• Use your planner

• Recognize how much time you need to spend on classwork, activities, work, etc.

• Recognize how much time you have to do certain things. What do you do with your 24 hours?

• Is your "free time" really free?
  • Use free time to catch up on class work.
    
  • Look ahead to see what reading assignments/homework is due at the end of the week.

• Don't let your homework time become free time (i.e., watching TV, surfing the web, socializing, etc.)

• Plan your free time wisely.

• Recognize your daily college schedule is different than your daily high school schedule.

• Leave time during the day for yourself.

• Weekends--don't let them get away from you.
  • Plan to do some school work.
    
  • If you've got most of the day on Friday free, use it to get caught up with class work. You always have Friday night to socialize.
    
  • 6:00 pm on a Sunday night is not a good time to start your homework.

• Make a list of To Dos--either daily, weekly, or both

• Procrastination--don't do it! It is easier to get ahead than to catch up!

• Be Flexible--don't fall apart if you don't get everything done or your schedule changes.

• Take a mental inventory of your day when you get up.
  • What do you have to do?
    
  • Plan accordingly
    
  • Pack your backpack/bag the night before.

• Set weekly goals and reward yourself when you reach them.

• Use an alarm clock.