Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS)

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Kasturba Health Society, P.O. Sevagram
Wardha - Maharashtra
Email: deanmgims@rediffmail.com; Website: www.mgims.ac.in

ADMISSIONS 2010-2012

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Eligibility:

The candidate must attain 17 years of age on or before 31st December of the year of admission. The Candidate must have passed 12th standard examination under 10+2 system of Maharashtra State Higher Secondary Education Board or equivalent examination of any recognised Board or any Indian University with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology individually in each subject in one and the same attempt. The candidate must have obtained minimum 50% marks (40% in the case of SC/ ST/ VJ/ NT/ OBC) taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The fee structure in MGIMS is as applicable to the Govt. Medical Colleges in Maharashtra State. The Institute does not have any paid seats.

In the entrance examination the paper of Physics, Chemistry and Biology will have multiple choice questions, while that on Gandhian Thought will be of essay and / or short answer type.


How To Apply:
The Prospectus and Application Form with syllabus, question papers of Gandhian thought for the last 5 years, with model question papers of Physics Chemistry and Biology can be had from the office of the Dean by remitting a sum of Rs.1050/- (Rs.1000 + Rs.50 as postal charges) only by Money order in favour of the Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, District Wardha - 442102 or by paying Rs.1000/- in cash at the college counter. Candidates must write their full address in capital letters and phone number on the space for Communication and the space for sender's address on the money order form.
Contact:
Dean,
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Sevagram, District,
Wardha, Maharashtra – 442102 Telephone: 07152-284341 to 355 (16 lines)
Web: www.mgims.ac.in

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Last date of receipt of filled up application with Entrance Examination fee of Rs. 1500/- is 26th February, 2010
Last date of receipt of filled up application with an additional late fee of Rs.100/- is 12th March, 2010.
Entrance Examination - 18th April 2010

Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi

Master of Business Administration (MBA),Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM),Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)

MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ADMISSIONS OPEN

IGNOU invites application for the following Degree/ Diploma Programme in Management:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) OR
Diploma in Management (DIM) OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDIM) OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM) OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM) OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM) OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)


Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The MBA Programme consists of 21 courses in all. These comprise of:
. All the courses in PGDIM (Eleven Courses) ie MS-1 to MS-11
. Five courses from any one of the specialization streams
. Compulsory Courses (MS-91, MS-95) and one elective course (MS-92/93/94/96/97)
. Project Course (MS-100) equivalent to 2 courses.



All the above programmes have multi-media design, using technology aided delivery systems. These are offered through countrywide network of study centres. The University will be admitting the students for the above degree/diplomas in Management starting from July 2009 through an entrance test 'OPENMAT' to be held as per schedule given below.

Eligibility:
The following eligibility criteria has been approved by the Academic Council at its 46th meeting held on 13.01.2009 (AC 46.39.3).
Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks for General Category and 45% marks for reserved category;
OR
Bachelor's degree with 3 years of supervisory/managerial/professional experience.
Clearance of OPENMAT conducted by IGNOU. The candidates who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into Management Programme conducted by institutions like CAT, MAT and State level tests need not appear in OPENMAT.

For Foreign Students

Foreign students residing in India are eligible to seek admission in IGNOU programmes that have valid student visa for the minimum duration of the programme. Such students are required to remit the fee at par with foreign students (fee structure of foreign students could be downloaded from the www.ignou.ac.in. Admission of foreign students residing in India will be processed by the International Division of the University after ensuring their antecedents from the Ministry of External Affairs/Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Programmes with fixed number of seats are not opened for foreign students.

Admission to MBA (Management Programme) From Dim and PGSDM

Those who are Non-graduates and who have successfully completed DIM would be allowed to get admission into Management Programme (MBA), without re-appearing in Entrance Test (OPENMAT), after completing Bachelor's degree, if they so desire. In such a case they should send the re-registration form along with the mark sheet and copy of the Bachelor's Degree to the concerned Regional Director for getting admission to MBA, within the dates prescribed by the University for re-registration. Normally the dates are 1st February to 31st March and 1st August to 1st October for respective semesters.

