Make new friends
Friendship is important to one degree or another for everyone. But when you go through college you not only expand your knowledge on a particular topic, you also expand as a person. Whether it's the matter of group studies or team work or the point of de-stressing & having fun; life becomes better and easier with friends.
Adapt the environment
The qualities of flexibility and adaptability allow the students to be more resilient to the inevitable difficulties that will arise as they move through their college experiences. For a college freshman many a things are new. Starting from the course to the ambience; in every case Better the adaptability, Better is the performance. So, it's very important to make yourself free from that comfort zone.
Improve your communication skills
Communication skills are to convey your feelings, views, reasons, suggestions, arguments and information to the other person through your words, action and facial expressions. It also includes understanding the same when the other person expresses. So, it plays very important role in professional courses, maintaining personal & public relations & improves your managerial skill as well.
Increase your typing speed (10 finger typing)
Only some fortunate individuals have the chance to learn keyboarding at school or at home. It may be part of a computer science course or introduced as a separate skill to prepare students for further education or online exams. But in present day scenario it's very crucial for college students to improve their typing speed to combat with those time consuming long assignments, even for further job perspective. So.. If not before then do it now.
Explore the college resources & exposures
Colleges offer an abundance of resources to make students' lives happier and healthier. Your school's administrators always want you to succeed. A successful graduate is the best advertising, after all! So they've designed programs to help you make the most of your time on campus. Whether you're looking for assistance with a research project, advice on course selection, or a little extra motivation to work out, your college has just the resources you need. From library to gym & cafeteria to radio station & endless student discounts... Explore all the perks & resources available at your college.
Understand the dynamics of sports
Not only sports provide great physical benefits but also help students in boosting and maintaining their physical and mental wellbeing. It also builds a wide range of abilities and skills in students like leadership, confidence, teamwork, patience, self reliance & most importantly the time management between lectures, sports & personal life.
Go through online educational platforms
Keep your reach bigger. Don't just tie up yourself with your college educational sources. Go through online educational platforms based on your interest & learn new things from world's top universities like Harvard, Stanford, Massachusetts university etc.
(Courses are freely available at online platforms like udemy, coursera, edx etc.)
Try to learn at least basics of coding
Most people these days still see computer coding or programming as a highly technical or even nerd activity. But In reality, coding is getting to be a newer type of literary. It is a skill which is highly essential in today's highly digital world & anyone can learn it at any age. Then why not now? Learn at least the basics.
Extra or Part time job
Working during college is a necessity for many students but a voluntary decision for others; You know why?
There are numerous valid reasons for this like earning money for college needs, learning wise budgeting of money, improvement in time and management skills etc. It builds dedication and responsibility within students, also opens opportunities for networking.
Explore your passion
Get out and discover what’s out there! Make a commitment to launch a serious expedition to uncover all sorts of new and exciting possibilities. Every day of every week holds opportunities to meet new people, attend events, sit in on webinars, sign up for newsletters, join organizations or fan pages and engulf yourself in the worlds that following your passions can open up to you. Keep exploring until you get yourself to that place & trust me college is the best time for this.
Learn an extra language
College life opens a plethora of opportunities for students and learning a foreign language is such a trend which has seen a tremendous rise amongst Indian students in last few years. Especially Spanish, German, French, Mandarin Chinese & Japanese are the languages which has gained a lot of attraction because of better employability. So within your college days try to learn at least one foreign language but not by the cost of forgetting your mother tongue.
(Note: For maximum advantage try to join in Indian Embassy Certified Institutions. )
Learn life lessons from your experiences.
College may give you the knowledge to take the next step on your career path, but don’t underestimate the valuable life lessons you’ll learn while you’re there. That's one payoff you can’t put a number on. From becoming disciplined to gaining perseverance even the strengthened integrity are the plenty of invaluable life lessons you’ll leverage for years to come.
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