The College Class Syllabus….
Every college student gets them. But, what happens after that?
Do they end up at the bottom of a backpack, as a crumbled mess, or in a desk drawer?
After all, the instructor will remind me of everything throughout the semester anyway, right?
Wrong.
Dead wrong.
Most instructors will assume you are an adult and will act as a responsible one. Therefore, as soon as you get your syllabus, you have a hot date that night. Syllabus+Planner+YOU.
I’d also suggest grabbing some highlighters, colored pens, stickers… and whatever else you might want to help you recognize at a glance, what you need to be doing. 
Now it’s time to hack your syllabus… break it into bits and prepare a plan that will help you manage your college life.
First things first: Begin by writing EVERY test, project deadline, research paper deadline, or anything else that has a due date in your planner. If you are the kind of person who likes things to be a fancy-pants, use stickers, highlighters or colored pens to color-code everything. For example, everything related to biology is written in green, everything related to English Comp is written in blue, etc. Highlight all tests with a yellow highlighter, and paper due dates with a orange highlighter.
Next: Do some back planning. For every deadline, count back an appropriate number of days and set a “start date” for starting to begin test prep or writing a paper. For example, you should allow 5 good study days for every exam, at minimum.
So, if you have an exam on October 25, count back 5 days in your planner and write, “Prepare study materials for Psychology test #3. On day 2, you might write, “Study for Psychology test #3.” Continue with the notations over the next 3 days. For a large research paper, you might want to count back 2 weeks and write “Begin research for British Literature paper.” The next day you might write “continue British Lit research.” Depending on the size and depth of your paper, you may want to begin writing it 1 week prior to the due date, so you would note this in your planner, as well.
Keep in mind: If there are days you have things going on and cannot study for your test or work on your paper, then you need to add an additional day when you set your start date for studying or preparing for a project. 
NOW…. if you do this with ALL of your syllabi, it will take a while, but it is well worth the investment of your time. Having a detailed planner goes a long way towards college success.
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