Add some tips.

- attend all classes and tutorials without fail
- make lots of friends with various students (intl & domestic) and team up to finish your work or study
- make full use of the good lecturers and tutors
- if you feel that you need a different tutor, please do not hesitate to change
- dont party too much at eagle bar

And don't forget the social gathering at your place of residence coz that helps alot in many ways.

- Don't wait until the last minute to do your assignments
- Don't hesitate to ask the lecturers to speak slowly if you are from a non-English spoken country.
- Make as many questions as you can to clarify your understanding with the lecturers or tutors.

- Stay away from the Eagle.. It's shit.
- Ask lots of stupid questions. You learn more.
- If you come across stuff you're interested in that's outside the course, go on a tangent and research that instead even if it means you fall behind. It's way more interesting then doing what you're supposed to do.
- It's more rewarding to enjoy what you're studying then it is to get good marks in it.
- Don't play WoW. It's evil.
- Study each day out of habit. If you're feeling too lazy one day, "study" something related that still feels like you've learned something. Like just surfing wikipedia for related topics. It helps put what you're doing into context anyway.
- This is just way too organized, but I bet it would be good for you... Write a blog post at least once a week about what you've done and link useful stuff. Then you'll actually know if you've done anything at all.
- Try to eat breakfast.

* There's lots of resources available for you to use eg. careers service, study skills, library - use it!
* Find a place where you can study the best, whether it be at home where it's quiet, in the library (where it's also quiet but possibly less distractions), in the cafe over a coffee, or mix it up and do something different every time!
* Car pool in if you live far away, and make use of the car pooling service or arrange something with friends. It means you can sleep on the way home when someone else is driving.
* Make friends! It's not often you come across a place with the variety of people like you find at uni.
* Ask people in the year above you, or ask lecturers about which books they think are essential vs being able to borrow them from the library. Use textbookexchange for second-hand books.

***Tips for exam period:
Take regular breaks
Maintain food and sleep intake
Cut out the non-essentials, so have time for study, and essentials.
Enjoy what you’re doing when you’re doing it.
Procrastination is your worst enemy
Just do it! Even if it doesn’t sound right.
Make goals – stick to them
Do what you know you need to when you know you need to do it.
Take yourself less seriously. Exams are not the end of the world. Perspective.
If you don’t know – get help! Go to library, ask a friend, call/see the lecturer!
Write everything down.
Study where you know you study best (library, at home)

-Avoid the Agora in election week.
-Network. This involves bar night, faculty balls and huski parties. :P
-Drink too much coffee (preferably from charlie's)
-Spend far too much money on stationary.
-Yell 'shut up' at least once in a lecture. (Preferably at a student because lecturers don't generally appreciate being shouted at). This releases tension and pent-up rage.
-Don't swim in the moat if you want to complete your academic life.
-If you think you're getting behind, you're probably right. But 95% of your course are thinking exactly the same thing. Panic less, but maybe try and do something about it.

- Make friends with another student who actually knows how to use the library!
- Skip a few classes to drink coffee in the Ag and make life long friends
- Repeat first year because of all the afore-mentioned coffee drinking and friend-making
- If you're an Arts Student, read novels that are related to what you're studying as well as the texts. Helps you feel more engaged with the material.
- Always use journal articles as reference material for your essays but try not to quote the ones by your lecturers. This will make you look like a suck.
- Laugh at the crazy people that occasionally show up in the Ag - you will see cows, hippies and christians - they are all equally funny.

Don't be afraid to ask for help....and say yes to it when it's offered. This goes for uni life and your personal life, you just wont have the time / patience / energy to do everything all the time.

ahahah you've definately got the right idea... you forgot to mention parma and pot at the eagle bar or kebab tuesday at charlies though?!

do not take useless lecture notes, when all the lecturer does is repeat what is on the slides ( you can get them on WEBCT), completely not worth your ink!

do not give yourself 10 weeks to do an assignment when you know you will either way do it the day it is due

do not make your library fines more than 15 dollars :)

mature age students , stop acting like you already know everything by reiterating lecturer's point , and agreeing with everything he / she says.

mature age students , stop asking questions you already know the answer to, just so you can look like you actually think about and understand what is going on, it irritates other students who would actually like to learn something from the lecture, which they would if you'd stop interrupting

Approach people THEY DO NOT BITE.. well some of them do..

Always challenge other people's opinions and say your own in a respectful fashion.

Avoid petitions, political and religious freaks and their presentations

Finally check your student emails and WEBCT :D

Dont attend any lectures or labs. make sure you do your assignment by yourself and go through the past exam papers before exam. You dont need to do anything else besides that.

Get to know your tutors as they are extremely helpful, experience campus life and when getting to know people remembering their names is incredibly helpful.

