No More Spoon Feeding

Transition to college life from school means a lot in the way we study the subjects. We can expect no more spoon feeding.

You would have seen your Maths teacher working out each and every problem when you were studying 12th standard. You would have taken tuitions. You would have had guides, notes with all answers to make things easier for you. Nothing apart from the given questions will appear in the question paper.

And now you are into an entirely different world. Don't get scared or don't curse your lecturers. It is an accepted trend that the lecturers will not solve even 25% of the given problems, but instead leave them to you to solve and come to their cabins if you have unsolved issues. The truth will be they will not have enough time to complete the syllabus if they start to work out all the problems. Moreover leaving it to you to work out the other problems helps you to understand the subject and concepts more clearly. Tuitions are available but very few and more costly and even there it will be just explaining concepts and not making you to study the subject. Guides and notes are available in the market but will not be sufficient enough to substitute self-study.

The best thing is to study the subjects sincerely with proper understanding, not just for the sake of exams but also for the sake of knowledge.

You will have lot of freedom, much enough to spoil yourself. But it is you who should monitor yourself since you will have no one to be behind you and for spoon feeding.

Come out of the Shell

Transition to college life from school requires lot of commitment.

Being into College life you should not have inhibitions and should be out of narrow minded attitude. Should be ready to accept others point of view.

Start interacting with others. Stop thinking about the mistakes you make while talking to others. Dont think others will mock at you if you make mistakes. They are also new to the environments and others will have enough worries about themselves initially and so will not mind much about other's mistakes. Its only by trying you can know your mistakes and thus can correct those.

You may have lot of apprehensions about college life till now. Find the truth yourself and correct them if those apprehensions are wrong. You have to talk to others, know more people and their ideas and only then you can learn lot of things.

If you were from a rural background entering into a city college, don't get bogged down by the environment. Try to push yourself into the groups and you will be at ease moving around along with them in a week or two. But if you stay away from others, then you will be left isolated and both you and others will find it difficult to mingle with each other later.

Don't worry about being teased by others in the initial stages for your silly mistakes. Stay positive and true as much as possible. Don't hesitate to accept your mistakes and limitations and let even others know that. This will help you to learn new things easily.

Come out of your shell. The world is waiting to receive you with so many beautiful opportunities.

Transition to College Life.

Yes, the school life is over.

Teachers, marks, competition for ranks, tuitions, what to study next confusion, Engineering or Medicine, money or interest, advice from parents, seniors all these are no more now. The decision is made. Whether its yours or your parents it is made and soon you will be sitting in a college classroom.

A new environment, new friends and for some new place and even new medium (language of teaching) and all these may make you perplexed. You may feel at dark.

How to handle this?

What should you do to overcome this fear?

How to make new friends easily even though they may be an entirely different environment?

How to build relationship with the teachers, sorry the lecturers and professors?

How to plan your career?

What to expect?

What to do?

What not to do?

In short, how easily and quick you can transform into a college student from a school student?

Below are some of the tips you would wish to try to become a college student.
1. Come out of the shell.
2. No more spoon feeding
3. Make friends and let they be good friends. Have broad vision.
4. Lecturers/Professors – treat them as your mentor/guide/friends
5. Seniors are also students. Make friends among seniors
6. Enjoy the subjects. This can be achieved only by understanding the subjects
7. Start now. Stop last minute preparations
8. Communication and English Skills
9. Develop special skills. Find your specialization area
10. Socialize for all the right reasons
11. Don’t deviate – You are here to study and to build your career.

What next - After 12th

12th exams are over and the results are out.

What to do next? What to study? How to plan your career? So many questions in most of our minds. To add to that confusion there comes loads of suggestions from our parents, relatives, friends.

What are the factors to consider before selecting a course and how to decide on our career path and the course to study?

The courses/degrees can be categorised into
Engineering
Medical
Arts
Science
Skills oriented
Technical

In Engineering we have Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Architecture, Information technology, Instrumentation. Production, Automobile, Aivation, Chemical, Bio-informatics, Bio-medical engineering and many more and list is keeping on growing with advancement in technology.

Medical apart from M.B.B.S there is B.D.S, B.V.Sc and then nopw B.H.M.S and other traditional medicine degrees are being selected by the students. Paramedical courses like Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharma are having its own market and career in the industry.

With the recession hitting the Engineering sector Arts and science degrees are being sought after again. People aiming for M.B.A or M.C.A or Govt. jobs or Civil services are now smart enough to get into basic arts and science degrees. With teaching becoming a much sought after career and is a more secured career arts and science degrees are starting to find some space among the students.

More courses like Catering technology, Fashion designing, Fine arts, Pilot Training, Air Hostess courses are being sought after more nowadays inspite of the cost involved in these courses.

Said about the courses, how to select the courses which suits you.

Follow the below given steps to decide on your career
1. Decide the course based on your basic skills.
2. Decide the course based on your liking. The liking should be yours and shouldnt be driven because of popularity or easy jobs or more salary or friends like and so me too.
3. Take the advice of your parents/elders/seniors, but the decision should be yours.
4. Dont go by emotions, analyse your skills, current trends, family situation and then decide on the course.
5. Your degree should pave the way for your career and so decide in such a way.
6. Think whether you family will be able to support you through the course even if a master degree is required in that career.

If possible and on availability its worth spending some money to take up a psychometric test to know you skills and capabilities.

You are starting it now. Have a vision and mindset to learn new things not just for your exams but for your knowledge and thus for your career.