Ivy Research

For a lot of students, being a good student is social suicide. Anyone who stands out in class is automatically a bespectacled, unstylish nerd with robotic no personality dweebs for friends. But that’s just wrong, isn’t it? Standing out in class is not something you should be punished for. Here’s how you can be a good student without becoming the class geek or dork.

• Come early or on time. Coming to class early gives you time to socialize and relax before the work begins. Showing up in the middle of a discussion is not just irresponsible, but also rude and tactless.
• Be on a learning level. Standing out doesn’t mean knowing all the lessons ahead of your classmates (although that helps); it means learning more and absorbing your lessons better. Make it your goal to really learn the lesson, not to recite more or put your professor to shame.
• Ask deep questions. And that doesn’t involve feverishly reading the chapter right before class. Teachers can tell whether you’re asking off the book or formulating questions from your own understanding. Be genuinely interested in the subject and you’ll come across as naturally smart rather than bookish.
• Relax about grades. If you look at the big picture, grades don’t measure squat. Besides, grade-conscious students calculate their every move and appear uptight and uncomfortable—and that’s about as geeky as you can get!

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