With graduation fast approaching for seniors, there is always advice to leave onto the younger students that are being left behind to struggle with professors on a daily basis.
For me, this is my second undergraduate degree in seven years.
Call me an overachiever, but it doesn't matter.
I've been there. Done that. And learned several important things along the way. So here are my tips to you, the undergrads of The University of Memphis.
1. That book known as an undergraduate catalog - keep it. Cherish it. It just may save your butt later on in your academic life.
2. The syllabus that you get on the first day of class - keep those too. They may come in handy in saving your butt too.
3. Keep your class notes and whatever work that you do in class. You might actually need those later on in life, especially if that class is in your major or minor. The professors, for the most part, do know what they are talking about.
Basically, just become a pack rat with all your college notes and what not.
4. My last suggestion is to find one professor in your major department that you can depend on. That could be anyone from one of the professors that you have had several times, to your advisor, to the department head. They can help you when you need it. Whether it is with getting into a class or getting out of one, any help is greatly accepted.
So why am I suggesting these things?
Think of it like this - say you transfer from U of M or even just switch majors, and there are some classes that did not transfer. Having those syllabi or notes may just get you out of having to take that class.
It helped me fix several classes that did not transfer when I brought over my credits from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. But, I know that when my little sister transferred from Southwest, if she had had her syllabi and notes then some of her classes might have been transferred differently.
These are only suggestions, but they may help. Who knows? But, good luck to the undergraduates who are still here and congrats to the class of 2007!
