of your labor outside of school hours.

1. Practical, laboratory, control must be taken on time. Don't walk them, don't hoard mini-tails. You still have to give up. Gradually, it is easier to do this than to deal with a pile of detentions before the session itself.

1. Start writing term papers and abstracts as early as possible. If you are going to order them from studentlancers, don’t delay either. Why - explained in detail in the article.

1. Before submitting an ordered or downloaded work, read it! Don't give a teacher a reason to catch you on a freebie.

1. If your classmates are bullshit, don't look up to them. You don't want to be in the 20% of slackers that will fly out in the first session, do you?

Why does a first-year student need social, cultural and scientific activities?

1. Social activity is not only interesting, but also useful. Being active in social and cultural projects increases the chance of getting a nominal scholarship.

1. If you have a tendency to scientific activity don't hold yourself back. Participate in university and international conferences, sign up for a student scientific society. This is useful for credits and opens the way to graduate school. And even to tasty grants.

1. International exchange, foreign conferences and participation in international student projects - a chance to go abroad for free. Learn languages ​​and be active!

1. If the faculty holds olympiads, quizzes, competitions - participate. The prize can be machines in all subjects in the student's record book, a nominal scholarship, a one-time monetary incentive ... In general, all sorts of goodies plus the respect of teachers.

1. Participation in youth political projects is also useful. This is where your path to politics can begin - if, of course, you are interested in it. But keep in mind that not all politics is good for the student. Oppositional political activity in our country, unfortunately, can lead to expulsion from the university. So choose projects approved by the university.

1. If you are a born administrator, become a headman or financial officer, and even better, make a career in the trade union committee. The path is not for everyone, but if it's yours, go for it. A sense of power and money nishtyaki attached.

1. It makes sense for a student with a journalistic, journalistic streak to go to the editorial office of a student newspaper already in the first year. You can start yourself or together with like-minded people an alternative blog, website or organize the release of a faculty newspaper. Just be adequate - you don’t even need to dump everything on your personal blog that you think about “tupac Denisov” and “bitch Kubareva”. They also know how to read.

1. Participate in art activities. Firstly, skits and KVN are fun! Secondly, if you apply for a nominal scholarship, this activity will also count. Thirdly, valuable creative personnel can count on concessions from the dean's office in case of problems with the session. But within reason, of course.

1. It makes sense for artists, poets, writers and other very creative individuals to participate in competitions, to enroll in specialized student communities. Sometimes university newspapers publish the work of students. Well, on the Internet for self-presentation in general expanse. These talents are in great demand in the preparation of all kinds of events.

1. Smart guys and smart girls should sign up for the ChGK team. If they don’t take it, create your own team and tear your opponents to shreds!

1. Participate in sports competitions. Volleyball, basketball and even chess tournaments are not only a way of self-realization, but also a chance to get a "machine gun" in physical fitness. Cash incentives available. In the US, even very dumb athletes are so valued by colleges and universities that they pass exams even with complete brain atrophy. Our concessions are not so chic, but they can also be counted on.

1. Think about the future. Already from the first year it is worth thinking about how you will build your career after graduation. Will you work in your specialty? Are you going to go for a red diploma? Are you interested in graduate school? Is it necessary for your career foreign language? Are you going to look for a job in your specialty while studying at a university? The clearer your plans are, the more likely you are to graduate with an exact knowledge of where you will work and, perhaps, even with offers from employers.

Useful contacts

1. Join the team. Do not be arrogant, do not provoke conflicts from the very first days at the university. Do not be afraid of classmates - they are scared too

1. Conduct yourself with dignity. Do not go before the “strong”, do not become the “six”. Do not be afraid to be an outcast if you do not get along with the group that dominates the course. Looking for like-minded people. Be yourself.

1. Do not intrigue, avoid warring microgroups. This will avoid many troubles.

1. Exchange contacts with classmates. In which case you will know who to call, write or contact on Skype to clarify the schedule or task for the seminar.

1. If you like to play truant, squabble with the headman. A good relationship with the headman will reduce the number of "H" signs next to your last name in the visit log. Chocolates are rolling.

1. Contacts with undergraduates are really useful. Senior comrades will help with notes and materials, tell about the nature of the teachers.

1. Make friends with those who live in the hostel. First, they have fun. Secondly, there are always notes in the hostel. Someone.

1. Get useful friends. These can be student lancers who will help write academic papers or employees of medical institutions who can write out the necessary certificate. It is not a fact that these acquaintances will be useful, but in a force majeure situation you will know who to contact.