The students qualifying any of PG Specialization Diplomas, if desirous of pursuing MBA, may do so by registering for other courses. However those who have done PG Specialization Diplomas under Direct Entry stream prior to 1997 will have to qualify OPENMAT test and apply for credit transfer by paying requisite fee on prescribed form to the Registrar (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 as per credit transfer rules.


Entrance Test (OPENMAT XXVI, OPENMAT XXVII and IGNOU OPENMAT XXVIII)
DATES TO REMEMEBR

Admission to Management Programmes of IGNOU is done through OPENMAT Entrance Examinations, held twice a year.

For appearing in the entrance test (OPENMAT) a student has to fill up Application Form for OPENMAT ENTRANCE TEST– Form 1 which is provided separately in an envelope along with this STUDENT HANDBOOK AND PROSPECTUS. Please see the instructions for filling up the ENTRANCE TEST Form.

You need to send the form in the same envelope attached in the Prospectus by Registered/Speed Post so as to reach on or before the last date printed on the application form. No other document is required to be submitted along with this form. The Entrance Test will be held on the following dates:
OPENMAT XXVII Exam Date - 07.02.2010 (Sunday 10.00 A.M. — 1.00 P.M.)
Last date of submission of of the entrance test form (Form 1) University Headquarters - 15.12.2009
Eligible to take admission in (validity of openmat score) - IInd Sem., 2010 (July, 2010) and Ist Sem., 2011 (January, 2011)
Last date for submission of of the entrance application form for admission at the concerned Regional Centre along with Result Card, Identity Card and other relevant documents - 31st May, 2010 and 30th November, 2010
OPENMAT XXVIII - 22.08.2010 (Sunday 10.00 AM — 1.00 PM)
Last date of submission of of the entrance test form (Form 1) University Headquarters - 15.7.2010
Eligible to take admission in (validity of openmat score) – Ist Sem, 2011 (January, 2011) and IInd Sem., 2011 (July, 2011)
Last date for submission of of the entrance application form for admission at the concerned Regional Centre along with Result Card, Identity Card and other relevant documents - 30th November, 2010 and 31st May, 2011


A student can appear in anyone of the above OPENMAT Examinations. If a student wants to appear in more than one OPENMAT Examinations s/he is required to apply separately.


Admission:
Admission to the MBA, Diploma in Management, PGDIM and Post Graduate Diplomas in HRM, FM, OM, and MM, will be done on the basis of the score obtained in the OPENMAT, conducted all over India twice a year as per above schedule. (Clearance of OPENMAT conducted by IGNOU. The candidates who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into Management Programme conducted by institutions like CAT, MAT and State level tests need not appear in OPENMAT).
A result card will be sent to all the candidates appearing in the OPENMAT examination. It will indicate whether the candidate has qualified or not qualified for admission on the basis of cut-off score as decided by the University.

For admission a learner will have to apply on the specified APPLICATION FORM – Form 2 which is given
in the Prospectus along with required documents to the Regional Director concerned. You are advised to retain a Photo Copy of the Application Form submitted to IGNOU. Admission will be offered to all those attaining the cut off score and above, subject to their fulfilling other eligibility criteria as mentioned in Appendix 1.


