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[quote=Anonymous]Agree about accessing all available help early/routinely, not missing class, staying on top of the work, and taking good notes.  Cal Newport’s book entitled How to Become a Straight-A Student has good advice re how to do the latter two (as well as how to study for tests).

Would also add that course selection matters.  Try not to take a bunch of demanding, hard-for-you classes in the same semester/quarter.  Try to schedule classes so assignment due dates are scattered throughout the week (not always possible/predictable, but can sometimes use add/drop to tweak).  If you have the option of taking fewer classes some semesters/quarters (e.g. because of AP credits or because the maximum full time courseload isn’t required every term in order to fulfill requirements/graduate), use that flexibility when you know one of your courses will be time-consuming and difficult. Or balance the difficult class with an easy-for-you class whose workload is different.  My kid uses music and foreign language classes.  I tended to take Lit classes with short texts (poetry, short story).  Basically, strive to have a manageable workload. It’s easy to burnout or give up if you don’t.

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