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ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF NON STUDENT ACTIVITIES ACADEMIC TOWARDSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INDEX

Prof. Dr. H. Endang Komara, Drs., M.Si

endang_komara@yahoo.co.id

Prof. Dr. Ir. Qomariyatus Sholihah, Amd.Hyp, ST, M.Kes.IPU

Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya

qoqom_kuncoro@yahoo.co.nz 

Abstract

Students are everyone who has been officially registered to take part in a series of learning in higher educationwith a age range between 18-30 years. Students are also a group of people who gain status due to having ties witha college. Not only studying in the classroom, students can also improve their soft skills through non-academicstudent activities. In its implementation it would be nice if non-academic student activities should be balanced withacademic activities (teaching and learning activities in the classroom). But in reality, many students prioritize non-academic student activities compared to academic activities. As a result, the student achievement index which isthe result of student studies is not good enough. This is what happens to students at one of the universities inMalang City. Namely a student majoring in Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Brawijaya.The making of this study aims to identify the effect of student activities on student achievement indexes. In theimplementation of this research using qualitative methods by disseminating information, with respondents beingstudents who have busy activities not only academic activities but also non-academic activities, both committeeactivities and organizations. The results of the study show that the number of organizational activities followed bystudents can have a significant effect on the student's GPA. For students who are interested in non-academicactivities but also want to excel in academics, it is necessary to have a balance. There are many ways that can bedone to balance the two, such as making a schedule for daily activities, mastering time management properly,reducing or eliminating non-academic activities in accordance with interest and self-passion, maintaining staminaby consuming healthy foods regularly, resting enough and increase the consumption of water and electrolyte drinksto replace body fluids lost due to fatigue.

Keywords: students, influence, non-academic activities, GPA, balanced