Validity of Openmat Score: Candidates who have qualified for admission on the basis of the score obtained in the Entrance Test (OPENMAT) will be eligible to take admission into Management Programme in any of the subsequent semesters. For example, a student who has qualified for admission in August 2009 test, may take admission in any of the following two semesters i.e. either in January 2010 or July 2010 semester, one who qualifies in February 2010 test may take admission in July 20010 or January 2011 semester and one who qualifies in August 2010 test may take admission in January 2011 or July 2011 semester. The last dates for submission of the Application Form for Admission to these semesters are as follows:

For those qualifying August 2009 Test — Ist Sem 2010 (January 2010) – 30th November, 2009
(OPENMAT-XXVI) IInd Sem. 2010 (July 2010) – 31st May, 2010

For those qualifying February 2010 Test — IInd Sem. 2010 (July 2010) – 31st May, 2010
(OPENMAT-XXVII) Ist Sem. 2011 (January 2011) – 30th November, 2010

For those qualifying August 2010 Test — Ist Sem 2011 (January 2011) – 30th November, 2010
(OPENMAT-XXVIII) IInd Sem. 2011 (July 2011) – 31st May, 2011


IGNOU OPENMAT XXVII and XXVIII - Indira Gandhi National Open University Admission to Management Programmes 2010

All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination (AIEEE ) 2010

Conducted by CBSE for selecting candidates for BE/ B.Tech./ B.Arch./ B.Plan Programmes


Exam Scheme
Entrance examination would consist of two papers i.e. 1st paper consisting of three parts of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of equal weightage with objective type questions for BE/B.Tech courses and 2nd paper – consisting of Mathematics,Aptitude Test and Drawing for B. Architecture and B. Planning. The Aptitude Test is designed to evaluate candidate’s perception, imagination, observation, creativity and architectural awareness.


Subject combination for each paper & type of questions in each paper are given in the table below :
Paper 1
Physics,Chemistry & Mathematics
Objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics

Paper 2
Mathematics-Part I - Objective type Question
Aptitude Test-Part II - Objective Type Question
& Drawing test-Part III - Questions to test drawing aptitude

BE/ B.Tech. aspirants need to take paper I and B.ARCH/B.PLANNING Aspirants need to take Paper II

Schedule of Exam
25.04.2010 -0930-1230 Hours- Paper 1- Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics

25.04.2010 - 1400-1700 Hours - Paper 2 - Part I , PartII & Part III

Candidates can opt for question papers either in English or in Hindi.

Negative Marking
For each incorrect response one fourth (1/4) of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No deduction from the total score will, however, be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet. The candidates are advised not to attempt such item in the answer sheet if they are not sure of the correct response. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response and will be negatively marked.

Eligibility Criteria
• The minimum academic qualification for admission through AIEEE 2010 is a pass in the final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination may also appear in AIEEE 2010 for consideration of provisional admission. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class 12) in 2011 are not eligible to appear in AIEEE-2010.
• Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E./B.Tech. and B. Arch./B. Planning Courses shall be as under:

B.E/B.TECH
Compulsory- Physics & Mathematics
Optional – Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology

B.ARCH/B. PLANNING
Compulsory- Mathematics with 50% marks in aggregate at 10+2 level

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Engineering/ Architecture Entrance Examination shall be limited to 03(three) uniformly for all the candidates in consecutive years. The candidates passed +2 to exam in 2008, 2009 or appearing in +2 in 2010 are only eligible to appear in AIEEE-2010.

Candidates passed +2 in 2007 or before or appearing in 2011 are not eligible to appear in AIEEE-2010.

Date of Birth
Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1985 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PH candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1980 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate only will be taken as authentic.

How to Apply
Information Bulletin containing Application Form can also be obtained by post from the Assistant Secretary (AIEEE), Central Board of Secondary Education, PS 1-2, Institutional Area, I P Extension, Patparganj, Delhi - 110092 or personally from Regional Offices of CBSE and Designated Branches of Syndicate Bank/other Banks/Designated Institutions

The cost of Information Bulletin inclusive of examination and counselling fee for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/ B.Planning only is Rs. 450/- for General and OBC candidates and Rs. 225/- for SC/ST candidates. Candidates appearing for both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B.Planning together should send their application form along with additional fee in the form of Demand Draft of Rs. 300/- for General & OBC candidates and Rs. 150/- for SC/ST candidates in favour of Secretary, CBSE payable at Delhi/ New Delhi.

