How Procrastinating Can Effect Your Grade

Being a math major in college, I have learned the terrible effects of procrastination. Math is one of the worst subjects you could choose to procrastinate in. When it comes to studying or homework assignments it is best to study longer for more days and to do the work spread out over a period of time rather than all at once or at the very last second. The less you do the work and the more you put it off the more students will begin to stop retaining that information. Many students believe that this will not affect them if they choose to procrastinate, however you can be sure to see your grades reflecting this exact process. Many students grades will be very high at the beginning of a year or semester because they are starting fresh and are willing to do work right away. However, as the school year or semester goes on many teachers and professors begin to see students grades fluctuate and they begin to become poorer and poorer. Many students use the excuse that the work becomes too difficult when really they do not give their best efforts when it comes to their school work and they procrastinate on projects and assignments causing their grades to be very poor compared to their high grades in the beginning of the year or semester. The best way to avoid becoming part of this trend is to do your assignments over the time period you have to finish them do not do them all in one night or the very last second, give yourself time to study and go over your work so that you catch mistakes and can better your work, give yourself the benefit of a peaceful learning environment so that you can concentrate on your work and do your best, never cut yourself short of what you're truly capable of. If you find yourself falling into this trend and you see your grades being affected simply look back at what you can do to stop it and begin again. Anybody is capable of bettering their work and stopping themselves from procrastinating and putting other things first whether that be other classes, a job, or a family. Allow yourself to succeed and simply do your work more often and study over a longer period of time, find a quiet learning environment, and allow yourself to look over your work thoroughly after you have completed the assignment or test in order to catch any mistakes. This is important to many students because if you do not stop procrastinating your grades will suffer and you will not be reflected on your transcript as what your truly capable of. Stop procrastinating especially in math because in order to remember numbers and formulas you cannot stop for a few months then pick back up and do it in all again in one night.