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Student Success Statement

“Everyone is the architect of their own learning.”

Claudius

I think this quote means that everyone learns at a different pace and also everyone learns differently. For example some people learn and remember better with pictures, while others learn and remember better with reading and formulas and such. Point is that you should be responsible for your learning—not somebody else’s

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Student Success Statement
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

Matt Biondi

I think this means that when you decide what you want you can go from the bottom straight to the top if you work hard and set your mind on it. Your past is the past but you can always turn your future around.

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Student Success Statement

“In life as in football, you won’t go far, unless you know where the goalposts are.”

Arnold Glasgow

I think this quote means that you can have a goal if you don’t know where the goal goes or stops. If you have a goal to do something in life there has to end. Just like there is a start line there has to be a finish line. If you want to do something you set your mind to it but you need to decide okay I start here and I’ll finish here for my goal. You have to set the end of the goal or else you’re not going to go anywhere. Like if you run you won’t know where to stop if there is no finish line.

Successful Students 3-4

Successful Students 3-4

3… Ask questions. Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek, asking questions has at least two other extremely important benefits. The process helps you pay attention to your professor and helps your professor pay attention to you! Think about it. If you want something, go after it. Get the answer now, or fail a question later. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It’s your choice.

4…. Learn that a student and a professor make a team. Most instructors want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their perspective classes and earn a good grade.

Successful students reflect well on the efforts of any teacher; if you have learned your material, the instructor takes some justifiable in teaching. Join forces with your instructor, they are not an enemy, you share the same interest, the same goals- in short, your teammates. Get to know your professor. You’re the most valuable players on the same team. Your jobs are to work together for mutual success. Neither wishes to chalk up a losing season. Be a team player!

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Study For Multiple Exams Part 3

Study For Multiple Exams Part 3

English, math, foreign language: Practice—especially foreign language. It is hard to succeed in a foreign language class if you are just showing and doing the work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in a language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send a simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that to German or Spanish?  These are the little things that will help. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason-use them!

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Study For Multiple Exams Part 1

Study For Multiple Exams Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: really it is time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or study for all the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test on Monday, and 2 test Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and part of Friday. Start studying for my other test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the other tests. My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull an all nighter. How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: if I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do to for studying for the next exam.

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Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 2

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies different for different types of test or subjects. For me, any type of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I would go back through the homework problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for any additional study materials they could provide. If it was a class that required memorization or applying concepts I would create a sort of a study guide for myself many times focusing on what were key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to take the terms and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concepts focused on throughout the semester.

My time management secret; I always, always, always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show what each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments and green is for my sorority. Although I use white-out frequently, I can see in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday, I need to start working on it on [the previous] Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.
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Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1

Sarah’s Academic Success Story Part 1

Time management became a key factor in my study skills for college. In high school, there were times I was able to study for an hour or two the night before a test and get away with it. This was not the case in college. I made sure in college I was prepared for each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when it isn't required) to better understand them. That way when the midterm or test comes around I was able to understand what I was studying. I started talking excellent notes in class in college. I may have done this in high school, but in college I started typing up the notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class then when I had a test one week later I was more likely to remember then as well.

My overall study method: Structured. One thing I learned I had to adapt or change my study method according to the class. I couldn't study for a Religion Class the same way I studied a Finance Class. But making sure I had enough time to study for each class—even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

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