Comments on: What To Bring To College- College Survival Skills http://studenomics.com/current-students/what-to-bring-to-college-college-survival-skills/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://studenomics.com/current-students/what-to-bring-to-college-college-survival-skills/#comment-8751 Roger Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:32:20 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1569#comment-8751 I would add knowing how you learn and being able to learn on your own time as essential skills (and not just for college students). If you can listen to material one time in the form of a lecture and memorize it completely, good for you; the rest of us need to know whether reading through the material several times, making flash cards, working on practice problems, or studying in a groups (or some combination of the four) will allow us to gain mastery of the material. Beyond that, the best skill I can think of gaining to prepare for college would be the ability to live with other people in close proximity. If you aren't used to having a room mate and don't know how to deal with someone else in your living area, college becomes a whole lot tougher (unless you can afford a private apartment, I suppose). I would add knowing how you learn and being able to learn on your own time as essential skills (and not just for college students). If you can listen to material one time in the form of a lecture and memorize it completely, good for you; the rest of us need to know whether reading through the material several times, making flash cards, working on practice problems, or studying in a groups (or some combination of the four) will allow us to gain mastery of the material.

Beyond that, the best skill I can think of gaining to prepare for college would be the ability to live with other people in close proximity. If you aren’t used to having a room mate and don’t know how to deal with someone else in your living area, college becomes a whole lot tougher (unless you can afford a private apartment, I suppose).

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