Abstract
The study of the predictor of academic achievements of first-year students, the indicator of which is calculated based on the final grades of academic achievements in academic performance are considered. Self-management skills were determined using the method of N. Peisakhov, and the sample included 90 first-year students of the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology of the E.A. Buketov Karaganda University. Quantitative analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The study showed that the self-management operation «predictor» can be considered as a predictor of student academic performance. The field of search for psychological predictors of students' academic performance is constantly expanding. For example, psychologists around the world are beginning to carefully study various aspects of self-management skills in vocational education in order to improve the academic performance of your students. Kazakh psychologists have established that self-management is a necessary condition for students' educational and professional achievements