Study Skills

                 The increase in workload that marks the change from school to college can prove to
be overwhelming for some students. Burying your self in books all the time is not
the solution to dealing with this increased work pressure. Instead the solution lies in
developing effective study skills:

Set Your Study Agenda for the Day
Refer to your weekly planner to check for imminent deadlines and upcoming quizzes.
Prioritize your work and set up goals for what needs to be accomplished on a given day.
It is often helpful to plan your next day the night before.

Get a feel for your reading material
The amount of reading that some courses require at LUMS, particularly Social Science
courses, can be overwhelming for students at the start of their university career. Sifting
mindlessly through pages after pages of a seemingly never-ending reading can get you
nowhere. So, instead you can start off by getting a sense of what you are up for by
glancing at the chapter headings and going through the short introduction at the top of
each chapter. Getting a sense of the reading material at the start would save you from
losing track of things half way through.

The Importance of Extra-curricular Involvement

Involvement with student societies and extra-curricular activities plays a critical role in
helping students adjusts to their college environment and feel integrated into their college
community. It helps them develop valuable social support structures, friendships and
connections and experience a more satisfying undergraduate education.

Following are excerpts from Dr. Richard J. Light's Book, Making the Most of College:
"Students speak their minds (Harvard University Press, 2002). These passages quote
studies and findings from Dr. Light's own interviews of Harvard undergraduates that
confirm the great importance of involvement in extra-curricular and campus activities
outside the classroom.