: "Study Skills
Transition from school to university
As with other changes in your life, you will experience some degree of culture shock when you begin your university life. This will come in the form of excitement and anxiety as well as an array of emotions in between. This is normal. And although it may not seem like it, you have been through something like this before, and you have survived. Remember how you felt progressing from primary school to high school? Now the move is from high school to university.

This illustration demonstrates how students in their first year at university move along their study path: you start on a high with some trepidation, followed by a low trough when 'reality hits', and plateau when you become accustomed to the 'normal' routine of university life. Although university life differs from your experiences at school or in the workplace, it is the life you are now living. So how are you going to make the transition as smooth as possible so that you enjoy your time at Curtin and succeed in your studies?
Remember to bring along your IQ - it's your passport into higher education. You do have a good IQ - it's how you attained a place at Curtin. But leave behind most of your anxiety and fear - they are known to be inhibitors of learning.
Here are some tips that will get you starting university in the right direction.
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