This document provides tips for planning your college years in multiple sentences. It suggests making checklists of needed supplies, carrying a water bottle, applying for scholarships and grants early, taking study skills courses, being prepared for exams, getting to know professors, considering public transportation to save money and time, only buying required books, buying used textbooks, exploring career services for jobs and activities, and making the most of your college experience.

1. Tips to help you plan
your college years!

2. College isn’t just about the next step after high school.
This is a place of higher education that opens up
many life choices. You must strategic planning so that
you can prepare yourself for the college experience.
• Make a checklist of all the needed or desired tools
and supplies before preparing for any upcoming
college course. You need to make sure you have
everything you need to be prepared for school to
avoid calling your parents to help. This is especially
important if you’ll be far away.
Tips to help you plan your college years!

3. • Carry a personal water bottle with you to school. Staying
hydrated very important to your health and that can be hard
when you need to do all day long. This is particularly important
if you there is numerous classes back-to-back and don’t have
time to eat. Drinking water is sure to help you stay focused
and on-task. You can reload water fountain.
• Apply for scholarships or grants early. When you takes more
time to find money for college, there is a better chance you
can receive more funds. Make a list of important deadlines so
that you can submit applications on time.
• Study skill courses can teach you valuable lessons towards
academic success. College education are different from high
school. The study skills classes can provide excellent tips on
how to study effectively so that you can achieve success in
class.
Tips to help you plan your college years!

4. • Always prepare your testing materials when taking
exams. The instructor does not always separately
supplies, so make sure you have what you need before
you leave for class.
• It is important to get familiar with the teachers you learn
all you can about your professors whenever classes
begin.
• It may not take longer using the bus. You can also save
time from not having to search for parking. You will also
save yourself money on both gas and you won’t have to
purchase a parking pass. It is also great for you to “go
green.”
Tips to help you plan your college years!

5. • Don’t buy your books unless you’re sure that you will
need them. You may not even need all of the books. This
can be the case with online courses. You can often
collect all of the information you need by using nothing
more than online resources and paying attention in your
lectures.
• Textbooks are very expensive and can cost several
hundred dollars. You will save a lot of money by buying
your textbooks used.
• Not only is the career the middle help you get a job
when you graduate, they also post part time jobs that
you could do while in campus or at the surrounding
areas close to your school.
Tips to help you plan your college years!

6. • Do more than just rely on exploring electives as a
way of deciding your interests lie. Get yourself
involved with classroom activities on campus. Join
clubs and sign up for work-study work. There are a
ton of things for you can do on campus. Try
something that you have never done every week if
you want!
With these tips in mind, start figuring out the next steps
to take to make your college experience everything
you have ever wanted. It is an important time in your
life, and you want the most of it.
Tips to help you plan your college years!