University Studies

If you enroll at the school of General Studies and have a scholarship or came from another college, there's a chance you'll get placed in University Studies. Now, the name is a bit confusing and the description even more so. It's a one hour per week class where you learn study skills, test-taking skills, and coping strategies for your time at Columbia.

"But wait," you may think, "I already know this stuff." I felt the same way and yet, the class has been invaluable. It is NOT a remedial or "special" class, it's just a nice way to get support your first semester at GS.

One of the things the class covers is time management and schedules. I found it really interesting that so many people only post their classes in their schedules: it's not realistic. A good schedule, as we learned in class, takes all sorts of things into consideration: commute, meals, studying, work, social life, family life, hygiene, and so on.

My own schedule went through tons of stages.

This is the first one:

This is the final one:

I admit I don't stick to it as much as I'd like, but the whole point is that having it makes you flexible. We'll see how that goes.