* Get some good sleep
* Eat well
* Go for a walk even when you can't be bothered- good to get kinks out of back from sitting in front of computer and helps put thoughts in order
* Listen to your peers, they talk about assignments that concern you and they're always happy to read through work. I think it's important to make connections within your course to both give and receive support.
* Call home regularly, it's good to know your family supports you and something new is always happening.
* Put in the effort- I believe I'm at University to become something and I try to give it my all. Work out your goals and stick to them.
* Most of all stay positive, have fun and laugh a lot :)

* Remember to give yourself some 'me time'... it is essential to maintain a positive mind.

* Take a different outlook on learning. Remember the knowledge you're taught, you can do with it as you please. One of the many advantages with being at Uni is that you can add in your personal opinion.

Good poinst the only things i can add is Drink Coffee in the SU

Make friends and laught

dont spend too much time on the internet

procrastinate less and work more

dont drink coffee/Ice Tea/Stress till you start to shake and twich

meet othe lectures

learn how to use hopper in your first month at uni

work out which building are the art, arts, and visual arts

get evacuated from the US for no reason

play pool with random stranges

keep an eye out for spoon dude in the Su

oh and Finally *Smile*

Spend as much time on facebook as you can

WebCT is your FRIEND. Use it!

Go exploring in your breaks - you'll find out more about the uni and may even make some new friends that way

If your lecture is recorded, listen to it afterwards, even if you attended and paid attention. You may have missed a few things

Always use a range of sources when doing an essay

- Perservere (crash through that pain barrier- you'll be eternally grateful you did)
- And if you see a group of people tossing around a frisbee in simpson park, don't be afraid to ask to join. It's good fun, and a great way to unwind. You don't have to join an official club (but you might be missing out on a lot if you don't), just bring a soccer ball or catch up with a mate at the table tennis court in SARA (it doesn't cost anything if you bring your own racquet and ball) during your breaks.
And of course all of the above tips are great too lol

live at menzies college for at least a year... :P

Red bull, V and Mother cans are cheapest on campus at the umm...that place with the pool tables and games in the agora, forgot it's name.

Also, work more then the 15 hours a week for which the uni thinks is the maximum. You will be happier with that little bit extra cash, meaning less stressed and you'll find you'll actually be able to do more school work.

DON'T EAT THE FISH!

- The first time your new friend who lives on campus asks you over to their place for a 'room crawl' on a Wedneday night.. say no!

- Do not try to cheat the parking system by using a parking permit from the year before and hoping no one will notice.

- Too many coffees before class often result in intergestion

- If you're going to skip uni and drink coffee with your friends, make sure it's only lectures and not tutes that you miss. And actually try to go home and look them up online before getting giving up and going on facebook instead.

- Just note, when someone comes up to you in the Agora and says 'Do you want to sign this petition against gay marriage'... if you say 'YES', you will lose five to ten minutes of your life talking about subjects you might not have the faintest clue about and find yourself thinking 'can't i just sign the bloody petition and keep walking?'

- When everybody in your class knows something you do not, such as how to reference perfectly, or what 'oasis' or 'LMS' is and you have absolutely no clue. No you're not slow, they're all just really geeky, go and ask someone!

gosh..get the best coffee at Caffeine...is it still there..?well I used to worked there...and during bar night..drink before you go there..that will safe you lots of money

one more thing..for international students...always ask for help if you have any problems with subjects or language thingy..with the I'ntrl department they will be happy to help you...I learn the hard way during my first year...with Law Commercial contract...for business students even though I have perfect understanding of speaking and writing in english..but hardly understand the law terms...and how to write it...it took me 3 times re-taking the subject but finally I got B minus...I'm just glad it's over.

buy your hot jam donuts early on market day. they're always sold out by the afternoon.

Remember that the person who talks the most in your tutes, and who often uses the biggest words, is not always the most intelligent person. They actually just like the sound of their own voice

-return all library books there are huge fines if you do not
-make friends with students who in different faculties/studding different subjects they can be a big help when choosing electives
-do extra things around the Uni there is always something going on
-talk to your lecturers they always know more than what they tell you in class
- Don’t take ‘maths for IT’
- Get out and see a band! Music makes more sense than Binary!

- If you're first year, get your schedule and take a day to go onto campus and find every lecture hall you need, before the term starts. Get your bearings, and it makes it a lot easier the first couple of weeks when you're already swamped. Do this with your tutorial rooms as soon as you know them too. If your bus is late that first day, chances are your room will be really hard to find if you haven't scoped it out already.

- Make reminder notes in your diary10 days before an essay is due, another 7 days before, and then 3 days before it's due. It helps if you've had a brain leak about what date it is and what dates things are due.

- If, like me, you forget to check your diary, make a big sign with a list of dates and what is due to pin above your study area at home in huge laundry marker lettering.

Uni shouldnt be about JUST study, have fun and party too- but remember you are at uni to get a degree that you will probably be paying for well into your working life. Always make sure an essey is done on time, if it's due the next day it must come before the alcohol!