by Bobby Coles

Created on: August 02, 2009   Last Updated: May 07, 2012

Doing well in college, and still being able to maintain a healthy and vibrant social life has been the bane of many a young adult over the years. In order to achieve this harmoniously, you must be prepared from every vantage point. Your grades must not suffer at the hands of parties and good times, and vice versa.

Juggling academia and leisure time has been a combination struggled with by everybody at one time or another. The key to the success of both is to remember to pay equal attention to your studies as well as maintaining a healthy and active social life. Without sacrificing personal pleasures or academic success, it is imperative that you figure out a way to keep on top of both activities.

Learning the curves in college does take a little bit of time, but you can consult with your professors and seminar leaders to find out exactly what the course expectations are, and then you can better determine your direction. In college, the social life is rampant. There are a plethora of activities to choose from, and they are all important, especially if you are trying to make new friends and fit in as best as possible.

Once you have determined a schedule of what is due and when, then you can more accurately allow for spontaneity and a vibrant social life. A calendar of events and homework dates is optimal. Always be certain to leave free time either to decompress, or to go with the flow is something fun arises. School should never interfere with your education, and there are many opportunities to learn outside of the classroom, while you out being social.

The life of the average college students consists of entirely too much homework, too much newly gained freedom, too much procrastination, vastly too much of a vibrant social life, and yet, somehow, not enough time seemingly to encompass all things. This is the bane of the college student. Trying to do well in college, and still striving to maintain a vibrant social life is not an easy mixture to concoct.

The biggest key to achieving success both in academia terms, and in the social scene, requires a mastery of time management skills. A college student must juggle lectures, seminars, labs, tutorials, work, pub crawls, late night forays to the local sub shop or pizzeria, and, of course, dating. Balancing all things so that the college experience is a surreal memory takes patience, energy, and a plan.

Budgeting time wisely does not come easy to anybody, let alone a college student that is desperately trying to combine

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