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So now that you're in college, what kind of college student will you be? Are you going to be one of the straight A, almost 4.0 GPA students? Or will you fool around and be a George Bush Jr. type of college student with a C- average?

Of course, this is entirely up to you. Sure, your new professors might have some influence on the final result, but in the end, it really is your decision.

What's the Difference?

What makes an A student and what makes a C- student? One word: organization. If you can just manage to pick up a few basic time and resource management skills, you'll be able to utilize them in order to give that GPA a sizable boost.

Take a look around you at your peers. Some of them will be compulsively writing things down in day planners or on their sidekicks these are the ones that will look harried, rushed, crazed and compulsive. Other students will be socializing and frittering about, happy as clams and just as relaxed (clams are easy-going, right?) these people will look happy and well adjusted.

In the span of a few weeks, however, your relaxed, clam-like friends will be harried and crazed, and with good cause, while your harried and crazed friends will be on top of their busy schedules. The difference? Again, organization.

So Much To Do, So Little Time!

This is a popular complaint among college students, partly caused by the sense of independence the undergraduate atmosphere creates. No longer do you have Mom and Dad running after you to do your homework or study for that test or fill up the tank with gas if you drive it to Empty. Not only are you fully responsible for your academic life (no more report cards being mailed home!) but you are fully responsible for just about everything else. This means your social life, your job, your belongings, and just about everything else that you can think of. That support structure that kept you from playing video games the night before you had a fifteen-page research paper due just isn't in place any longer now that you've moved away and taken on this new challenge.

But this is no reason to panic. It's simply every reason to be more conscientious. You're going to have a lot of things to juggle: you'll attend classes, do the requisite reading, write the required papers, have a social life both on and off campus, participate in demanding extra-curriculars like the campus newspaper or the college football team, and have to take care of your living situations in terms of not running out of gas or snacks or cafeteria swipes.

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