“How To Be Successful In An 8-week Course?”
Pioneer Pop-Up features five students’ stories weekly.
We asked OCCC community members how to be successful in an 8-week course.
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“You have to prepare and have an agenda of the things you want to get done and stay on track with your work.”
– Isabela Sabillon
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“Just stay on top of your work. Don’t get behind and don’t tell yourself that you are going to do it later.”
– Addison Garcia
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“You really have to stick to the schedule otherwise you get behind really quickly. My suggestion is to stick with the syllabus and get ahead of it.”
– Colin
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“Stay on top of what you are doing. You’ve got to make sure that you have your plan set from the beginning and know when all your deadlines are.”
– Connor Croney
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“Do your work on time and make sure you get it done within a certain amount of time and don’t cram everything in on the due date.”
– Ises Rena