Most Useful Templates and Trackers I Use as a Student
Saving time and streamlining tasks is a great step towards managing your time better. A huge time saver for me has been a few templates I keep ready to use for some common situations. Here are some of the templates I use most often:
Hours tracking spreadsheet
- Required by current job
- Also a great way to assess time management
Exam Prep Planner
- Plan out weeks leading up to final exam
- Three parts helps evaluate study strategy
- Plans out what tasks I want/need to accomplish each day to stay on track
- Helps me account for time needed to work on things for other classes
- Tracks my grades and helps provide estimated calculations depending on grade I receive in last few assessments
APA style paper template
- Makes starting a paper quick
- Commonly used format in my psych classes and some others
Biological Bulletin Style Paper template
- Makes starting a paper quick
- Makes starting scientific/formal reports for my biology classes quick by cutting down time spent formatting and gives me one less thing to use for procrastination
Fitness Goal tracker
- Mine tracks my rowing erg times
Credentials for applications
- Any certifications I complete go in here
- Tracks volunteer experiences
- Tracks employment details
- List of skills I can include
To be Read list
- Includes every book I hear about that I want to read for non-academic purposes
- Easy to add to
