Making the Most of Your Time

Now that you have settled into a comfortable schedule, it is a good time to evaluate how things are going:

• Are you happy with your academic performance or do you need to put more time into your work?
  
  
• Have you been able to complete assignments on time without doing them entirely the night before they are due?
  
  
• Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by your workload?
  
  
• Would you like to try an activity or sport, but you have no free time?

Finding the right balance between academics and activities during your first year is key. Managing your time is essentially a combination of planning ahead and pacing yourself. By creating a flexible schedule and sticking with it, you can optimize the effort you are putting into your work.

If you want to find out about how to create a schedule, manage technical subjects, hear from fellow students, and in general to use your time to study smarter, not harder, take a look now at the Learning to Learn website.