I've compiled a list of key-points which in my opinion, can make a significant difference in one's academic life. Since these days are the days many high-school students will pass their BAC exams and face the problem of choosing a university (i.e. determine their future), I decided it is time to publish this list.
Many points are generic, and apply to anyone studying in any field; while some of them are of a technical nature, and they will be of interest to those studying computers and programming.
In spite of the fact that the list is for pupils from Moldova, it is in English because it targets a specific subset of the "soon to be students" crowd; I hope you guys will find it useful.
The beauty of this list is that all the items are simple and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to make it work for you ;-)
Things I didn't do, but think are important
- Learn TEX, Docbook; don't write your theses in Word
- Find an open-source project and contribute to it
- Learn Brainfsck
- Listen audio books on your way to the uni and back
Notes:
- This is not a complete list, you shold fill in the gaps with other tips; I only wrote the things I thought would not be evident to others, or that in my opinion require an emphasis. I repeat, this list is by far not complete;
- Of course, there are many other arguments that support learning Python. Mentioning all of them here is beyond the scope of the list, one day I will write about this in detail.