For candidates opting examination centre in foreign country, the examination and counselling fees for appearing in BE/B Tech only or B Arch/B Planning only is Rs. 1000/- for General and OBC candidates and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST candidates that includes counselling fee. They should send additional fees @ Rs. 550/- for General and OBC Category & Rs. 275/- for SC & ST Category in the form of demand draft in favour of Secretary, C.B.S.E payable at Delhi/New Delhi. Those who want to appear both BE/B.Tech & B. Arch/B Planning together they should send their application form along with additional fee in the form of demand Draft of Rs.1550/- for General and OBC candidates and Rs. 775/ - for SC/ST candidates in favour of Secretary, CBSE payable at Delhi/New Delhi.

To obtain Information Bulletin containing Application Form by post, candidates should send their request to the Assistant Secretary (AIEEE), Central Board of Secondary Education, PS 1-2, Institutional Area, IP Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi - 110092 along with a bank draft of Rs.500/- for General and OBC Category and Rs. 275/- for SC/ST candidates in favour of The Secretary, CBSE, payble at Delhi/New Delhi and a self-addressed envelope of 12” x 10”. This includes Rs. 50/- towards postal charges.

Candidates appearing for both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/ B.Planning together should send their application form along with additional fee in the form of Demand Draft of Rs. 300/- for General & OBC and Rs. 150/- for SC/ST candidates in favour of Secretary, CBSE payable at Delhi/New Delhi.

Online submission of application
The online submission of particular may be made at website www.aieee.nic.in. The candidates should supply all the required details while filling up the online form. On submission of details, a Confirmation page with Registration No. shall be generated. Candidates are required to take printout of Confirmation page and paste photographs, put left hand thumb impression and Sign in the space earmarked for the purpose.

Important Dates:

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Sale of AIEEE Information Bulletin containing Application Form 01.12.2009 to 31.12.2009
Online submission of application on website http://www.aieee.nic.in 16.11.2009 to 31.12.2009
Last date for

.Receipt of request for Information Bulletin and Application Form by Post at AIEEE Unit,CBSE,PS1-2,Institutional Area,IP Extension,Patparganj,Delhi-110092 - 10.12.2009

.Sale of Information Bulletin at designated branches of Syndicate Bank, Regional Offices of the CBSE and designated institutions - 31.12.2009

. Online submission of applications 31.12.2009

. Receipt of complete applications “by post” including Registration Forms with Bank Draft at AIEEE Unit, CBSE, PS1-2,Institutional Area,IP Extension,Patparganj,Delhi-110092 - 5.01.2010

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for more details visit aieee.nic.in

ALL INDIA ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION TO MBBS/BDS COURSE, 2010

UNDER 15% MERIT POSITIONS IN MEDICAL/DENTAL COLLEGES

Applications are invited in the prescribed form for All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT) 2010 to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi as per the following schedule for admission to 15% of the total seats for Medical/Dental Courses in all Medical/Dental Colleges run by the Union of India, State Governments, Municipal and other local authorities in India except in the States of ANDHRA PRADESH AND JAMMU & KASHMIR :-
1. Preliminary Examination - 3rd April, 2010 (Saturday)
2. Final Examination - 16th May, 2010 (Sunday)

PATTERN OF EXAMINATION: BOTH PRELIMINARY AND FINAL EXAMINATION WOULD BE OBJECTIVE TYPE.

Eligibility for CBSE AIPMT 2010
(i) He/She has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./B.D.S. course and is an INDIAN NATIONAL.

(ii) The upper age limit for All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is 25 years as on 31st December of the year of the entrance examination. Further provided that upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for the candidates of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes.

(iii) The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Pre-Medical/Pre- Dental Entrance Examination shall be limited to 3 (three) uniformly for all the candidates.

(iv) The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination. In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying examination be 40% instead of 50% for General Candidates. Further, for persons for locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for General-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Those who are taking plus two examination in 2010 can also appear for the entrance test provisionally subject to their fulfilling the conditions later.

