Brainstorming Final Project: Effective Strategies for Promoting Personal Success in College

1. Prioritize

1.1. Decide what on your agenda is important and urgent. Do those first.

1.2. Make two lists each day: Things you would like to accomplish for school today and random things you would like to do, organize your time accordingly.

1.3. Reward yourself.

2. Create an Environment Compliments Your Learning Style

2.1. Declutter.

2.2. Find a quiet place.

2.3. Concentrate on your set goals.

3. Facts:

3.1. Moving to a different room has been proven to improve study retention.

3.2. More than half of unsuccessful students never or rarely study without getting interrupted.

4. Tip:

4.1. Remember that you are achieving your long term goal (to get your degree). Stay motivated.

5. RESOURCES I WILL USE TO COMPLETE PROJECT:

5.1. MINDMEISTER (OUTLINE)

5.2. APUS LIBRARY (STANDARD RESEARCH)

5.3. GETTING THINGS DONE: THE ABCS OF TIME MANAGEMENT (CREATING OUTLINE)

5.4. ASEE.ORG (STATISTICAL STUDIES TO BACK UP MY IDEAS)

6. Time Management

6.1. Create a routine and stick to it.

6.2. Plan ahead & set goals.

6.3. Avoid procrastination, but take breaks.

7. Take Care of Your Body & Mind

7.1. Get enough sleep.

7.2. Eat well.

7.3. Alleviate Stress.

8. Tip:

8.1. Microsoft word and Excel can provide you with templates to create schedules, calendars,and lists.

9. Fact:

9.1. "Research out of the University of Notre Dame has shown the best way to recall information is to sleep after learning it." (17 Scientific Ways to Study Better This Year, 2012)

10. Fact

10.1. Studies have shown that successful students do not study for more than 3 hours a day because over-learning has proven to be counterproductive. (Faisal Z. Miqdadi, Abdulla F. ALMomani, Mohammad T. (Shadid Masharqa), and Nabil M. Elmousel, 2014)