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Welcome to the vlog.
My name is Amit Bhatia.
I'm a freshman here at BU studying business and history.
And today we're going to go through my day.
And talk a little bit about academics here at BU, some tips on organization,
time management, procrastination and everything in between.
First thing though, I've got my first class of the day, it's at 9am.
So I'm a little bit late for that.
So I'll see you guys after.
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Alright, I just finished my first class, my business workshop.
And I have to do some speaking in that so
I wasn't able to film as much as I wanted to.
I have about an hour until my next class and I'm gonna go get a COVID test.
See you guys there.
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Okay, I took my glasses off because they're fogging up.
But putting stuff in between your classes when you have breaks in between the day is
really important.
Getting up and
doing small things is something that I found that really helped me.
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Alright, just got back from the COVID test.
I've got a couple minutes before my next class,
micro economics, and we have a big test coming for
that class in a couple days.
So today is a review day.
We're going to be doing practice problems prepping us before the exam.
So on that note, quick tip is to,
especially when you're on zoom with the big lectures is,
while you can watch the recording, it's always beneficial to just go to the class.
If you have any questions, you can always drop that in the chat and
get that answered live it kind of gets you up and moving.
It can be really easy and tempting to just want to sleep through your classes,
push things off and watch the recording later.
It's something I struggled with a little bit last semester, but
this semester I'm making big improvements and so far it's helped me a lot.
So let me go to econ now and I'll see you guys after.
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I just finished econ, had a good review session and
definitely gonna go study for that later.
So let's talk about some tips for academics in college.
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First tip that I have seems pretty obvious, but it's staying organized.
Here in college you're not just doing academics,
you have a lot of things going on.
You're applying for positions.
You have extracurriculars, you have to leave time for yourself, time for
your friends, and all of that combined can be a lot to handle.
Making sure you're on track with everything that matters to you is really
important.
Different people use different methods to stay organized.
And the method that I used primarily is notion.
So notion is a website that allows you to do a bunch of different things.
It allows you to create interactive trackers, tables, schedules.
So this is what I use for my agendas.
I like to build the small things in because it creates structure for
the day and allows me to make sure I'm remembering all the big things too.
So in addition to this schedule I create to-do lists and assignments,
both these combined allows me to make sure that I'm never missing anything.
The second thing that I use notions for is note taking.
And this brings me to my second tip
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Make sure you're always trying to keep up with whatever study habits work for you,
and it's going to benefit you in the long run.
I like notions specifically because I can create a class and
make pages under the class.
I can go back and it's neatly organized and I like that, but that may not work for
everyone.
So it's all about finding what you like and staying consistent with that.
So it becomes your routine and a habit and you get really good at it.
So my next tip is also pretty common, but
it's something that I definitely struggled with last semester.
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Everyone has a different definition of what they want their study space
to be like.
For me, I like to keep it nice and clean and organized.
And that allows me to feel the most productive.
But I was also really stuck in my dorm last semester.
I live in Kilachand Hall and on the top floor we have a really nice study lounge
and I feel like I didn't take advantage of it as much last semester.
I was in my dorm a lot and meshing those two spaces of study and
play and sleep wasn't the best for me.
So this semester,
I've been taking a lot of time to study in a lot of different places.
I like to study in my dorm as well.
It's just mixing up those spaces and doing what works best for me and
what works best for you.
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So I know I've had a lot of talk about staying productive, don't procrastinate,
keep on top of your time.
In times like these and in general, it's really, really important to stay balanced
and allowing yourself to have time for your friends, for yourself, for
things that you enjoy is really, really important.
I know balance is a cliched word.
But it really does hold true.
Sometimes procrastination is inevitable, and that's okay.
Don't beat yourself up about it.
Maybe you're not gonna be on top of your time management every single day of
the week, and that's also okay.
So allowing yourself to be human, allowing yourself to take time,
allowing yourself to enjoy college are all things that matter and
in my opinion help with staying on top of your academics because in my opinion,
keeping a balance is being productive.
For me, I like to read, work out, hang out with my friends,
I play drums in the BU jazz band and
I like to incorporate all those things as much as I can, into my schedule.
So on that note, I have a jazz band rehearsal later today.
And it's all the way in west campus so
I'm gonna go bike over there and
I'll take you guys along for the ride.
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I just got back from jazz band.
I'm gonna go get some dinner from the dining hall and that's gonna be it for
today's vlog.
I'm just going to be studying for the rest of the night.
But aside from that, thank you all for watching and I hope you enjoyed it.
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