What to do the week before college that no one tells you

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The creator shares three key tasks to complete the week before college to get ahead. These include researching professors online, setting up study platforms, and physically walking the class schedule to understand travel times and campus layout.

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1Research professors online
2Set up study platforms
3Walk class schedule in person
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What to do the week before college that no one tells you This is what you're gonna do a week before that nobody else tells you to do. When everyone else and panicking, smart kids do to get ahead before day one. Let me walk you through the most important things that I did much more productive. Number one, you're gonna research your professors online. look up their teaching style, their recent publications, things that they're passionate about. rate my professor for study tips from former students. When you mention their specific research in the first week of class, you'll instantly stand out from 99% of other students. Number two, your study platforms before classes start scrambling in week five. Pick one platform. Make a single folder for everything from each class. Personally, I use gizmo for this because it's which is proven to be the most effective study method. Task No. 3 is to actually walk your entire class schedule in person. Don't just look it up on a map on your phone. how long it actually takes to get from one class to the next. Find the best exits Locate the nearest bathrooms. Find the food options. This prevents that first embarrassing moments because you got lost

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This is what you're gonna do a week before that nobody else tells you to do. When everyone else and panicking, smart kids do to get ahead before day one. Let me walk you through the most important things that I did much more productive. Number one, you're gonna research your professors online. look up their teaching style, their recent publications, things that they're passionate about. rate my professor for study tips from former students. When you mention their specific research in the first week of class, you'll instantly stand out from 99% of other students. Number two, your study platforms before classes start scrambling in week five. Pick one platform. Make a single folder for everything from each class. Personally, I use gizmo for this because it's which is proven to be the most effective study method. Task No. 3 is to actually walk your entire class schedule in person. Don't just look it up on a map on your phone. how long it actually takes to get from one class to the next. Find the best exits Locate the nearest bathrooms. Find the food options. This prevents that first embarrassing moments because you got lost