hi guys welcome back to another video
today I'm going to walk you through the steps
of how I prepare for a new semester at college
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before going back to college
I look overmy class schedule for the semester and
make some adjustments to it
usually I change my classes during the first week of school
because that's when students drop out of some classes that were full
so I end up taking the spot that opens up
I also request credit overloads during the first week
and it takes a while for that to get approved
so I'm typically switching in and out of classes
up until the fifth day or so
but yeah changing my class schedule
is definitely a big part of my back-to-school routine
usually when I'm back at home
my mom tries to feed me as much Korean food as possible
because Korean food is my favorite type of food
and it's hard to get my hands on good
authentic Korean food during the semester
since I go to school in a pretty rural area
so we went to H Mart to stock up on more food to eat before I leave
and I also bought some instant noodles and snacks to take back to school
Dad: yoora, you're coming on march 15th?
no the 6th?
but I'm going directly to South Bend, so
I can't go to my monday classes you good Nexus all seven little tick tock tannenbaum ah water so a bit more
Mom: How sly...
No, the others were too expensive
It was almost twice as much.
mom: oh so that was 300?
Yeah.
Mom: That's a steal
dad: only $300?
south bend...
mom: good job-
the other ones were $600-700.
dad: a round trip?
yup
mom: it's cheap because you're leaving a day late
dad: so it's whether you ditch a day or not
yeah
dad: just ditch
I already booked my tickets.
to show you what I pack in my backpack
I carry my laptop my planner
some almonds to snack on when I get hungry
various chargers like my laptop and phone chargers
my external drive that I used when editing videos
and my passport.
I downloaded a photo of my schedule and made up my lock screen
so that it's easier for me to keep track of what rooms I need to go to
I keep my lock screen like this for at least the first two weeks
or until I memorize all of my classrooms
before I leave to go to the airport
I also remind myself to download a few Netflix shows on my phone
just so that I stay entertained in case I can't fall asleep on the plane
the drama that I downloaded was an episode of hello my 20s season 2
my parents drove me to the airport
and once we got there we said our goodbyes
and per usual my mom starts crying
I'll wave to you once I get up there.
I typically buy water and cheez-its
before I go on a flight
like it's a tradition for me to do that
but this day I wasn't really in the mood to eat cheez-its
so I ended up just buying a bottle of water
I also downloaded this Spotify playlist of kdrama OSTs
just to you know get in the feelz
but I actually wasn't familiar with any of these songs
so I stopped listening to it after a while
it was about 6:00 a.m. when I landed in Chicago
once I landed I took the CTA to Millennium Station
so that I could take the first morning train back to South Bend
I had a bit of time to kill
so I went into Starbucks to caffeinate myself
my train ride to South Bend was two hours long
and I spent it watching the new run BTS episode
the Wi-Fi on the train was very bad
so it took me the whole two hours to watch the 30-minute episode
the train took us to the South Bend Airport
and from there I took a lyft to my apartment
whenever I enter my apartment after a break
I'm always surprised at how messy my place is
I tried cleaning my apartment up and unpacking once I got back but
realistically I was way too tired from traveling
so I took a phat nap
I'm now going to show you how I prepare for my classes
so I just printed out my course schedule along with the syllabus for each course
then I got these sheet protectors and
I put each syllabus in an individual sheet protector
what I'll do is I'll collect any handouts or any notes
I take in each of these little sleeves
I take most of my notes electronically
but a few of my courses have a screen free policy
and I also often forget to charge my laptop so
there are a lot of occasions where I take notes by hand
and when I do so I like to put them in these folders
so that I have my notes organized and
easily accessible when I'm studying for exams
and then I look through the syllabi
and mark important dates
like exam dates and assignment due dates in my planner
Idesignated each subject to a different color
so that it's a lot easier to see my schedule in one glance
this is probably the most important step for me personally because
I heavily rely on my planner for due dates
so I make sure to double-check this step before moving on
next I go through the syllabi and look for required textbooks
usually I'm able to find the textbooks online
but nowadays a lot of professors assign online homework
and you need to buy a specific access code in order to do the homework
so I went ahead and purchased those access codes online,
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