(v) 15% seats for SC candidates, 7.5% seats for ST candidates, 27% seats for non-creamy layer OBC candidates in Central Institutions only and 3% seats on horizontal basis for Physically Handicapped candidates are reserved in 15% All India Quota for MBBS/BDS courses.

CBSE AIPMT 2010 Important Dates
Online
Online submission of application may be made by accessing the Board's website www.aipmt.nic.in from 20-10-2009 (10.00 A.M.) to 27-11-2009 (5.00 P.M.).

How to Apply:

Instructions for sending online application, payment of fee and computer generated printout are available on the Board's website.

Fee of Rs.800/- for General/OBC Category Candidates and Rs.450/- for SC/ST Category

Candidates may be remitted in the following ways:
1. By Credit card, or
2. Through Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education,
Delhi drawn on any Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi.

Offline
Offline submission of Application may be made on the prescribed Application Form. The Information Bulletin and Application Form costing Rs.800/- for General/OBC Category and Rs.450/- for SC/ST category can be obtained against Cash Payment from the designated branches of Canara Bank/Regional Offices of the CBSE between 20-10-2009 to 27-11-2009. Information Bulletin and AIPMT 2010 Application Form can also be obtained by Post from the Board by sending a written request with a Demand Draft for Rs.850/- for General/OBC Category and Rs.500/- for SC/ST Category payable to the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi along with a Self Addressed Envelope of size 12" x 10". The request must reach to the Board on or before 18-11-2009. The request should be superscribed as "Request for Information Bulletin and Application Form for AIPMT-2010".

Last date of submission of Application Form:
Both offline and online(Computer generated printout) Application should be sent through registered post/speed post only so as to reach to the Board on or before 04-12-2009.


Boards address for sending Application:
The Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), Central Board Secondary Education, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 301

CANARA BANK BRANCHES

IMPORTANT:

Candidates must purchase the Application Forms from the designated branches of Canara Bank or Regional Offices of CBSE only. Application Form obtained from an unauthorized source will be REJECTED.

Candidates are advised NOT to dispatch Application Form by Courier.

Applications received after last date i.e. 04-12-2009 will not be accepted irrespective of the date of booking.

Detailed information is available on Board's website www.aipmt.nic.in

MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,SEVAGRAM,MAHARASHTRA

MGIMS WARDHA MBBS 2010 ADMISSION NOTICE

Applications are invited on prescribed form for admission to MBBS course starting from 1st July 2010.

The candidates shall be selected as per their merit in the Entrance Examination to be held on 18th April 2010 at Nagpur, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

Those students who are going to appear in 10+2 higher secondary board examination in March/April 2010 are also eligible to appear in the competitive entrance examination.

In the entrance examination the paper of Physics, Chemistry and Biology will have multiple choice questions, while that on Gandhian thought will be of long and short answer type.

The prospectus and application form with syllabus, question papers of Gandhian thought for the last 5 years, with model question papers of Physics, Chemistry and Biology can be had from the office of the Dean by remitting a sum of Rs. 1050/- (Rs. 1000 + Rs 50 as postal charges) only by money order in favour of the dean, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, District Wardha-442101 or by paying Rs. 1000/- in cash at the college counter.

Candidates must write their full address in capital letters and phone number on the 'space for communication and the space for sender's address on the money order form.

The Prospectus and form will be available from 1st December 2009.

The last date of receipt of filled up application with entrance examination fee of Rs. 1500/- is 26th February, 2010 and with an additional late fee of Rs. 100/- is 12th March, 2010.

Eligibility: The candidate must attain 17 years of age on or before 31st December of the year of admission. The candidate must have passed 12th standard examination under 10+2 system of Maharashtra state higher secondary education board or equivalent examination of any recognized board of any Indian university with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology individually in each subject in one and the same attempt.

