Stick to your schedule. Prioritize your tasks. Be specific about goals you want to accomplish and reward yourself when you meet those goals. Listening and Notetaking Since many professors test from their class lectures and discussions rather than the textbook, taking good notes in college is a vital skill. However, many students assume that taking good notes is easy, but if you have a concentration problem or if you are dealing with unfamiliar information, you may find yourself with notes full of gaps and misinformation.
Notes are only as good as the note-taker.
The first step to good note-taking is to devise a system of abbreviations and signs that will help you write faster. Students who try to write a transcript of a class lecture, inevitably miss important information. Good listening skills are also important to good note-taking. Verbal cues will identify main points from minor ones while repetition is a clear signal of important information. After a lecture, read through your notes immediately and fill in gaps.