Its your life, time to make it large by Shubhra Sharma

Its your life, time to make it large!

Getting out of school, they say changes your life. Now, this life change can be good or bad and that’s what most youngsters always fear. This dilemma makes many questions pop up in the minds. They can be about the kind of life, the type of studies, the level of exams or the behavior of teachers in contrast to school.

Rule number one of getting yourself tailored for college life is taking advantage of all the given opportunities and spending as much time in studies as in other activities.

School starts with a bell and ends with it. There are no gaps between classes unless the teacher is absent and you get a substitution. In college you may have gaps of even hours between classes. Can be so long that you can even go watch a movie in between, well that’s great in a way right? 

Merely attending the classes is not enough. The course/syllabus is described by the universities with complete details including essential or additional readings and presentations. It is important to go through this information. The books or readings mentioned could be provided by the teachers but they don’t always spoon-feed you in college so you’ll have to search them up in the libraries. And don’t worry, you won’t be called a geek if you go to libraries sometimes, perhaps because that’s necessary. 

In college you don’t study different subjects like Maths, Science or English. Moreover since the FYUP has gone.  You specialize in a particular field and so the syllabus is vast. 

At this level you’re not taught by teachers, professors instead. Their job is to provide you with knowledge not sit and make you learn because learning is your part of the job. The idea of college is to make you self independent in all aspects. Listening to what the professors teach in class matters a lot as they guide you through a huge heap of books and inform about the important topics to be read from them. It saves your time and energy during exams. 

The holidays between exams differ among universities. Usually not much time is given between exams apart from the 10 days preparatory leave, notably by Delhi University. The pattern of question papers is quite simple with mostly long answer question. So there’s the relief from those 1 and 2 mark questions for which every minute detail is to be learned.  Study smartly and wisely.  Don’t let go a mountain while you’re busy collecting stones. 

This is the time of your life. Make the most out of it. 

College life gives you plenty time to gossip, hangout, discover new places and indulge in socio cultural activities.  The debating, dramatics, dance, music societies add to it. Try and be a part of as much things as you can if you love exploring. Undoubtedly the most relishing time can be the season of fests where you have various competitions and amazing performances by the stars. It’s the best platform to showcase you talent, if you’re lucky gain fame too at this age. 

Its going be an amazing journey, just make it worth it.

Enjoy with thrill and study with passion.

Cheers