A Professor's Guide: How To Be A Successful College Student
A Professor’s Guide: How to Be a Superior College Student This is a summary of what I’ve observed during 25 years as a college professor and student advisor. There are many online posts, YouTube videos, and books on how to be a good college student but most of them are mostly lists of generalities. This post is from a professor’s perspective (not usually made public). It gives specific, helpful hints on how to perform better as a student. To be a superior student, you must become a skilled student, use your limited resource (time) efficiently, and understand your market – professors. This post also discusses a strategic plan on how to finance college. How to read a textbook For each new chapter, look at the end-of-chapter summary (and any online summary) first. That tells you what’s important. Concentrate on this material. Be an active reader. Underline. Make marginal notes. Talk to yourself (“What the hell does this mean?”) Have a page in the Notes section of your compu