What I Learned In College

I believe having the FYI class before starting other classes was a helpful tool in determining my college success. There are many reasons why it was helpful, but I am only going to analyze four in this document. One of the main reasons contributing to its success was adjusting waking waking up earlier. This may not have been something we directly learned in class, but it proved to be very helpful for the next week. Another reason why this course was successful was it enhanced my note taking abilities. I have never considered myself a bad note taker, in fact, I believe I excel in note taking which is beneficial to me. I feel like this course gave me some extra tips and tricks in order to make make note taking more useful and effective.
I thought this is what you do in order to prepare for a test: take a bunch of useless notes, cram every single one into your brain, take the test, forget and repeat. Now I have it is so much easier than that. Now, I go through my textbook, highlight all important terms and facts and skim over those every few days. This makes exams and tests so much less painful and the information sticks around way longer.
The final way I have benefitted from this class is through information about extracurricular activities. I have learned about so many awesome things to do outside of the classroom. A few of these activities include the outdoor program and clubs to join. There seems to be a club for just about anything. The outdoor program is really interesting because you can do various outdoor activities for a fraction of the cost it would cost elsewhere.
All in all I believe this class to be very educational and a critical step a high school senior must take before entering into college. It prepares the individual in many academic and nonacademic ways. This class proved very useful for me, I met some new friends before classes started, learned about the ways I can improve my academics, and how to be involved many activities outside of the