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Sindhu Acharya
Elizabeth Klentzman
DIRW 310
3 February 2014
Most Important Strategies That Lead to College Success
Throughout college life, students have to face numerous problems, and how they choose to overcome these problems determines whether they become successful in college. The one thing that every student tries to reach is success. Every student has their own goals, but sometimes students may not know the best way to work for their goal. Students may not be familiar with many strategies that may help them to be successful in their college lives. Some key strategies to college success are taking good notes in class, attending class regularly, and determining their learning style. However, setting realistic goals, personal responsibility, and good time management are the most important strategies to succeed in college. The most important factor that affects college success is setting realistic goals. Goals offer students wonderful advantages and opportunities, and also they are the vision of what the student’s future will be like. In order to be successful, students have to have a clear idea of why they want to go to college and what they want to do after completing a college degree. Setting goals is important for students, because it gives them the responsibility for their own learning. It helps them to identify things that they would like to accomplish and to make a commitment to achieve them. It also helps them to take responsibility for their work; the result is that they can improve their academic
Acharya 2 performance and self-confidence. It keeps students motivated and also enables them to make satisfactory decisions about how they use their time and effort. Setting goals enables students to measure their progress towards achieving them; it also determines whether or not they achieve what they want. Personal responsibility leads to greater accomplishments in college. Students have more freedom and independence in college as compared to high school. In college no one monitors their progress, no one knows whether or not they are getting good grades, or whether they are doing their assignments on time. That is why students have to learn to take the responsibility for their education in order to be successful in their college life and they must know they are responsible for their academic progress. It requires students to accept the consequences of their work and the choices they make affect their college success.
Good time management is also important for college success. Time management allows every student to have more free time so that they can keep track of all their commitments. They can also look for their assignments and finish the entire task they have to do on time. It also allows them to organize their priorities and helps them to make conscious choices, so students can spend more of their time doing things that are the most important and valuable to them. By doing so, they will make sure that they never miss their appointments, their tests or their projects. It also helps them to be organized. They can schedule their study time and it also assists them in making efficient use of their time. Planning their time allows them to spread their work over the session and it reduces their stress.

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In conclusion, college success is achievements in educational works. Students have a great deal of freedom in college, so they have to make good choices. Students should be organized to be successful. They have to manage their time for study and they have to have goals for their study. Students must be responsible for their work, and know their task. They should be familiar with these strategies for college success.