Monday, October 16, 2006
7 Habits of Highly Effective Undergrads
Just caught a talkshow about scholarships awards, awarders and its awardees on Ch U. I don't know how to comment about it since I don't think any of the 'scholarship givers' will stop looking at grades, no matter what. And I somewhat do agree that bright kids do stay bright, whether they succeed is another matter, but who can say for sure? As for today, after many years past scholarship awarding age, I still don't know what I want to do in life. How could I possibly have been so sure back then? In fact, I am not sure if I am right about going into engineering.Anyway, I shouldn't harbour anymore pipedreams about getting scholarships. A second fiddle has too much to overcome. Perhaps I only have myself to blame. I do not have a good testimonial to give you a tip or two, but my observations are very accurate. Let me tell you about 7 Habits of Highly Effective Undergrads. If you still have time to make up for, this would be greatly helpful to you:
1) Always stick to the study-gods. You must go all lengths to ensure this, for eg; take the subjects they take, make sure you and them have the same timetable, you would even bear with hunger to have your meals with them, lose your identity and your own opinions. It's your honor to be associated with them.
2) Keep travelling time to school to 30 minutes and below. Staying in hall could compensate if you stay away from the Far West. Of course there are exceptions but those who spend a long time commuting daily, from observation, just can't do as well. Alternatively, get yourself a car/bike to scoot yourself back but avoid giving rides because they extend your effective travelling time.
3) Be pragmatic. You don't have to be too friendly to people who are ... just can't quite make it. Appease the gods and adjust your work schedule (if neccessary, change yourself) to minimize disruption to their plans to excel. Screw the chap who is not as useful to the project team. Remember to blame him if things go wrong.
4) Don't ever share good tips or resources. Remember, you come out tops, because there are people below. The more people down there, the higher you go.
5) Give others a false sense of security. Pretend you don't know anything and complain how hard things are, just like everyone else. But always do your tutorials, readup and consult the study-gods secretly to stay ahead.
6) Be as no life as possible. Reach school before everybody else and leave the school later than everybody else. Unless you are extremely bright, don't get a girlfriend, don't join any ECAs (hurrah to the new hall alloc system). When you are rich and famous, you can have lorryloads of women and live-it-up that's-life sort of activities to go to. Also, you don't have to join any social or sporting activities if the study-gods are not taking part in them. Just treat the exact things/events they are going for as 'endorsed', then join them in it, and you would be on track to excellence. Similarly, don't join the losers for their activities; it's for losers, right?
7) Your success depends on your strict adherence to the above 6 Habits. You are the only person responsible for your own success. Don't waste time reading this post and writing posts like these.
To apply what I have learnt in law modules and risk and insurance modules, let me cover my own backside:
Disclaimer: Results vary with different individuals. The blogger is not responsible for any hurt or loses, howsoever caused, by readers who follows the above crap.
taxi taker at 10:22 PM
1 Comments
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at 11:38 AM
said... How very true... it really reminds me of JC days. Realli hated the "Studying behind your back thing" habit. Things are a bit different here, people are awarded for their hardwork. Bragging that you didnt study and was still able to pass has no effect, people will think you are stupid for doing that. Of cos... studying hard but still doing badly on the exam wont earn you any points either. haha, which should be obvious.