What effects might a university student with high emotional intelligence experience in academic and social arenas?

Emotional Intelligence can greatly assist a university student to achieve their success in either academic or social arena. From academic point of view, the most common problem for an undergraduate is stresses from studies. There is no doubt that a person with high emotional intelligence can easily overcome these stresses compared to those who do not have high emotional intelligence. Stresses are often a stumbling block for us to achieve our success. However, if suitable attitude and action are used to solve them, we can always turn the stumbling block to a new step which can help us to achieve a higher level of success. Take an example, undergraduates usually feel that they have too many tasks to complete but do not have sufficient time to get them done in time, and thus stresses are formed. If one has high emotional intelligence, which means he/she has adequate self-awareness, self-motivation and proper mood management, he/she will then be aware of the problems from the very beginning and analyze the pro and cons of him/herself and eventually positively motivate him/herself to do an arrangement which best fit his/her timetable to complete the tough tasks. They’ll treat every problems faced as a challenge and always seek for alternative solutions to solve them. In this way, the more problems solved, the more experience gained, and the easier to reach the success in academic studies. Apart from academic, high emotional intelligence can also assist an undergraduate to generate a harmonious social life and social life does play an important part in an undergraduate’s life. With good impulse control and excellent interpersonal skills, one can have marvelous relationships and communications with his/her friends, schoolmates and lecturers. A person is unlikely to do things in the most effective way if he/she does not cooperate with others. Moreover, most of the assignments and design projects in university are required to work in groups and most of the careers in the society nowadays are seldomly found to work independently, except for the professionals. So, the capabilities to work with the others very well will add a bonus to the achievement of his/her academic achievement. In conclusion, an undergraduate with high emotional intelligence will not only have a smoother road to success, but will also reach a higher step in the final success in comparison to those who does not have high emotional intelligence due to the good use of the ‘life’s tactics’ to overcome every challenge faced.