- Keep learning the system. Talk to students and faculty. Ask for their advice.
- Make sure to use the help and tutorial services available.
- Don’t forget: advising, course selection and registration for spring semester.
- Don’t get discouraged or depressed if you do poorly on your first tests or papers. Hang in there, keep working and things will gradually improve.
- Plan ahead. See your advisor. Talk to students in your major. Use them as resources for effective selection of courses.
- Make every effort to keep up with your work. Do the work when it is assigned. Try not to put it off.
- Make sure you keep your family, work and school responsibilities from interfering with each other.
- Don’t overdo it. Limit yourself to what you feel you can effectively handle. Be conscious and careful about budgeting your time.
- Be sure of your selection of a major. It is preferable to remain "undecided" if you are not sure what you want to study.
- Talk to other students about how to select the best teachers. Get different opinions. Take the courses you need, but mix them with courses which sound interesting to you. Consult your academic advisor.
- Be prepared to deal with all kinds of people. Make friends and enjoy your leisure time. Don’t let others persuade you to do things against your better judgment.
