What tools do you use to stay motivated and organized? I like to set up to-do lists with a column dedicated to "urgent" tasks, and another for "important but not urgent" tasks, and keep it visible on my desk or in my bullet journal. -Paola
i’m graduating college next month and here’s my advice (from someone who was drunk their entire first semester, even during all online exams): - if you plan on going to university or are taking a college program to get into another college program, look up the prerequisites so you can pick the right courses and maintain the grade average you need. - MAKE A STUDY SHEET FROM THE BEGINNING AND STUDY EVERY LESSON EACH WEEK!!! i cannot stress this enough. college professors do not like to budge on marks most of the time, and cramming isn’t fun. from the beginning of the semester, make a study tool for the week, and go back to it each week to make sure your memory on it is sharp for exams. this will save you time and stress. - you are given a course outline at the beginning of the semester that give a description of what you will be doing and what is due that week - write down what is due and the due dates to help keep organized. - don’t leave your work until the last minute. you’re paying thousands of dollars to be there; always stay on top of your assignments and show your best work - make weekly to-do lists and write down what you need to complete that week. - figure out what time of day (or night) you are the most focused and plan a study/school work schedule accordingly. i’m the most focussed and motivated at night, so i do most of my schoolwork from 8pm - 5am - always try to be ahead. first semester i saved all my schoolwork for the day it was due and always submitted the last thing due at 11:58pm (1 minute before the deadline). submitting things before the deadlines is always less stressful and you’ll thank yourself for getting it off your plate early. - keep track of your total average (gpa). my professor once told me that she had a student who received a conditional offer from a university and she need to finish with an average of 85% to receive an official offer. she finished with an 84.75% and they rejected her. - partying every night is overrated. don’t be that person who peaks in college and those will be the best days of your life. making memories is great but don’t sacrifice your grades to go get drunk and fall out of a window - follow the rubrics of all assignments to ensure you’re meeting all requirements at the highest level - come to terms with the fact that you have to sacrifice the things you love doing sometimes in order to finish with a great mark. keep in mind that you will get the summer off and can do whatever you want with the time that you had spent doing schoolwork
An additional benefit to shadowing/volunteering: those connections you make of people working in the field often have insider knowledge about how to get ahead in those careers, such as which colleges to attend, how hiring tends to work, if internships are really worth it, etc. Ruthlessly pick their brain about not just their position, but if their position is typical, and what will fast-track you into success in the field. And never just talk to one person - most will have something that they insist puts them or others ahead- but that's their own bias and limited information at play. You'll get the most accurate information by judging the experiences and opinions of as many people as you can talk to.
If you haven't already planned for this: videos helping older people who are returning to school as well. What college was easy for me - I live here. At 53, going out of town for more schooling isn't really an option but older adults have challenges too.
as a first generation high school, undergraduate, and graduate student, this is life saving!! thank you so much for doing this series, it's going to help so many people and still helps me as a graduate student!!
College instructor here. This video is pretty decent but so breezy. Hearing this advice is VASTLY different than actually DOING what must be done in college. Like Oh yeah, just start a podcast. No problem! Sure. Easy to say, hard to do.
How do you even get into college? My schools guidance counselor quit and they did not bother with a new one because it was a school full of rich kids getting legacy admissions. But I did not have that background and after my dad kicked me out when I turned 18 and then the pandemic hitting just surviving was hard enough. Now I'm stabile and looking at how to get into college and it costs an arm and a leg? I'm not going into tens of thousands of debt for a paper that's worthless once I get my first entry level position.
Great video! Really like the preparation of it all as well with building up your career while having fun as well. I think too many people see all these extracurricular activities as some pain to go through, while it opens so many opportunities and relationships. And if you don't like it? Then quit... no one is stopping you and you can always say you have tried!
Lots of great information here. I almost wish some of this had been broken out into its own videos, because you covered like ten subjects that could each have had an hour's worth of information. But heck, it's probably better to get it all named quickly to deal with people's short attention spans nowadays.
Hey! Is it possible for you guys to make a video in the same topic but reffering to international students? It would really help xD I understand if you cant though
We'll be touching on that a little as the series goes on but not nearly as much as is necessary. Every year we're planning to add onto this series and this is one of the main topics we want to focus more heavily on. - Nick J.
