Not enough time.

Bud Whitley

Many sources, including the Dartmouth College website tell students “[t]ime-management is important for college students because in order to succeed they must balance their time wisely among many commitments such as classes, study time, family, friends, and possibly employment.” However, sometimes, there isn’t enough time to manage. Like managing a little butter over too much bread, first year undergraduate students sometimes face several important tasks at the same time and find that not everything gets done. When a student has two major tests that occur on the same day, both of which cover more material at one time then the student has ever tested on before, he or she will spend most if not all of their time preparing for the two tests and therefore neglect the work of other classes. In high school, a student may experience five or six tests a semester covering one chapter at a time, where as in college, they suddenly face with two or three tests a semester each covering five or six chapters by themselves. This change from small and manageable tests to massive and complex tests causes temporary shifts in student attention. Usually, a student will get all the work done for all of his or her classes during the week, even when they have one test. However, when the work for another test adds to the load, all other classes get pushed aside, and thus the student will have to work extra hard to make up for the work they didn’t get to before the test. This issue causes grades to drop when not all the work gets done. Time management works well, but only when there is enough time.