January 30, 2010
How Do I Stay Organized In High School?
I just finished my first semester of high school IB and I was pretty satisfied with my marks, but I know they could be a lot better, and I know I could have been a bit more organized.
What are some good strategies to staying organized?
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You really need to plan things out. I’m pretty organized person. I like things planned out. You can maybe write your plans so you won’t forget them. You need to dedicate time to work those plans. They are plans for you to workout. I took high school like a breeze. You can manage it too. Just stay dedicated and focused.
First of all, good for you for doing IB. It’s worth it in the end.
Second of all, I don’t really know what your study style is, but here’s what helped me while I went through IB.
Tip 1: Color-code everything. You could literally sit down right now and map out all of the courses you’ll be taking from now until graduation, so you can very easily plan to always have blue materials for your math courses or green materials for your history courses, or something along those lines. Color-coding your notebooks and textbooks makes it easy to see at a glance where the stuff you need is and where a given returned assignment needs to go. It helps you stay organized.
Tip 2: Don’t procrastinate. Well, no, that’s not really fair because you’re going to. But try not to. Just because being in IB means you can write a 5-page paper while half-asleep, walking to your first-period class does not mean you should get in this habit. Do your work as early and often as possible to free up more time for precious, precious sleep.
Tip 3: Devise your own study methods. Only you know how you can best learn something, so take the information your teachers give you and organize it in a way that enables you to study it most effectively. This might mean putting vocabulary on notecards, rewriting your notes or making a chart of concepts.
Tip 4: SLEEEEEEEP. You need it.
Tip 5: It’s worth it, remember. The credits you earn with IB will allow you to bypass most introductory/gen ed courses at whatever college or university you end up going to, allowing you to either jump right into a chosen major or explore intro classes you would not otherwise have time for.