Just applied for a transfer a month ago after getting kicked out of my old school in Cuba for going against the Party line. Hopefully UT is accepting of other people's beliefs. If not, I can always apply to ASU!
That's what we thought as well when we were looking into this stuff. Granted, HOW colleges work in different countries requires a lot more time than can be squeezed into this first series, but we hoped the general advice/tips/strategies would be helpful across the board. - Nick J.
My biggest tip: Just because you placed into math 104 doesn't mean you should start with math 104. take make 102 or 103. Brush up on your computer skills before going on to college- you don't need to be an expert on MS word, but at least know how to save a document and upload one, and use spell checker. Know basic functions of Excel, and how to use power point and google slides sort of thing.
This How To Prepare For College youtube video via Study Hall and Crash Course is educative, a multiple number of the ideas presented are very probably to eventually implement.
I'm 23 studying for my Ged, will test out, then study SAT, and then test out. Then study the AP required for medical school, test out, and study for my Mcat and test out then apply to college............. does that sound right ? I unfortunately dont have access to extracurricular activities where I am currently living but i decided to make a channel about my journey
I know I'm very passionate about learning, but idk how to afford college even with FAFSA benefits, I'd have to pay $20,000 after aid and I dropped out of college because idk how to pay for that, so I hope the next video explains how to pay for 100% of it and make college possible for students in poverty like me
I Notice That These Videos Seem Fairly Geared Towards People Who Went To School, Which Is Understandable, As, I Believe, The Majority Of People In The U.S. Did, But It Still Is A Bit Annoying As Someone Who Didn't Go To School, Mentioning The GED At 4:30 Was Nice, But It Is Fairly Small Tbh, If Anybody Has Advice Specifically For People Who Didn't Go To School Who Want To Go To Uni, I'd Appreciate Greatly If You Could Share.
As someone who suffered through the IB program, let me tell you it's totally useless. In my case, as I'm not from the US, the only usefull thing the IB did for me was to allow me to validate my English level at the university. I think it's even less usefull in the US, considering that there it's the SAT and the other exam the ones that count. So no, don't waste your time with the IB.
I'm going to Middle College High School soon, where I graduate high school with an Associate's Degree. I am worried that I'll be too stressed, but I know I'll have Crash Course!! Also, first. :-).
Are these videos going to get more universal? I'm an Australian looking to go to university 15 years after highschool from being in a physical labour job...
They seem to be specific for your city so I would look it up to see your options. But here's a little bit about college readiness on the GED website! ged.com/educators_admins/program/college_readiness/
Be aware that this is a VERY idealistic view of college. There are TONS of harsh realities she left out, such as having family members who DO NOT want you to go to college, or students with drug problems or mental health issues, or being a bone idle student who refuses to do any work, etc.
I reccomend for high schoolers (particularly upcoming seniors) to join the AVID program since their whole schtick is to prepare students for college and careers. Depending on your teacher, you may also be able to ahve a great resource and its basically a free teacher reccomendation. Also many of the programs listed in the video is offered by AVID and can help with providing them to students. If you really think college is *the* pathway. JOIN AVID
What tools do you use to stay motivated and organized? I like to set up to-do lists with a column dedicated to "urgent" tasks, and another for "important but not urgent" tasks, and keep it visible on my desk or in my bullet journal. -Paola
So glad this series exists while I'm still in high school
i’m graduating college next month and here’s my advice (from someone who was drunk their entire first semester, even during all online exams):
- if you plan on going to university or are taking a college program to get into another college program, look up the prerequisites so you can pick the right courses and maintain the grade average you need.
- MAKE A STUDY SHEET FROM THE BEGINNING AND STUDY EVERY LESSON EACH WEEK!!! i cannot stress this enough. college professors do not like to budge on marks most of the time, and cramming isn’t fun. from the beginning of the semester, make a study tool for the week, and go back to it each week to make sure your memory on it is sharp for exams. this will save you time and stress.
- you are given a course outline at the beginning of the semester that give a description of what you will be doing and what is due that week - write down what is due and the due dates to help keep organized.
- don’t leave your work until the last minute. you’re paying thousands of dollars to be there; always stay on top of your assignments and show your best work
- make weekly to-do lists and write down what you need to complete that week.
