Heather's Study Day

Hi! My name is Heather, and I’m a 19-year-old college student currently living at home with my mom, dad, and 3 siblings. I was really excited to be able to contribute to Kaleigh’s and Anna’s blog and share a little about my typical school day.

I am enrolled in CollegePlus! which, as most of you probably know, is an independent, home-based learning system which allows me to earn my college degree mostly through CLEP, DSST, and FEMA exams. Later on, I will enroll in Thomas Edison State College to complete my degree. So far, I have earned 54 credits, with 6 credits pending.

A typical study day for me is…so varied and inconsistent, that I guess you could say I don’t really have a typical study day…but I try to fit in at least a few hours of studying every day. Usually, I get up anywhere from 7:00 to 8:30 am. I don’t have a strict work schedule, so my daily routine is normally very flexible. Once I have sufficiently woken up and am somewhat alert, I enjoy my morning devotions and eat breakfast. Some time during the earlier parts of the morning, I will go down to the barn and feed our horse and clean out the stall.

Hopefully by mid-morning, I will finally have time to sit down to study for a few hours before lunch. I’m currently working on the DSST exam Technical Writing, so I’ll typically read my main textbook for that course, The Elements of Technical Writing, for an hour or so, and then do additional studying online at various websites that address technical writing. To keep my study day a little brighter and colorful, I like having a good supply of music to listen to while studying.

After lunch, I’ll do more reading in my textbook or online studying. During the rest of the afternoon, my time is taken up with many other activities such as practicing the piano and/or harp, which are both a major part of my life at this time; reading; taking a walk out on our country roads; playing with my younger brother; or taking care of the horse and our other animals. The evenings are usually set aside for family time….watching a movie, playing games, and family devotions. Later, before going to bed, I’ll usually work on my ALEKS Intermediate Algebra course for about an hour.

And there you have my not-so-typical day, which surprisingly turned out to be more typical than I thought it would be.

I’m so thankful that I found out about CollegePlus! It has dramatically changed the way I look at college, and I have made so many amazing friends through it. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any young person looking for a way to get done with college faster, for less, and for sure. And no, I wasn’t paid to say that.