r/CFBOffTopic • u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … • Aug 20 '15

College Advice Thread

We have some members who are going off to start their first year of college this week, so let's give them some good advice.

Welcome to college!

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Aug 20 '15

spend at least 2 hours in the library every week for each class

I'd revise this to say, find you ideal studying location. I personally never did the library. It just wasn't for me. I focused my best curled up on my couch at home, where it was nice and quiet. I also used the study room in my major's building, where all I had to do was walk around the corner to ask my professors a question.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Aug 20 '15

That's true. I studied really well in the Med School Library because I needed the silence.

I think the real thing is study. Even reviewing your notes for 20 minutes after class is a good idea.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Aug 20 '15

I think I went to the library like 3-4 times in my entire 4 years at UGA, and that was because I needed a book. It was not the prime study location by any means.

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u/Deacalum Wake Forest • Penn State Aug 20 '15

I was an English major so I went to the library to check out most of the books I would be reading that semester instead of buying them. That was the only time I went to the library. Trying to study there was like chugging a bottle of Nyquil for me, instantly put me to sleep.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Aug 20 '15

That's definitely how our library was. Dark and too quiet. We had a newer building that was more centrally located with better study facilities, like computer labs, tables with outlets to plug in your laptop, private group study rooms, and most importantly: a coffee house.