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   TEN STEPS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS

   1. Set individual academic and personal goals.
   2. Choose courses carefully, especially during your first year.
   3. Know and use resources.
   4. Meet and get to know faculty.
   5. Learn actively.
   6. Manage your time well.
   7. Know and actively use reading skills.
   8. Develop strong listening and note-taking skills.
   9. Develop and improve your writing and speaking skills.
   10. Get involved in co-curricular activities; learn skills and gain experience.

   Want to know more?

   Pauk, Walter. How to Study in College. 5th edition.
   Princeton: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993

   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/study.html

   ©Academic Skills Center, Dartmouth College 2001

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   [b]Tips for Academic Success[/b]

   -Attend classes regularly.
   -Get to know your instructors and TAs.
   -Get to know your academic advisors.
   -See if your department offers free tutoring.
   - Check each quarter's OASIS tutorial schedules, and sign up for a workshop.
   - Locate resources for writing help.
   - Consider choosing a study partner for each of your classes.
   - Schedule adequate study time for each of your classes.
   - Take notes, and use them wisely.
   - Use course handouts provided by your instructors.
   - Spend 10 to 15 minutes before class and skim the assigned pages. This will familiarize you with the basic concepts and terminology for that lecture and prepare you to take more organized notes.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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