Balancing studying and friends
Spending time with friends and looking forward to your time together after class may some days be your only salvation. Balancing study time with spending time with friends quickly becomes a challenge. Eating pizza at midnight is a lot more fun than spending time studying for your psychology test, but not always the best idea.
Finding Time to Study
College is fun but expensive and you shouldn’t waste any of your money repeating your classes or getting a bad grade. There are ways of getting around the friends vs. studying problem by still having a really great time and getting your homework done. In the first semesters of college, it's a good idea to take classes with friends. You can study and spend time with them. Having friends in class is always a great incentive to actually going to the class. You can invite your friends over to your room and do homework together. No one will be left out, and you can still have fun after everyone’s homework is done. Find time during the day between classes or during really boring ones, to do your homework.
Some of the best places to do your homework without many distractions:
• library
• laundry Room
• your floor lounge
• an empty lecture hall Go home
Many freshmen generally go home on the weekends. This is because they miss home cooking, are exhausted from the week and need to sleep and get homework done. There are occasions where freshmen spend all weekend at home in their pajamas doing nothing but homework for hours on end. This isn’t the best of situations but sometimes it needs to be done. Don’t worry, you will miss out on some fun but your friends will be there when you get back to school.
Balancing school with friends
After being in school and spending your days with the same people all the time, you will soon discover that your friends will become more like family. Learning to balance school with friends does become a challenge. Just remember that you are going to college to learn and eventually graduate. If you are having problems finding enough time for school work, tell your friends. They will understand and start giving you more space to do your homework. Don’t get too worried about this. Midnight pizzas are perfectly okay.
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