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5 Things To Do During Sylly Week To Set The Semester Off To A Good Start

What can you do during the first week of school to start your semester off right?

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Jan 16, 2019

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5 Things To Do During Sylly Week To Set The Semester Off To A Good Start

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Get A Planner And Actually Use It

Using a planner is the best way to stay organized throughout the semester. The perfect time to buy one and start using it you ask? Syllabus week! Not having many many assignments during the first week is when you should go through the syllabus (hence the name of the week), and write down all of the important dates to remember.

Buy your Textbooks

Though this sounds obvious, most people don't buy their books until after school starts. This is very smart because some professors are just trying to suck all of the money out of you and you never actually use the book! Go to class during syllabus week and get a vibe for if you really need the book. Also, do your research on websites such as rate my professor to see if previous students used the book.

Take Note of your Professor's Office Hours

Many students don't use their professor's office hours and I have no idea why honestly. Your professor is there to help you! And they are an expert in the class you're taking! Knowing when the office hours are will help in the future when you need to go get help, you won't have to waste time looking up when and where you need to go.

See What Homework You Can Start Early

Getting ahead before getting overwhelmed is the best to hopefully NOT get overwhelmed later in the semester. Usually, there is some assignment that you can start way before to it's due. Also, spending this extra time on the first assignment will start your grade off on the right foot, with hopefully a 100%!

Make Sure To Have Fun

Let yourself have fun during this slower time in the semester also! If you don't, you'll more than likely get burnt out really, really fast. This week is the best because you are back with your best friends after not seeing them in what feels like forever. Go crazy at least a couple times during this week!

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5 Things To Do During Sylly Week To Set The Semester Off To A Good Start

What can you do during the first week of school to start your semester off right?

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Get A Planner And Actually Use It

Buy your Textbooks

Take Note of your Professor's Office Hours

See What Homework You Can Start Early

Make Sure To Have Fun

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This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

2. Disappointed you let it get this bad

3. Distracted: When a 10-Minute Break Becomes an Hour

4. When the Yearning for Sleep Sneaks Up

5. In the words of Lorelai Gilmore "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

Oh, so done.

You need sleep, but also have 13 things due in the span of 4 days.

1. When it's December 1 and you have seven things due, three exams, and haven't slept in three days.

2. So you stress.

3. And cry.

4. Then call your mom to cry some more.

5. After the pep talk, you feel determined to get everything done.

6. But, now you're tired.

7. And really hungry.

8. Suddenly, it's 2 a.m. and you have only written three sentences and your paper is due in the morning.

9. You've made it to Friday... somehow.

10. Then Sunday hits and you find yourself back at the Lib.

11. So you cry some more.

12. But, you fight through the tears to get everything done because you're determined.

13. In the end, you feel on top of the world because you made it through the last week of class alive.

14. But, now it's finals week so good luck.

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