The Most Important Time Management Tips For College Students

College involves a lot of preparations and adjustments. In some ways it is one of the hardest stages in a person's life.

There are some students who face the difficulty of having to work very hard to prove not only to themselves but to other people that they are worthy of getting into college and finishing it successfully with a degree.

To do all that is needed to succeed in college, proper time management is necessary.

You will make college life easier by managing and scheduling your time wisely.

Here are important ways to manage your time successfully in college:

* Learning how to decide which things are most important, and setting up all of the things that need to be done in an order of importance, is learning how to prioritize. Some say this is the most vital part of time management.

* Separately and in addition to a schedule, make a list of the most important things that need to be done, and then place the items you have listed in order from most to least important.

* Do not postpone difficult and hard tasks. Instead, break them into smaller parts if possible. Always make sure to start difficult assignments long ahead of the time they are due, and to devote the necessary time to them on a regular basis until they are completed.

* At the very minimum while you are commuting to your college classes, if you are going on a bus or train (but NOT if you are driving yourself!), you could be "multi-tasking" by reviewing your class notes. This can help you both be prepared for the upcoming class period you are on your to, and also will be helpful to you on your exams.

* Analyze your use of time over the course of an average weekday. Your goal in doing this is to estimate how much time you on average use for your daily activities. You can even extend the analysis for longer than a day, even up to a full week or even more. Another important goal of the exercise is to find and end (or decrease as much as possible) the activities that are wasting time (not including sleeping and breaks, of course).

* Have a time schedule for every day, and do your best to follow it. Include all things on your time schedule, including eating, sleeping, and yes, even the time for short breaks in between studying. You should also in addition to this have a schedule for each week, each month, and even for the entire semester. Viewing the different time frames like that brings clarity and should help you with time management in college.

* Being able to say "No" (politely, of course). There are going to be times when you must say "No" to whatever fun activities someone invites you to, that is at the same time that you for sure need to be studying for the big test the next day.

Learning proper time management for college is very important. Learning these things early on will help you be prepared for the life ahead of you. Time management skills will be important tools in achieving the life of your dreams.

David Love is the author of "Get Good Grades In College Now". Read more about his top ideas for Time Management here.