Here are a few posts with advice on how to have a good start to a new term (semester, academic year). Some focus on undergraduates and some on the graduate student experience. All have similar advice: advanced prep work or planning can help you have the best possible academic or training experience.
Again, listing here is not necessarily an endorsement:
- What Every College Student Needs to Start a New Semester Strongly
- Advice for First Semester Nursing Students!!!!!!
- Ten Tips to Start Your Semester Off Right
- How to Start the Semester Right (Graduate School)
- How to Make it Through the First Year of a Ph.D. Program in One, Albeit Frazzled, Piece (Tufts University)
Your turn. What advice do you have for getting a great start to a new academic or training program…or semester?