The candidate must have obtained minimum 50% marks (40% in the case of SC/ST/VJ/NT/OBC) taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The admission is subject to any direction given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, Hon'ble High court of Bombay Bench, Nagpur, Maharastra university of Health Sciences, Nashik and the Medical Council of India.

Note:
. The fee structure in MGIMS is as applicable to the Govt. Medical Colleges in Maharshtra state. The Institute does not have any paid seats.

. Please visit their website www.mgims.ac.in for updates.

Contact:
Dean,Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Sevagram, District Wardha, Maharashtra – 442102, India.
Ph: 07152-284341 to 355
Visit: www.mgims.ac.in

VIT University - Vellore Institute of Technology

Engineering Entrance Examination-2010 (VITEEE – 2010)

B.TECH. ADMISSION CALENDAR :

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Date of Advertisement December 13, 2009
Date of Issuing the Application Forms December 14, 2009
Last Date for Submitting the Forms February 20, 2010
VITEEE-2010 April 17, 2010
Commencement of Classes July 1st week, 2010

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To obtain the B.Tech. admission application form please send a DD for Rs.750/- (Rupees Seven Hundred and fifty only) in favour of "VIT University" payable at Vellore. The brochure and application form will be mailed you in the third week of December. The DD needs to be sent to

DR. E. JAMES JEBASEELAN SAMUEL
Admissions Officer
VIT University
Vellore-632 014,
Tamil Nadu, India.
Phone: + 91-416-220 2125, 220 2157, 220 2168
Fax: +91-416-224 5544, 224 0411
Email: admission@vit.ac.in


VITEEE - 2010 (All India Engineering Entrance Exam)

VIT rated among the top 10 Premier Institutions by India Today - 2009 ranking

BTech Programmes Offered: (Duration – 4 Years)

Bioinformatics
Bio-Medical Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Information Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical and Energy Engineering

For further details please visit: www.vit.ac.in

Why Read Before Class?

Everyone's college and grad school experience is a little different, but the one thing all have in common is reading. You already know that college entails a lot of reading. Expect your reading load to triple, at least, in graduate school. With such a huge set of reading assignments, you might be tempted to fall behind and not read before class. Here are six reasons why you should avoid temptation and , instead, read ahead of time, before class.
1. Make the most of class time.

When you read ahead of time, you're more likely to understand the organization of the lecture. You'll be better able to figure out what's important and what isn't (and thereby take effective notes).

2. Understand the topic and what you don't understand.

If you've read beforehand you can focus your attention on filling gaps in your understanding by paying more attention during some parts of the lecture and by asking questions.

3. Participate.

Most classes require at least some participation -- answering questions and participating in class discussions. It's easy to participate when you know the topic. Reading beforehand helps you to know the topic and have the time to consider your perspective and opinions.

4. Show off.

Reading before class lets you show that you've read, that you care, and that you are intelligent. You'll be able to ask intelligent questions and participate in a way that demonstrates preparation, interest, and mastery of the material.

5. Participate in group work.

Many classes require group work, often in class. If you've read, you're ready and likely will not mooch on your classmates, or benefit from their hard work. In turn, if you've read you can tell when the group is taking a wrong turn.

6. Show respect.

Reading ahead of time shows respect for the instructor and interest in the class. While instructors' feelings shouldn't be the primary motivator of your behavior, relationships with faculty are important and this is one easy way to get your relationship with your professor off to a good start.

Academic Calendar to Prepare for the School Year

There is one thing that all students – undergraduate and graduate – need: A calendar. Not just any calendar, but an academic calendar. Academic calendars are not just for students, professors also use them. What’s unique about an academic calendar? Well, it’s a calendar, but it’s specialized for academics because it follows the academic year, from mid-August to July, rather than the calendar year. This tiny difference allows students to use the same calendar throughout the school year rather than use one during the Fall semester and another during the Spring semester. It’s not uncommon, especially in graduate school, to make appointments and mark important days a semester in advance. Do yourself a favor and get an academic calendar.