4 tips for the freshers in the university
Today Marks my 3 years at University. After spending the past 3 years in University, I have a few things to share with the freshers.
How to get academic excellence?
Everyone despises this part of university life. CGPA matters krta k nai krta, Parhoun kaisay, time manage nai hota, etc. These are the very first problems of university life, and they are unsolvable. These unsolvable problems then give rise to other unsolvable issues. In my opinion, what I have been doing since 2019 is taking the bull by the horn in the first four weeks. The first four weeks will decide your upcoming course. After that, things will go to automation. Firstly, it all starts with the lecture — the first step to your academic excellence. Most students slack off here and remain in a dilemma the whole semester. Take a register/diary/notebook and a pen with you and note down the lecture. Everything should be jotted down. This will help you in two ways; one, you’ll have a blueprint of what was taught in the course, and second, you won’t fall asleep. After the class, dedicate some time of your day to studying. I recommend not more than 2 hours in a day. In that given time, you can revise what was taught in the whole lecture. Here you can use what you noted in the study. In the later stages of the semester, you can take this revision of the entire course taught during the week to the weekends. This will help you cover the syllabus and prepare you for the mids/assignments/finals. If the workload of assignments is more, then you can shift this revision session to the weekends.
You are finding your soulmate in the first semester of university life.
Well, nothing like this exists. Probably, because you got a chance with the other gender for the first time or you don’t have any life goals. Love is good and is a blessing only in the later stages of your life. Getting involved in it in the first year of your university life will give you nothing. It is the part of your life where you have to build yourself. Here you have to do self-development, not self-destruction. Go around, explore the opportunities in your degree, read books on productivity/ self-development, get along with your seniors, etc. I reiterate it; it’s a total scam. You’ll be involved in this, and then when it is gone, you will see a particular time of life got wasted.
Friendships and snakes.
This part hurts the most. You’ll meet many good people in the first days of university life. You’ll get attached to some of them, but they will leave in the later stages. Why does this happen? Why is everyone a snake? This is because everyone has their own goals and struggles. They aren’t there for you 24/7. So, prepare yourself mentally to face temporary faces and people who will come and go in your life. The good ones will automatically come to you and won’t leave you. Everyone here has their endeavors, and the friendships that halt your progress and compel you to go out of your comfort zone/affect your studies are toxic. Don’t let the fear of loneliness overcome you. Remove such people from the very first start. You are here to do something for yourself, not to fulfill your temporary friendships.
Societies and other activities.
Becoming a part of society in the early stages of your University isn’t recommended at all. The target for the early stages is to explore yourself and your degree. With that, you have to achieve academic excellence. In the later stages, go for them to enhance other vital qualities for your survival in the market. But not in the early stages, at least the first year. The first year is crucial here, and we will decide a lot.