- figure out what time of day (or night) you are the most focused and plan a study/school work schedule accordingly. i’m the most focussed and motivated at night, so i do most of my schoolwork from 8pm - 5am
- always try to be ahead. first semester i saved all my schoolwork for the day it was due and always submitted the last thing due at 11:58pm (1 minute before the deadline). submitting things before the deadlines is always less stressful and you’ll thank yourself for getting it off your plate early.
- keep track of your total average (gpa). my professor once told me that she had a student who received a conditional offer from a university and she need to finish with an average of 85% to receive an official offer. she finished with an 84.75% and they rejected her.
- partying every night is overrated. don’t be that person who peaks in college and those will be the best days of your life. making memories is great but don’t sacrifice your grades to go get drunk and fall out of a window
- follow the rubrics of all assignments to ensure you’re meeting all requirements at the highest level
- come to terms with the fact that you have to sacrifice the things you love doing sometimes in order to finish with a great mark. keep in mind that you will get the summer off and can do whatever you want with the time that you had spent doing schoolwork
Thank you for this!
An additional benefit to shadowing/volunteering: those connections you make of people working in the field often have insider knowledge about how to get ahead in those careers, such as which colleges to attend, how hiring tends to work, if internships are really worth it, etc. Ruthlessly pick their brain about not just their position, but if their position is typical, and what will fast-track you into success in the field. And never just talk to one person - most will have something that they insist puts them or others ahead- but that's their own bias and limited information at play. You'll get the most accurate information by judging the experiences and opinions of as many people as you can talk to.
If you haven't already planned for this: videos helping older people who are returning to school as well. What college was easy for me - I live here. At 53, going out of town for more schooling isn't really an option but older adults have challenges too.
Same here brother. I am 26, and trying to get back to college after working. But I find myself forgetting so much already
as a first generation high school, undergraduate, and graduate student, this is life saving!! thank you so much for doing this series, it's going to help so many people and still helps me as a graduate student!!
College instructor here. This video is pretty decent but so breezy. Hearing this advice is VASTLY different than actually DOING what must be done in college. Like Oh yeah, just start a podcast. No problem! Sure. Easy to say, hard to do.
Find a good isolated place to study. Pre read course materials if you can. Lots of distractions in college, so you must schedule everything.
As someone in my second year of university, this still helps! :)
How do you even get into college? My schools guidance counselor quit and they did not bother with a new one because it was a school full of rich kids getting legacy admissions. But I did not have that background and after my dad kicked me out when I turned 18 and then the pandemic hitting just surviving was hard enough. Now I'm stabile and looking at how to get into college and it costs an arm and a leg? I'm not going into tens of thousands of debt for a paper that's worthless once I get my first entry level position.
Thank you for making my college journey easy.
Great video! Really like the preparation of it all as well with building up your career while having fun as well. I think too many people see all these extracurricular activities as some pain to go through, while it opens so many opportunities and relationships. And if you don't like it? Then quit... no one is stopping you and you can always say you have tried!
Me, a 30 year old with an MBA: Hmm, let me write this down just in case 📝
This was very helpful, thanks Crash Course! :)
Lots of great information here. I almost wish some of this had been broken out into its own videos, because you covered like ten subjects that could each have had an hour's worth of information. But heck, it's probably better to get it all named quickly to deal with people's short attention spans nowadays.
Hey! Is it possible for you guys to make a video in the same topic but reffering to international students? It would really help xD I understand if you cant though
We'll be touching on that a little as the series goes on but not nearly as much as is necessary. Every year we're planning to add onto this series and this is one of the main topics we want to focus more heavily on.
- Nick J.
Just applied for a transfer a month ago after getting kicked out of my old school in Cuba for going against the Party line. Hopefully UT is accepting of other people's beliefs. If not, I can always apply to ASU!
Do I need to self study AP courses? What do colleges think about it?
Even though I'm from Europe most of the tips were helpful.
That's what we thought as well when we were looking into this stuff. Granted, HOW colleges work in different countries requires a lot more time than can be squeezed into this first series, but we hoped the general advice/tips/strategies would be helpful across the board.
- Nick J.
