I just graduated this past December. While most of my college buddies were spending their time sleeping or 'enjoying school', I was asking myself the same question you are right now.
I concluded that if I wanted to be one step ahead of other college students, I had to be somehow proficient in a popular programming language. To execute that I did two things during my free time: I chose to develop small projects in python and django. And, also looked for internships to gain some real life experience because I knew college wouldn't prepare me very well. Thinking that way opened several doors for me after school (I graduated with several job offers).
Also, college time is a crucial period of your life that will structure and define most of your thinking process. So make sure you spend time working on that as well. What do I mean by that? Make sure you are spending time working on your becoming a better version of yourself not only career wise but also personal. Spend time exploring yourself finding out what you like and what you want as a person. I hope it helps, you are in a great path already.
>Same as in the US. Your appointment won't be on time and you will have to wait.
Not all countries. I got last slot recently...knew he's 15mins behind so went for a stroll. Showed up 5 late and got flak for being late (he caught up in last session so was back on track)
Believe me or not, I've bought a MacBook Pro with a 3rd-party usb-c Hub adapter and I've noticed whenever I plug it, it interferes with my hotspot connection (I don't receive any data from my hotspot anymore). Does anyone know anything about this?
I truly believe the learning/memorizing process is different for each person. For example I've been driving my car for more than a year and I still can't remember right away in which side of the car the gas tank is located at. What I do remember is that in every car, there is an arrow on the side of the gauge which indicates where the gas tank is at.
I think there are lots of factors that can make it easier to remember certain facts. Building associations with existing knowledge helps a lot especially when attaching it to something that triggers emotions. Tying spacial information also is very powerful at least when you can access the information via the spacial association. I recently learned a lot of Kanji vis SRS and tried different techniques to beat the memory curve. For example mind palaces worked incredibly well for remembering a ton of new Kanji in order. However, when they came up out of order I frequently couldn't remember them or only remember where in my mind palaces they belong, but not their meaning. A better structured mind palaces could have probably helped. I think you might be able to remember the arrow in the car because you spend so much more time behind the steering wheel than filling up the car and have a easier time putting the arrow in the context of the controls you look at frequently. It's much easier to connect to existing memory.
Oddly, you may have trouble remembering because you know where to find the answer. Simply put, you remember a more general answer to the same question. It is not that you don't remember at all.
Somewhat. And it isn't just Google. Now that you have a cell phone, you are probably not as good at remembering phone numbers as folks were 20 years ago. I know I used to remember some numbers. Now, I barely remember my own.
So, same goes for how can you tell if it will rain soon? Well, used to folks knew some tricks by looking at the sky. Some folks still know them. By and large, everyone else is more accurate by asking their devices.
Want to know how far away something is? There is an amazing trick you can do with your thumb and line of site. If you really want to know, though, get a range finder. :)
And it isn't just memory. Consider how much weaker most people's arms are today than they used to be.
My old 1978 Chrysler Cordoba has it behind the license plate in the back, so you can fill up from either side, and so it doesn't interfere with the lines of the car. I think they stopped doing it because rear-end collisions are so common though :(
That is probably because you no longer have to remember that, so you don't.
Same thing when I am driving with someone giving out the directions versus trying to figure out the way myself. If I was given the directions, I'll probably need them again on the way back. If I figured out the path myself I'll be more likely to find my way back.
I concluded that if I wanted to be one step ahead of other college students, I had to be somehow proficient in a popular programming language. To execute that I did two things during my free time: I chose to develop small projects in python and django. And, also looked for internships to gain some real life experience because I knew college wouldn't prepare me very well. Thinking that way opened several doors for me after school (I graduated with several job offers).
Also, college time is a crucial period of your life that will structure and define most of your thinking process. So make sure you spend time working on that as well. What do I mean by that? Make sure you are spending time working on your becoming a better version of yourself not only career wise but also personal. Spend time exploring yourself finding out what you like and what you want as a person. I hope it helps, you are in a great path already.