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It sounds like you already have a good mind set. I agree with the other post. I am going to a university and im a mom of 5 kids and i work 36 hours a week. My kids are actually great support, they help where they can and they understand i need to study. no big deal. Now work and school sometimes conflict. Wait until you have to work later than expected and your preparing for finals or have a huge artifact portfilio to turn in. It sucks sometimes.
The best advice I can give is dont fall into the party scene, college is expensive, too expense to fry 1/2 your brain. Work part time if you can if not find a happy balance between work and school.
Study habits.
When you study, study and absorb. visualize your reading because eventually your memory gets really strong, almost photographic and you spend less time in the books leaving time for other things. Its not what you rad or how fast but how you retain.
Dont be nervous..how hard it will be depends on how organized you are, your class load, and your study habits.
With all i do i managed to hold a 4.0 for over a year and a half - two years. lowest i have dropped in GPA is 3.8.
Don't do more then 20 hours a week of work. Because School plus full time job = extremely stressed out. Plan use sticky notes and you should be good atleast that is what i am told
Generally community colleges are easier to get through than universities. I've been to both. In community colleges, it is far less competitive and simple to get through. In the university (quarter system), it's like a rush to get through the material. Regardless, college is just a place where you must put in the time to learn the material. It's simple as that. Good luck!
Here are some tips that helped me out when managing a college/university schedule.
* Get a day planner, and keep track of class times, work times, and exam schedules.
*Make sure to take advantage of the professors office hours. Unlike high school, they don't come to you and ask you if you need help (what with teaching several hundred students their time is precious), they usually expect you to come to them and ask.
*Whatever you do, do not exceed 15-20 credit hours. Because the going rate for most classes, is for every hour in class, they expect you to put in roughly three times that much into the work and reading.
*Make sure to keep up with your reading, they usually treat their lectures as a supplement to their text books, so reading along with the syllabus reading schedule can benefit you greatly. Making a general clean outline of this data (Containing vocab, principals, and other data) also helps you to study for exams and saves you a lot of time when crunch time comes to call.
*Ask questions in class, it helps the teacher learn to know you, and also strengthens your knowledge of the subject matter. Not to mention, there are probably others just as curios as you are, or just as clueless.
*Take Good notes.
*Use Sticky-Notes, particularly around your desk, computer, and text books, they can be used as markers for pages, and even reminders on your computer screen. They can also be used as a supplemental way to leave special notes on certain items in your notebook or other places.
*If there are any clubs on campus that interest you, get involved, and get into action with people who share similar interests.
*Last, but certainly not least, enjoy yourself. Free expression, and exploration of personal growth is probably the largest and most potentially helpful thing about college. It can help you develope social skills that can benefit you well into adulthood.
You sound like you are ready to me. Like any new lifestyle change, it is always scary and exciting at the same time. You sound prepared and ready to face the challenges ahead of you. Take it one day at a time. Enjoy your new freedom and independence and stay strong and true to yourself and your beliefs. When you go to college straight out of high school, I don't think the first year is that hard if you did well in high school. Don't take too many credit hours or you will overwhelm yourself. Most of all, have fun. My first year of college was without a doubt the best year of my life!
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