Attend orientation and any study sessions offered by university, if at all possible. Instructors offer valuable information in these sessions. Utilize on campus resources such as college library and computer lab. Many schools offer online resources, such as online libraries and tutoring for distance learning students. Take advantage of all resources your school has to offer to get most out of your education.

Create a schedule with regular times for studying and stick to your schedule. If you are taking more than one class, get a large calendar. Listing all exam and assignment due dates on this calendar makes a great visual aid to help with time management. You can schedule how much time you will spend on each class based on this information. If you have a large paper due this week in one class and an exam next week in another, you can schedule your study time accordingly.

More and more students, both those of teen and young adult age and those who are looking to complete their college education following a period away from studying, now look at online college degrees as a preferable option to finishing their higher education.

The following are 5 (five) of main reasons why online college degrees are now seen as more preferable to traditional forms of higher education.

1. Convenience - convenience is one of most highly rated reasons why most attendees of online college degrees elect to undertake an online college degree. In most cases students of online college degrees have to juggle a number of life's challenges and completing an online college degree allows them chance to fulfill their higher education dreams.

2. Flexible - along with being convenient, online college degrees allow students opportunity to both take their college degree at their own pace and to have more options to work through a course, as course schedule isn't set in stone. However, don't confuse flexible with easy - online college degrees are not any easier!