College is usually the first independent living experience for most people. While learning to live on your own is definitely a learning process, it’s a good start to consider the implications of where you decide to live and the environment you create.
Below, I dive into the two largest things that you will need to consider when finding a place to live during your college years.
For many teenagers high school is an amazing transition where childhood is gradually left behind step by step as the individual walks towards the independence of adulthood. Therein lies the major issue; being an adult is ridiculously hard and practicing your adult skills isn’t a whole lot better. Juggling home life with work and more social recreation on top of managing academics can throw even the most dedicated student for a loop.
Mistake 3: Cramming in the End
You cannot prepare for USMLE Step 1 exam just by cramming up everything in the days leading to the exam. Cramming will only increase your stress levels and last minute studying will crowd your short-term memory, thus interfering with long-term memory and affecting your decision-making skills. The better idea would be to start preparing a couple of months early.
Going to college can be an exciting yet scary experience – least of all when you’re about to move into a room with somebody who has, up until now, been a complete stranger. Whilst many college students describe the years that they’ve spent studying as the best time of their life with some of the best people, everybody has to break the ice when they first arrive.
Students in the United States experience professors with a particular teaching style. When students decide to go abroad to study, however, they are often met with a different classroom culture. This is especially true in countries like China, where the classroom atmosphere is in stark contrast to the United States.
According to Paul Trout, “many students who enter college are underprepared, underskilled and generally dumbed down. What is worse is that more and more of them are entering college – according to UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute – “students are increasingly disengaged from the academic experience.”
