Handouts

Useful Handouts

Here is a collection of handouts designed to help you maximize and organize your time.

Spring on a Page 2025
Weekly Schedule: A blank schedule page of one week
Monthly Schedule: A blank schedule page of one month
Not Enough Time in the Day: Tips for making more time in your day, and blank schedules to map it out
Time and Task Management: Advice and examples for organizing your tasks for the week
Successful Study Tips : How to plan and manage your study time
Avoiding Academic Roadblocks: What not to do in order to succeed academically
Not Enough Time in the Day?: Taking a detailed look at your study time
Procrastination Prevention: Quiz yourself to find out how much you really procrastinate!
Set your Goals Now!: How to formulate strong, achievable goals for yourself
Take Five for Successful Time Management: Five principles for using your time wisely.

Here is a collection of handouts designed to help you study efficiently

Notes on Notes: Tips to help you take down what really matters
Memory Tips and Techniques: Ways to help your mind absorb information
Planning and Time: Planning your study time
Study Groups: Learn how to be an effective group learner
Study Environments: The best places to study on campus.
Weekly Planning Example: What your study plan should look like
Strategies for Successful Test Taking: What it takes to make the grade
Test-Taking: What should you do during the test
Five-Day Study Plan: Planning the week before an exam
Thoughts About Effective Memorization: How to memorize information effectively
Study Secrets from Faculty: Faculty from different departments give information about how to study in specific disciplines.

Here is a collection of handouts designed to help you effectively plan for and complete scheduling and registering for classes.

Wellesley Requirement Checklist: A checklist of all the requirements you need to complete before graduation
Registration: Tips for a successful registration day
Choosing Your Major: Advice on how to pick your undergraduate major(s)
Fall on a Page / Spring on a Page: A quick reference sheet for the semester
Weekly Class Schedule: A blank class schedule with room for one week

Here is a collection of handouts designed to help you read and write more productively.

Effective Reading: A collection of general advice on making your reading time more productive
Improving Reading Comprehension: Advice on how to improve your reading comprehension
Getting Words on the Page: How to combat writer's block

Here is a collection of handouts designed to improve your public speaking and oral presentation skills.

Speaking Up in Class: How to increase your in-class participation
Leading Class Discussions: How to be an effective discussion leader
Public Speaking in a Leadership Role: Tips for effective public speaking specific to speaking from a leadership position
Preparing an Oral Presentation: A list of questions to ask yourself as you prepare an oral presentation
Enhancing PowerPoint Presentations: How to make an effective PowerPoint presentation
The Shakes: Avoiding the jitters on presentation day
Coping with Anxiety: How to not let your anxiety get the best of you
Breathing, Projection, and Enunciation: How to perfect the details of your oral technique

Here is a collection of handouts designed to help you treat and prevent all types of stress.

On Sleep: The characteristics of sleep and why it is so important
Stress Busters: How to treat and prevent all levels of stress
Combat Academic Stress: How to avoid letting your academic work stress you out
The Shakes: Avoiding public speaking jitters
Public Speaking Anxiety: How to not let your anxiety get the best of you during an oral presentation
Post-Test Stress: What to do if a test didn't go as well as you'd hoped