Okay, your summer's winding down. Prepare a time chart, study your time for possible improvement, and make a list of long-term goals.
Goals are good.
If you know this is the year to kick butt in class to bulk up your app's, for instance, then condition your brain accordingly. Stay on top your assignments, ask for help when necessary, and tackle tough assignments as if it was a challenge for which you'll be rewarded. Speaking of college, set your mind mark on the decision-making process as a learning experience. Joyce Slayton Mitchell, a 35-year veteran of college counseling, agrees. Find out your learning style .