1. Create a support community with fellow students. It is easier to prepare for seminars together (everyone prepares his part, then exchange materials). When preparing for tests and exams, friends will check their knowledge (when checking, both parties receive an intellectual bonus). And either answers to tests, exercises in Latin or English are cheaper.

1. Weed out freeloaders and leeches. Mutually beneficial help is good, arrogance is bad. Help your friends, but not to the detriment of yourself. Remember: who is lucky, they go on that. While you are writing essays for freeloaders, .

1. Try to get the contacts of the supervisor and other teachers. You may need to contact them. But don't overwhelm teachers with messages, don't annoy people. These are emergency contacts. However, you can contact an adequate scientific instructor regularly in the process of writing a term paper. Many teachers have switched to Skype consultations.

1. Meet the curator of the course, take the contacts of the dean's office. It might also come in handy.

1. Making contacts with teachers, do not fall in love This advice is addressed primarily to the fair sex. Falling in love with a teacher is a well-known psychological phenomenon. Dangerous stuff!

Safety regulations

1. In the first days, issue all the necessary documents. First of all - student and reader. Bring the certificates required by the dean's office.

1. Don't piss off the guard. Don't forget your pass (student card), don't try to sneak past, don't whine or annoy the person. Especially if he has a club.

1. Think about the route to the university. Consider transport schedules and traffic jams. Leave the house 10 to 15 minutes early to have some extra time.

1. Don't snore at lectures

1. Do not store beer bottles under the desk. And especially don't drop them!

About money

1. Find out the rules for granting scholarships at your university. Find out in what cases you can lose your penny and try not to get into these situations.

1. Specify in which ATM to withdraw a scholarship. A mistake will cost several hundred, which you will give to a “foreign” bank. If the scholarship is minimal, you can lose 30%.

1. Find out how to get a gubernatorial, presidential scholarship (there are other types). Perhaps you can qualify for one of them. To do this, you need to study well, actively participate in scientific and social activities.

1. Look at the trade union. Find out all about receiving social scholarships and financial assistance. If you fit the conditions - collect certificates, do not delay.

1. The trade union committee distributes preferential vouchers and tickets for all sorts of events. Enjoy! Many students do not even know that they can get something in the trade union committee. This means that more will go to those who are not too lazy to go on reconnaissance.

1. Do not be too lazy to find out about all the benefits that a student is entitled to. They cover travel, free admission to some museums, etc. Regularly monitor changes in legislation regarding student benefits.

1. Think about how you can earn. Load wagons? Wash floors? During the holidays, you can join the student team, participate in the construction of some spaceport. True, they say that this year, due to financial difficulties, students were paid less than they expected. In any case, work should not interfere with studies. We do not have restrictions on the work of students, as in Europe (where a student can only work a certain number of hours per week), so calculate your strength yourself.

About health, order, dress code and rest

1. Take care of your liver. Forget about the stereotypical idea of ​​a student as a perpetually thumping creature. At least if you are going to live to the second year, and even more so - to the fifth.

1. Make friends with physical education. Do not skip a couple of physical exercises, sign up additionally for a gym, swimming pool, yoga or fitness. Physical activity not only improves health and helps maintain normal weight, but also improves brain activity.

1. Eat right. Do not choke dry with sandwiches. Choose foods that are good for your body and mind. By the way, you can read an article about.

1. Find out where the cafes and canteens are, where the food is better and where it is cheaper. This, of course, is in case there are several of them in the building and nearby. In order not to be late for lectures and not stand in a wild queue, find out not only the opening hours, but also the time when the influx of hungry subsides.

1. Dress in business style or in stylecasual. Don't shock teachers with dreadlocks, colored mohawks, and bare buttocks (this is advice for freshmen who love miniskirts). Individuality is held in high esteem, but remember about adequacy. Especially when choosing clothes for the exam.

1. Tidy up your workspace. Don't justify mess with a penchant for creative mess. Read the article. Estimate, putting in order the place where you work clears the brain!

1. Rest! Immersed in your studies, regularly come up to the surface. Rest helps the brain deal with stress. Studying without rest is a path to breakdowns, exhaustion nervous system and chronic fatigue. Working for a red diploma, do not earn yourself asthenia.

1. Remember that student years are a great time! Friends, have fun, have fun! In moderation, of course, but so that there is something to remember!

In this article, I will be happy to recall my student days and share the experience of five for long years. Dedicated to all students!

