Preparing for Senior Year Senior year at ASU can be a fun and exciting time for many college students, but senior year can likewise be stressful, frustrating, and challenging if a college student does not know how to adequately prepare for senior year. Preparing for senior year at ASU does not have to be a massive project, but it should be something that takes and individual some time as they think through what aspects to senior year they need to plan out. And, not coincidentally, the first step to a successful senior year at Arizona State University is to plan for the final two semesters of college. Planning, if you have not learned by now, is a quality preparation method and a concept that will serve you far beyond senior year of college.
Put Time and Effort into Preparation Planning for senior year can be simple, but it should be thorough where needed. For example, some details of planning should take time and effort to complete so that the student will be able to reap the rewards. Events throughout the school year such as assignment due dates, test dates, and senior projects should all be planned for as soon as the student knows the required timetable for their completion. While these items of importance will need to be planned for in detail, other items on the senior’s to do list can have less planning involved. Such things as planned weekend getaways, party nights, and other relaxing events should be planned for and scheduled so that they do not interfere with the more important dates of academic success that were listed above. After all, it would be a shame to throw three years of hard college work down the proverbial drain simply because of a lack of planning that brought a fun recreational activity into conflict with an important academic deadline. But far too often for both seniors at Arizona State University and across the country, the condition known as senioritis claims many and the final grades earned by these students are significantly lower than what they could have been. For this reason, it is vitally important to plan out a schedule ahead of time and stick to it during the last two semesters of college.
Make Sure You Have Enough Free Time Understanding that too much work and school can leave almost anyone burned out and frustrated, along with scheduling out the important academic deadlines, it is still needful to purposely plan recreational activities like the ones listed above. By planning out a proper balance between recreational time and work or study time, a senior student can be assured that they will be less likely to fade from their academics and subsequently fail their last year of schooling. It is important too to take time off when needed throughout the school year, even if it is not on the schedule. Nothing extended, mind you, but, for example, on a hard day of classes when you are feeling burned out consider going to the campus bookstore or fan shop and doing some casual shopping for a new Arizona State t-shirt or some interesting reading material. A new Arizona State t-shirt, skimming through a magazine, going for a run, playing a pick up game of basketball, or even a short power nap are all ways that a senior can take a quick break from school when the need to. By planning out senior year with honesty, purpose, and diligence, a senior college student will be able to conquer senioritis or other barriers standing between them and graduation. Photo Credit: John Martinez Pavliga, gem66, Kevin Dooley