Success at University

Introduction

We know how difficult it is to manage the time effectively when you are a university student. It is very difficult to have the enough time to do all the things that we have to do.

As university students we need time to do the homework and projects for our different subjects but also we need time for family, friends and extracurricular activities.

This is the reason why we did this work; we think it could be very useful to many university students who have the same problem.

In this work we are going to talk about what are the main factors that affect the way we use our time. Furthermore we will question our professors and other students from the ITESM Campus Puebla about what are their opinions and concerns about this problem.

We hope this information helps you to find the best way to manage your time and improve your grades in college.

Tips to organize your time

There are a lot of theories about the best way to manage the time, but for every theory there is an opposite theory.

The problem to find the best way is that there are several different strategies to improve your management time skills and every strategy can be successful for one person but be useless for other people.

In this section we are going to show you some strategies that we think could be useful for an ITESM student.

CREATE LISTS

When you create a list, you stop and think about everything you really have to do. If you could take 10 minutes per day to make your list it would be difficult you forget your homework, projects and commitments.

Sometimes you realize that you have enough time to do everything you have to do and just need organize your time. This is the reason because lists work so well.

DO IT NOW

This is an effective time management model. In this system, when an assignment arises you have to do it in this moment. When someone calls and asks you to do something, if you agree to do it, you do it just in this moment. This method makes you stop and think about the interruptions you allow into your day. If you are having hard day you'll think twice before answer the phone because you know if you are asked to do something, you'll have to do it in this moment. If you don't like lists this is the perfect method for you because you will never need a list. However you must prioritize because you have to decide if the task that has interrupted your work is more important that what you're doing in this moment.

If the task is not more important you have to continue with your actual task, but if it is more important, you have to stop the task you are doing and start to do the new task.

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