Budgeting
This simple tool helps college students track where their money goes each month.
What is a budget planner or spending tracker?
This UTD office helps students choose majors and plan careers.
What is the Career Center?
Breaking a large assignment into smaller tasks over time is known as this.
What is chunking?
This is the appropriate way to start a professional email.
What is a formal greeting like “Dear Professor Smith”?
Planning your week by writing down due dates, exams, and commitments in a planner is called this.
What is scheduling?
Rent, tuition, and car payments are examples of this type of expense.
What are fixed expenses?
You can get free tutoring and academic support here on campus.
What is the Student Success Center?
The study method involving repeated self-testing to build memory is known as this.
What is active recall?
The non-spoken cues we send through body language, eye contact, and posture.
What is nonverbal communication?
This popular time management method breaks study time into 25-minute work intervals with 5-minute breaks.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
Money set aside specifically for car repairs, medical bills, or unexpected costs is called this.
What is an emergency fund?
This office helps students prepare for global learning and study abroad programs.
What is Education Abroad (UTD Global Engagement)?
This strategy uses diagrams and keywords to visually organize information.
What are mind maps?
Before sending a professional email, you should always check this.
What is spelling/grammar or proofreading?
This time management habit means planning ahead to meet deadlines instead of rushing at the last minute.
What is time blocking or planning ahead?
A student makes sure to pay their rent, phone bill, and utilities before spending money on anything else. What budgeting principle are they following?
What is prioritizing needs over wants?
Located in the McDermott Library, this UTD service helps with citations and academic sources.
What is the Writing Center? (Comm Lab)
Reviewing material by teaching it to someone else is called this technique.
What is the Feynman Technique?
This barrier to communication occurs when someone hears words but doesn’t fully process the meaning.
What is passive listening?
You turn off notifications and use a timer to work in 30-minute intervals while studying for your classes. What technique is this?
What is minimizing distractions / focused work?
A college student plans their monthly budget so half goes to essentials like rent and meals, some goes to personal choices like entertainment, and the rest is saved or used to pay off debt. What budgeting method are they using?
What is the 50-30-20 rule?
This office helps students get accommodations for learning or physical needs.
What is the Office of Student AccessAbility?
This study strategy improves retention by mixing different types of problems or subjects in one study session instead of focusing on just one.
What is interleaving?
When emailing a professor or mentor for help, this strategy shows professionalism by explaining what you already tried before asking your question.
What is demonstrating initiative or providing context?
After completing a long study session for finals, you reward yourself with a short break or a favorite snack. What time management technique are you using?
What is incentive-based motivation or reward scheduling?