Where was this video before I started college. 😮💨
I applied like the day before and got accepted without an interview (off the strength of my portfolio) and got an 80% scholarship.
starting college this year for a course in mechanical engineering. this helps!
My biggest tip: Just because you placed into math 104 doesn't mean you should start with math 104. take make 102 or 103. Brush up on your computer skills before going on to college- you don't need to be an expert on MS word, but at least know how to save a document and upload one, and use spell checker. Know basic functions of Excel, and how to use power point and google slides sort of thing.
This How To Prepare For College youtube video via Study Hall and Crash Course is educative, a multiple number of the ideas presented are very probably to eventually implement.
Literally my first day of college while im watching this lol
I'm 23 studying for my Ged, will test out, then study SAT, and then test out. Then study the AP required for medical school, test out, and study for my Mcat and test out then apply to college............. does that sound right ?
I unfortunately dont have access to extracurricular activities where I am currently living but i decided to make a channel about my journey
I know I'm very passionate about learning, but idk how to afford college even with FAFSA benefits, I'd have to pay $20,000 after aid and I dropped out of college because idk how to pay for that, so I hope the next video explains how to pay for 100% of it and make college possible for students in poverty like me
Best tip don't go if you can't afford college or know that you won't apply yourself. There are many trade jobs and schools right out of highschool.
wish I had this in high school
Where can I find info on taking these study hall classes and paying after completing the course for college credit?
*Me who’s a junior college student*
Yes of course I’ll watch this video
Wow, I'm going to institution university and college next month and this video is pop up on my TH-cam recommendations list… 😯🤓
I Notice That These Videos Seem Fairly Geared Towards People Who Went To School, Which Is Understandable, As, I Believe, The Majority Of People In The U.S. Did, But It Still Is A Bit Annoying As Someone Who Didn't Go To School, Mentioning The GED At 4:30 Was Nice, But It Is Fairly Small Tbh, If Anybody Has Advice Specifically For People Who Didn't Go To School Who Want To Go To Uni, I'd Appreciate Greatly If You Could Share.
As someone who suffered through the IB program, let me tell you it's totally useless. In my case, as I'm not from the US, the only usefull thing the IB did for me was to allow me to validate my English level at the university. I think it's even less usefull in the US, considering that there it's the SAT and the other exam the ones that count. So no, don't waste your time with the IB.
I'm going to Middle College High School soon, where I graduate high school with an Associate's Degree. I am worried that I'll be too stressed, but I know I'll have Crash Course!! Also, first. :-).
That's so cool! I wish I'd had that opportunity (or if that opportunity was there, I wish I'd known about it).
Are these videos going to get more universal? I'm an Australian looking to go to university 15 years after highschool from being in a physical labour job...
Whoo college 2024 baby!
0:36 RIP headphone users.
I am in the second year of college .with 82% in highschool and now it's 56% with 3 Backlogs. How can this help me?pls
Is that a joint in the apple? 😂
Are there College Readiness Programs for those with GEDs?
They seem to be specific for your city so I would look it up to see your options. But here's a little bit about college readiness on the GED website! ged.com/educators_admins/program/college_readiness/
Be aware that this is a VERY idealistic view of college. There are TONS of harsh realities she left out, such as having family members who DO NOT want you to go to college, or students with drug problems or mental health issues, or being a bone idle student who refuses to do any work, etc.
Would someone plzz tell me what the hell is journal? I've been listening this word past few days and tried to figure this out but got nothin..
What I wish I had
How to applying for college so i know that. We should. Applying for college. Sometimes. I know that college.
This turned from How to College to How to Life
like you should prepare for evweything... have a plan b d and d
I’m graduating and you should make a how to prepare to leave college 😅😂
As a upcoming freshman this helped me. Thank u! 🩷
Me watching this as a sophomore in college already.
I reccomend for high schoolers (particularly upcoming seniors) to join the AVID program since their whole schtick is to prepare students for college and careers. Depending on your teacher, you may also be able to ahve a great resource and its basically a free teacher reccomendation. Also many of the programs listed in the video is offered by AVID and can help with providing them to students.
If you really think college is *the* pathway. JOIN AVID
Me watching this as a college freshman
🤓🤓🤓
This would’ve been useful a year ago
5:07 Ukraine forever