Starting Early = Success

At the college level you will be receiving alot of information on how to go about doing research, believe me. First, ill tell you about my own experience on this topic because this really took me by surprise and by the time i was finished with everything i had a fried brain. Well, i had a RESEARCH paper due a month from the day it was assigned. So, in high school they gave me a research paper and i waited til the last minute to do them and well they came out to be very good papers because in high school they really did not want that much information. Well, what you think happened? I decided to wait like for a week before the paper was due and well i was stumped! Because my topic was very hard to find information and then analyze that information so i can formulate it all into a big 10 page essay, wew! It was exhausting and it affected my other classes as well because you have to continue on with the other classes. The professors don’t care if you have a 50 page essay due in another class, that is no excuse for not completing their work.

So what im saying is that you really need to pay attention to time and be very attentive to how much work you have to do in every class that you have. Time Management is a huge factor in the college world, every single one of your professors are expecting you to do your part and be responsible for the work that is given to you. Doing research in college is very teadious when you are not prepared like i was. It becomes a nightmare that would make you wish you had to start over.

Tips to help you be succesful in doing Research:

• Start Early
• Understand and Look Over your topic before choosing it
• Create an outline from the first day the assignment is due
• A very useful website is: http://owl.english.purdue.edu
• More resources that are useful would be your Professors,The librarians, and the writing center.
• Always give yourself time to BREATH! Give yourself rest!
• Have Fun and Pace yourself!

Thats about all i can tell you about what to expect or how to be prepared in the college world, because someone expects something from you in life and in college every Professor expects you to do the work!

By: Daniel Lantigua 1597363