Invest in a planner, phone calendar, AND to-do lists to help with time management. When starting up with a new schedule, it is pretty easy to feel overwhelmed from the start. By writing schedules for work, classes, and even time just for yourself can help you with time management and structure your task list accordingly.
Get to know your academic advisor and career coach early on. These advisors are here for all of your Eccles Experience needs! They can help you stay on track with classes, decide which schedule is fit for you and your major, and even explore job opportunities for now and post-graduation. Meetings with each of these are usually required to create your next class schedule; otherwise, holds will be placed on your account.
Go to club fairs and information sessions. Events like these happen all over campus, all year long. By heading in early on, you have a better idea of which clubs/jobs interest you and help enhance your college experience. From Finance and Accounting, to humanitarian projects, to student government, the U really has it all.
Ask for help from peers, faculty, staff. That’s why we’re here! We are here for you – bottom line. The front desks atGARFF and SFEBB and our office in SFEBB 5121, along with your professors and club leaders, can answer any questions you may have to send you in the right direction.
Organize study groups. Part of the college experience is connecting with peers to make lifelong friends throughout your years on campus. Starting with study groups in classes help ensure you achieve good grades and find students with similar interests all at once.
It’s okay to not get things right on the first try. Change is hard and college is unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. Things may not always go as planned, but don’t let that discourage you! Here at the U, you have the biggest support system. “Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
Get your hands dirty and be involved with everything. One piece of advice you will hear over and over again on campus is GET INVOLVED. Don’t ignore this. As mentioned above, the David Eccles School of Business and University of Utah have clubs/jobs for any interest you can imagine. Being involved helps become accustomed to the time management of college, meet people with similar interests, and enhances your campus life overall. Who knows, you might even surprise yourself with what you find.
Take a deep breath and soak it all in. Here’s to the best four years of your life!
