By Michael J. Bozack, Ph.D. | Physics Professor, Auburn University, Alabama; author of "Street Smart Advice to Christian College Students: From a Professor's Point of View" (VMI Publishers 2008) | February 2010
9. Get on the GPA Fast Track
One of the impediments to high performance in college is surviving the freshman year. A bad start makes everything difficult, meaning of course a good start makes everything easier. A high GPA earned during your freshman and sophomore years is difficult to knock down during your junior and senior years. Correspondingly, starting as a freshman in a GPA hole makes it difficult, if not impossible, to build it back to acceptability during the remainder of your college years. Opt for deferred rewards and work hard early on--then you can cruise later.
10. Remember Who Got You into College in the First PlaceAdvertisement
The biggest mistake you as a Christian student could make is neglecting God in college. It makes zero sense to leave God out of your university life when He is the primary reason you are there! So much is riding on your college years that you need God now more than ever! You need daily wisdom, guidance and strength that no professor can offer. You need help studying for tests, doing assignments, finding good friends, finding a job, finding a church and to guide you through a host of other college-related experiences. Most of all, you need God to protect you from cultural forces that seek to derail your life.
Michael Bozack
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