Rules are important, yes. They give our life a structure. They "regulate" our coexistence and form the basis for many areas in our everyday lives. This is especially true for the stations on our educational path - kindergarten, school, education, university.

Especially during school time, you get used to a tight corset of rules that gives you a form, but can also narrow you down. So the alarm clock rings at 6:15 in the morning, because at 7:06 clock the school bus drives. Your timetable tells you when to sit in which lesson. Missing is only with apology. For your tests and class work, you have to learn the small-scale material. And in the afternoon - or at the latest by the appropriate hour - you do your homework.

But these rules apply only to school. Only at school, some violations are punished so that you feel direct consequences. What's more, exactly these rules are now - in the university - there to be broken by you.

During your studies, you have to break out of the tight control corset of the school. You no longer restrict yourself, but create your own rules. A set of rules that suits you, your personality, your situation and your goals. Because only with your own rules will you succeed.

Break these 5 rules out of the school to study successfully

Of course, there are universal rules that will continue to apply after your school days: punctuality, honesty and so on. But there are a lot of rules and beliefs that you can forget about at university. Why this is so, what rules you should break from school and how to replace them with your own to study successfully, learn this here now.

Break the following five rules:

# 1 Listen to mom and dad!

Whether parents or teachers - while you go to school, your caregivers show you the way. You decide when you wake up in the morning and they tell you what's right and what's wrong. They not only influence your thinking, but also your actions. At the latest when you go to university, you have to free yourself from helicopter parents and controlling teachers.

It starts with the fact that you choose the course of study that suits you best and are fully behind your decision for this study. Because then it will be easy for you to come to the lecture on time and to organize your day, your life and your learning. Become independent and trust yourself to think for yourself. Your parents will surely continue to accompany you on your journey and give you helpful tips from time to time. But they are not responsible for your life - that's just you!

# 2 Eat what comes to the table!

Or: Learn what the learning plan dictates to you. At school, your teachers take care of teaching you material in a variety of subjects according to a set curriculum. That's just as well to give you a solid general education on the way and introduce you to problem-solving ways in different areas.

But in your studies you become an expert. In order for you to succeed in this step, you have to become active yourself. You can not rely on any given schedule, as in school. Therefore, think carefully about who you will be later and what you would like to achieve with your studies. In the vast majority of courses, you must combine your subjects at the latest in the master. Face up to this responsibility and make sure when planning your course that you choose your courses wisely and that you are attuned to your goals and interests.

# 3 Learn by Command!

At school, there is regular monitoring of your learning progress. Homework checks, smaller tests, larger class work and exams give you constant feedback on your own performance. You are so forced to learn regularly and in manageable portions and retrieve what you have learned. You will be taken by the hand and led through the school year. At the university, that works differently. Nobody is interested in your learning progress during the semester. No one checks to see if you wrote in the lecture or after the material at home. Tests and performance reviews in the semester are rather the exception.

The rule is that at the end of the semester, during the semester break, you take exams that cover the entire semester. To pass these exams, it is important that you develop your own learning routine. In the best case scenario, you will work consistently throughout the semester, preventing you from gathering a wealth of learning material that is invincible for you just before the exams. You are responsible for keeping track of your exam dates and the amount and difficulty of each substance. Make sure that you can deliver on time.

# 4 Collect good grades for oral participation!

In school you do not stand so well in a subject. What do you do? You hold a voluntary presentation or participate more intensively in the lesson during the remaining weeks. The teacher honors that and your grade improves. In the study there are no grades for oral participation. In lectures you usually listen to and in tutorials and seminars, your lecturers are happy, if they not only look in tired faces, but in the best case, nice discussions, but on paper you have nothing of your involvement.

However, just because your work does not affect the paper does not mean it will not do you any good. On the contrary, it can be very useful for you to actively participate in your events. Ask questions if you have not understood something yet. Participate in discussion and express your opinion.

# 5 Missing only with Excuse!

At school you can not miss without excuse. And usually illness is the only valid excuse. In all other cases, you have to class, whether you like it or not - whether you think it makes sense or not. In the higher education sector, although the introduction of compulsory attendance is discussed again and again, currently you are free in many courses and events to go or not.

Please do not use this freedom of choice for headless, nationwide and purely by lack of motivation conditioned absence from your lectures and seminars. It would be almost as wrong to go to any event just to be present. Take a close look at your events and see which ones are useful for you. If you can then quite accurately estimate that lecture xy or seminar z really does not help, spend the time more meaningful at home, in the library or in the study room. So do not be excused, but controlled!

Conclusion

There is a huge difference between school and university. And you just have to recognize this difference if you want to study successfully. Of course, at the university there are also some rules and regulations that you have to adhere to. In particular, these are structural requirements and minimum standards such as the timely registration of exams, the collection of credit points or the submission of your thesis.

However, this does not have much to do with the rigid rule corset of your school days, which structures your entire day and almost automatically puts you on the road to success. In order to succeed at the university, you have to break away from this construct and develop your own rules instead. Independently make responsible decisions and organize your everyday life so that it suits you and your situation.

You will be constantly confronted with new opportunities that challenge you. But these diversions are your chance - remember your goals and design your studies to suit you and grow you personally. It may well happen that your goals change in the course of your studies, because your interests shift or you set other priorities. But that is not bad, but rather the beauty of your newfound freedom!

Only when you act on your own responsibility and actively shape your life, you become a real student. Then you feel free and independent; then studying is fun. And: Only then will you release your full development potential and outgrow it.