A curious situation is emerging - there are millions of students in the country, most of them experience the same problems and difficulties from year to year, and there is practically no information on how to deal with them on the Web. A dozen pages found through Google enlighten students on how to properly prepare for exams and talk to a teacher - that's all! As if student life is limited to exams… Rather, on the contrary, exams occupy a very insignificant place in a student’s life: “Students live happily from session to session.”

(Although: I also managed to find a translated article of a different kind, stuffed with nonsense about And)

Therefore, writing an article about how to achieve success in a university and in general how to make sure that five (someone has six) years of study does not go down the drain is simply necessary.

Let's get started.

Tip number zero. I'm starting from scratch, because the advice is addressed to high school graduates and applicants. Usually, at the end of the 11th grade, schoolchildren get into a natural fever: pass the final exams (well, the Unified State Examination), squeeze into the university ... The motto of these days is “just to enter, it doesn’t matter where.” This is an extremely harmful and wrong approach. At the age of 17, few people think about the importance of choosing a place of study - but in vain, because it has a strong effect on the rest of their lives. Therefore, I invite applicants (if they are reading the article) to answer a few questions:

1. Why am I going to enter this university? .What do I expect from my studies?

2. What will I do after graduation? How will the knowledge or acquaintances that I received at this university help me in my studies?

3. Where would I begin to enter if I knew exactly what I would do?

4. Where should I go, given my answers to the previous three questions?

tip number one. So, you entered a university, studied there for the first week, no longer confuse the names and patronymics of teachers and are aware of where you can intercept a piece between couples. Wonderful! Now it's time to stop and think. For simplicity, here are the questions again:

1. What has changed in my attitude towards this university? What new (and important) did I learn about him?

2. What can this university give me in terms of knowledge? How and where are its graduates settled?

3. What can this university give me besides knowledge? Dating and connections? Social work experience? The start of a scientific career?

It is important that you answer these questions as early as possible and determine the main thing as honestly as possible: how studying here relates to yours. Very often, a student comes to the realization that he slightly missed the mark when choosing a university or faculty. Very often he understands that study is futile. Do not hide from such thoughts. You should always be fully aware of the situation.

Tip number two. Your further actions depend on the answer to the questions in the previous paragraph. Here are some of the most likely routes:

Situation A: you understand that studying at this university can really give you enough practical and theoretical knowledge, in senior years, students do internships and practices in good organizations and it definitely makes sense to study here. Well, then it's simple. Choose the subjects you will need for work after graduation and understand them well. On the rest, pay exactly as much attention as necessary so that there are no extra “tails”.

Situation B: Everything is exactly the opposite.

- if you spent a lot of time (you found that the university does not suit you in the 1st year) - enter another. Better to lose a year than 5.

- if the time has passed in order, then perhaps changing the place of study will not be too reasonable.

Tip number three. What to do if the university does not suit you, and it is too late to change it?

At one time (unfortunately, it was already in the 4th year ...) I sketched out for myself the following program of action:

1. Minimize the loss of time at the university.

2. Squeeze out everything you can from your native university, since you can’t get good knowledge.

3. Forget that I am a student and find myself another, more useful thing, to which I will devote maximum time and effort.

4. To perceive studying at the university as a training of ingenuity (to take exams without preparation), (to persuade especially evil teachers to let go of the class) and (to sit on compulsory classes).

All this, in principle, turned out well for me. Here are some examples.

Time Loss Minimization:

• at the beginning of the semester, I made a rating of teachers - how much you can skip without consequences - and skipped accordingly;
• having a little cold, I ran to the clinic, made tired eyes and complained of weakness - and as a result I received the coveted certificate, allowing me to do my own thing for a week or two;
• unlike lectures, I attended seminars carefully and talked to them without shutting up - which, with some skill, is quite simple. In teachers, the “active student” lever clicked in their heads and it became easy to press the “set the machine” button;
• in my fifth year (late, late ...) I did a little study, as it is now called, social activities- there was another great excuse for all occasions.

Squeezing everything you can out of the university:

• increased scholarship - of course (automatic machines and a beautiful record book helped);
• trip to the south
• acquaintances and connections.

Over the last two courses, I also worked in places 6-7, snatched off a dozen certificates and diplomas in various competitions outside the university, managed to start (and fail, which is natural) my kind of business project, as well as “pump”, the ability to communicate and public speaking, time management. The only thing I regret is that I started truancy too late and was an exemplary student for too long. That would start the course on the second! Eh!