get good grades. You will need Attendance Punctuality Participation Notes Study schedule

Organization Personal schedule Stress reducers and memorization techniques (optional). Step

1. Attend all of your classes -- don't ditch. Always be on time and maintain a schedule

that prioritizes hard work over comfort, friends, and fun in the short term in order to succeed

in the long term. Step 2. Communicate with the teacher or professor to be sure you understand

what is expected of you, and participate in class discussions. Step 3. Take legible notes.

Skip lines to separate points and focus on essentials. Review your notes and make outlines

to make the material easier to remember for tests. Revise constantly and utilize memorization

techniques to absorb information. Step 4. Maintain strict study times in a quiet, well-lit,

comfortable place at home or at the library. Step 5. Scan footnotes, words in bold and

italic print, summaries, charts, and review questions to commit information to memory.

Jot down answers to likely test questions so you can study them later on. Step 6. Keep

to a tight personal schedule that includes eating, laundry, sleeping, and occasional

socializing. Make habits out of discipline and achievement. Research suggests that studying

important facts and concepts just before going to sleep enhances retention. Step 7. Reduce

test-taking anxiety by closing your eyes, breathing slowly, and imagining the tension

draining out of your head, down your arms, and out through your fingers. Though taking

a test is never easy, don't let stress interfere. Now you can look for your name on the Dean's

List. Did you know About 1.5 million children were homeschooled in 2007.