Your class times can start from 9 in the morning or 12 in the afternoon and they may end at 4 to 6 in the evening. Depending on your college/university timetable. So please turn up to your classes on time.
You can be there 1-3 days of the week and have the rest of the week to study and other things. Depends if you're a full-time or part-time student.
Memorise the train/bus/ferry schedule. It depends on how far you live. I recommend have a discount card for them.
A number of the classes are mandatory and some aren't.
The number of students in your class may differ, depending how many applied to the course. Can be 2 or 7 students (if your college/uni have other branches, they'll have a small group of students). If there is only one person who applied then the course will not happen. So you have to try another course or try next year. Same goes with part timers, if there's no students for the next year's class, you're pretty much fudged.
Don't be afraid to ask for help if you're stuck on something. The tutors are nice (depends on their personality).
One tutor I had was a complete b!tch. On the first Friday in my class's second semester, she popped up on the video chat 10-15 minutes late when class started, didn't speak to us for 10 or so minutes and when we were checking the desktop computers for our college e-mails, having our backs to the camera, the first words she rudely said (in a b!tchy manner) to my half of the class, "I don't like it when people have their backs to me." Freaking really?! She's supposed to be a teacher and she gave my class (the other half was V.C.ing as well) a bad first impression by being late, not talking to us for a small period of time, not apologising for being late and snapping at my half of the class for not looking at the camera just because the computers was up against the wall, that requires us to have our backs to the camera.
When you finish a class ahead of time before the learning year ends, you can use that time to study, catch up on other classes or leave early (if the class is at the end of the day). Believe me, it's really useful.
A number of colleges/universities will give you a quota of how much to spend on printing. It can be £/$13.00 of printing. some places will have to ask you to pay 3 or more pence/cents on each sheet of paper.
Check the student boards for news and part-time jobs. They are very useful.
I know that colleges and universities over in the States and Canada (I think) have to pay a shit ton on textbooks. I find that ridiculous. Spending $20 to $300 on a textbook you're just going to use once for the school year or one semester is horrendous. I thought places of education were supposed to provide their students the books. The college/university should give the books to the students for free. Not making them to spend a arm and leg on one book that can be outdated in a few months.
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College/University Survival Guide
Non-FictionSo you're going to college or university for the first time after summer vacation and you have no clue what to do while going there. So here's a guide to help you get through your first year. I hope this book will help you.
