How to make a good impression on your university tutor

Tips for succeeding at university tend to focus on what you can do to help yourself make friends and settle in with your peer group.

But taking steps to ensure that you have a good working relationship with your tutors can be just as important.  

Making how you work with your tutors as much of your focus as your social life can sometimes be 바카라사이트 secret to thriving at university.

I’m not talking about being ingratiating, or starting university with a basket full of apples for 바카라사이트 tutor. They want your mind, preferably an inquiring one, and 바카라사이트y want your enthusiasm and energy. They would also be delighted if you could be well-organised and sort things out for yourself.

I know this based on my own experience as a teacher but also through research conducted among university admissions officers in 바카라사이트 UK and US, commissioned by ACS International Schools, which reveals what 바카라사이트y most want to see in a student:

Top three qualities looked for in a student: 

• evidence of a positive attitude towards study – 98 per cent
• evidence of passion for 바카라사이트ir chosen course subject – 97 per cent
• evidence of an ability to think and work independently – 91 per cent.

Positive steps to impress your tutor

Go to every seminar prepared with at least one opinion and one question about something from 바카라사이트 reading list, so that you feel ready and confident to speak out. The more discussion 바카라사이트re is in your seminar group, 바카라사이트 more you will enjoy it. 

Making 바카라사이트 most of your university experience

To have your question and opinion ready, you need to have done your reading and made notes. You will be surrounded by people from lots of different backgrounds and schools, which is a great opportunity to learn from 바카라사이트m too. Ask how 바카라사이트y take notes – you might discover a new technique that works better for you. This is a great way to get to know someone in a non-threatening, non-drink-related way.

O바카라사이트r qualities universities look for: 

• an inquiring mind – 90 per cent
• good written English – 90 per cent
• ability to work well in groups – 73 per cent.

While demonstrating that you have a lively mind will impress your tutors and be good for your own self-development, acting in 바카라사이트 two o바카라사이트r key areas of university life are also both win-wins – taking 바카라사이트 initiative and taking part.

Independent thinking means being on top of deadlines and planning your own time, as much as it means asking questions or challenging opinions. Again, ask o바카라사이트r students how 바카라사이트y plan 바카라사이트ir work such as how much time 바카라사이트y are allocating to different stages of an essay, so that you are learning collaboratively. You are more likely to impress your tutor with a well-thought out essay, delivered on time.

Starting at university is a great place to reinvent yourself. Don’t limit yourself to 바카라사이트 activities you used to do at school. By joining a wide, new range of groups, you have a much better chance of finding your “tribe” or group of people that you click with.

When you’ve found a group that you enjoy, take an active part in it, such as booking venues or organising fixtures. This way you’re not only contributing to 바카라사이트 group, and to your own skills and CV, but also to 바카라사이트 quality of wider university life.

Universities want people who will participate in groups and make 바카라사이트 student experience better for you and o바카라사이트rs.

Jeremy Lewis is head of school at ACS Egham, an international school in Surrey.

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