Importance of Setting Goals for University Students

Why is it Important to
Set Goals

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
What are goals and importance to set them................................................................................3
Short term and long term academic goals for university students..............................................4
Comprehension strategies...........................................................................................................4
Retention strategies.....................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
A goal refers an idea of getting a future result. Students have academic goals which they
mainly want to accomplish by the end of the semester (Valle, A. and et.al., 2016). It is often
performance based which helps them out in completing both short term and long term goals. This
study is going to show importance as well as reasons of setting goals by university students.
Further, it will also show main short term and long term goals which they set while studying.
MAIN BODY
What are goals and importance to set them
In the context of academic goals it can be said that it refers career goals and those goals
which help students in making their career and give them a specific career path. Academic goals
plays an important role as it works as a motivation to work harder in accomplishing them. It may
be long-term and short term which lead students to become a good persona and complete their
studies effectively. Setting a goal keeps students motivated and dedicated towards their work.
There are several benefits of setting academic goals by university students which are discussed
below:
Increase motivation: Goals help them to work actively and involve in group discussion and all
those things which can help them out in accomplishing goals. The commitment which they put
into makes them more likely to follow them. So, it can be said that setting goals make them
motivated (Alessandri and et.al., 2020).
Improve focus: One of the main importance of setting goals by students is to improve focus and
concentration. Competition is increasing day by day and for being in the competition it is
important to focus on studies. By setting goals, university students can concentrate on things that
they want to achieve. All students want to get a good grade but only few students can get better
grades and one of the main reason of their focus or concentration which happen by setting goals.
Increase academic success: All short term and long term goals may differ but for accomplishing
them, it is important to focus on study so, they give extra time in studies for improving
education. It eventually helps them out in getting academic success at least (Martin and Elliot,
2016).