Some great advice from a Nontrad Yahoo Group member

Some great advice from a nontraditional student - 7 tips

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Amanda is a nontraditional student who is a member of the Yahoo Nontrads Group.

She wrote a new member who is going back to school, and gave some great advice to her today. It is advice that all nontraditional students can use.

Here are some of her tips:

#1.  Learn to say no sometimes. Just because you are a student, that doesn't mean you have lots of free time. Often, it means you don't!


#2. Guard your study time, because it is important.


#3. Learn to lower your housekeeping standards - it's necessary sometimes. She made a schedule for this too.


#4. Go on autopilot and don't feel guilty about it sometimes too.


#5. Try using different kinds of planners, whatever kind is easy for you to use.


#6. Keep organized... color-coding can help too.


#7. Keep easy-to-prepare food on hand to save time.

I love these tips.

Thanks, Amanda!


Betsyanne
Current and Former Nontraditional Student
Current: Ceramics, art, and online selling
Former: Education.

Some Nontrad links:

The Nontrad site and blog

Join Nontrads on Facebook

 Nontrads on Yahoo

 Nontrads on Twitter

Join the Yahoo Nontrads

YAHOO NONTRADS

Yahoo Nontrads are a group of nontraditional students on Yahoo that are attending school all over the country. Some are graduate students, some are undergrads, and some are just getting ready to go back and seeing their advisor for the first time.

Join us, and start a conversation about what it is like for you as a nontraditional student. You can click here to go there and request a membership in the group.

Do you have a class you need advice about? How about a career question? The Yahoo Nontrads group is a perfect place to ask your questions, because the group is full of students who have been there and done that, along with some beginners who are just now starting to find answers to their questions. There are 189 members right now, but I hope to add a lot more soon.

Have a family - a job - going to school part time or full time? Whether you are going to face-to-face classes or are going to only online classes, this is a group that can really help you make decisions and make friends.

The link is also here:

The Nontraditional Student Yahoo Group