Getting Better Organized: Hints and Tips
- Creating a study routine.
Make yourself follow it by striking a balance between comfort and sacrifice. Do not push yourself too hard, but do not procrastinate either. If at some point you lack the energy or motivation to fulfill the day's of study goal, try just reading for ten minutes. You will probably not get much accomplished in those ten minutes, but it will help you to reinforce the habit of reading and to create a study routine.
Two and a half hours four days a week is a reasonable amount of time to complete your degree program successfully. Three days can be devoted to the reading and note taking for around two hours followed by a quick conclusions draft writing based on your notes. Use the fourth day in full for in depth review reading and/or final academic work production.
Sometimes there will be personal or professional situations in the course of your study that will prevent you from meeting the weekly goals. In such cases try to make up for it another day without falling behind in the study goals for the program. Do not worry about how long the whole program will take. Just meet your weekly goals and keep your motivation alive. The key to success is finishing the program, not beginning it.
- Turning studying into a pleasant experience.
Learning should become a pleasant and enriching process. Life should not be just working and studying. It is very important to enjoy your free time while completing your program so you will not feel that studying is taking up your life. There is no hurry; the time it will take to complete the program will not affect the university's appreciation of your work. Do study in a comfortable and well-illuminated environment. There will be no teachers asking you to turn in homework or to meet study goals unless you request so.
- Developing the Sense of Responsibility.
BIU pedagogy is not effective for everybody. It is quite efficient for students and professionals with a certain level of responsibility, people who wish to learn, to improve, and to excel. Nobody but yourself will monitor the way you study. You are allowed to use textbooks for reference when producing reports, but you should be careful not to overdo it. You are encouraged to follow our pedagogical guidelines.
We consider you mature enough to feel free to follow BIU study guidelines or decide your own method of study as long as you fulfill the requirements outlined in the degree program. Whatever method you choose take care not to demolish the mental processes of learning and assimilation outlined by BIU pedagogy.
A degree is not just a piece of paper; it is the representation of certain qualified skills that you are expected to have. During your life or in your professional career, whenever you come across problems needing to be solved, it will be this capacity that will allow you to do it successfully, not the piece of paper that identifies you as holder of a degree.
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