The path to academic success can vary by individuals.  You may have mastered certain skills but need improvement on others.  This page will link you to specific skills and how to maximize your efforts to attain academic excellence.  You can start with some general tips or jump right in to perfect a specific skill.  Click on one of the links below.

General Tips
Ten Tips You Need to Survive College
Middle Tennessee State University
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/10tips.html

Top Ten Tips for Academic Success
University of Western Ontario
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/learning/tentt.html

10 Steps in Learning to Learn
Rio Salado College
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/learn.shtml

51 Ways to Better Your Grades
California State - Northridge
http://www.csun.edu/~hflrc006/51ways.html

How to Be a Student - Breitenbach
http://courseware.ee.calpoly.edu/~jbreiten/htbas.html

Becoming a Master Student
http://www.back2college.com/library/study.htm

College Tutor Study Guide
Amelox Inc.
http://www.amelox.com/study.htm

Study Skills
Study Skills Checklist - Virginia Tech
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html

Study Skills Self Help Information - Virginia Tech
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

Improve Your Studying Skills - University of Connecticut
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~ph101vc/study/Improve.html

Study Tips - Ohio University
http://studytips.admsrv.ohio.edu/studytips/

Effective Study Skills - Dr. Robert Kizlik
http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm

Hints On How to Study - University of Illinois-Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/classes/phar/phar332/how%20to%20study.htm

Stress Management - University of Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stressmanagement.php

Basic Study Techniques - Texas A & M
http://www.scs.tamu.edu/selfhelp/elibrary/basic_study_techniques.asp

howtostudy.org
http://www.howtostudy.org/

Study Skill Resources
http://www.how-to-study.com/

Preventing Perfectionism - State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stressperfect.php

Overcoming Procrastination - State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stressprocrast.php

Note Taking
Notetaking - Alamo Community College District
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSnote.htm

Note Taking Skills - Sweet Briar College
http://www.arc.sbc.edu/notes.html

Note-Taking and In-Class Skills - Virginia Tech
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/notetake.html

Note Making - University of Victoria
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/

Taking Notes - Mantex
http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/note.htm

No Nonsense Notetaking - Keene State College
http://www.keene.edu/aspire/nonsense.cfm

Listening
Effective Listening - Kishwaukee College
http://www.kishwaukeecollege.edu/learning_skills_center/study_skills_help/
effective_listener.shtml

Listening Skills - University of Minnesota-Duluth
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/ss_listening.html

Listening Skills - Texas A & M
http://www.scs.tamu.edu/selfhelp/elibrary/listening_skills.asp

A System for Effective Listening & Notetaking
University of Dayton Law
http://www.onlineasp.org

Test Preparation
How to Be Prepared for Tests: 15 Steps to Success
Sweet Briar College
http://www.arc.sbc.edu/testpreparation.html

Test Preparation - Alamo Community College District
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSTP.htm

How to Study for a Test - Mz. Marcotte
http://www.mzmarcotte.com/StudySkills.htm

Test Taking
Test Taking Strategies - University of Minnesota, Duluth
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/test_take.html

Taking Tests: General Tips
Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board
http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/links/learn/1445.html

Taking Tests - Eastern Illinois University
http://www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/tests.htm

Test Taking and Anxiety - Penn State
http://www.ulc.psu.edu/studyskills/test_taking.html

Tips on Test Taking
Professor Felder, NC State University
Professor Stice, University of Texas at Austin
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/testtaking.htm

Doctor Ah-Clem's Site Reviews Exams Skills
http://thetwocrows.com/ahclem/examskills.html

Conquering Your Finals - Texas A & M
http://www.scs.tamu.edu//selfhelp/elibrary/conquering_finals.asp

What Examiners Want - Mantex
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/a319-11.htm

Test Anxiety/Stress
Test Anxiety - State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stresstestanxiety.php

Stress Management - State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stressmanagement.php

Study Habits and Test Anxiety - State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/stressstudy.php

Typical Stress Periods - Hampden-Sydney College
http://www.hsc.edu/counseling/selfhelp/stress_periods.html

Managing Your Test Anxiety - University of Western Ontario
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/learning/mcanx.html

Motivation
Motivation (goal setting) - University of Minnesota, Duluth
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/motivate.html

Setting and Achieving Goals - Texas A & M
http://www.scs.tamu.edu/selfhelp/elibrary/goals.asp

Organization
Organizational Skills to Save Your Semester - Willamette
http://www.willamette.edu/dept/wellness/ler/?resource=organizational_skills

Getting Organized - College of the Alameda
http://www.nlight.com/Success/Study/3organize.html

Time Management
Time Management - SUNY Buffalo
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/studytime.shtml

Time Management: Making It Work For You
University of Guelph
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/
fastfacts/time_management.cfm

Time Management Tips - Washington State University
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/ss/handbook/time.html

Time Audit - Minnesota-Duluth
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/time_audit.html

Additional Resource Sites
Learning Resources - Willamette
http://www.willamette.edu/dept/wellness/ler/topics/

Fastfacts about Learning - University of Guelph
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/

The Unabridged Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection - University of Chicago
http://www.dr-bob.org/vpc/virtulets.html