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Strategies for College Success

 

THE COLLEGE SUCCESS NETWORK...MAKING SUCCESS HAPPEN !

A Program for Increasing Postsecondary Success Rates Among Urban Students
funded by the US Department of Education.

 

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Topics Covered

 

· Keys to achievement - four general strategies (take Reasonable Risk; Take Responsibility; Search the Environment; Use Feedback) and eight sub strategies that form the basis for everything below.


· Procrastination "busting" - how to overcome this tendency and manage your time and tasks.


· Believing in yourself - how to build self-confidence.


· Taking responsibility for you outcomes by focusing on effort.


· Learning from lecture through active listening and note taking.


· Learning from text through active reading and outlining.


· Preparing for exams by anticipating questions and organizing information.

 
· Preparing papers and speeches - a better way than what you're doing now.


· Managing you life in school - 10 techniques for success
· Building relationships that work (optional).


· Preparing for your future - career exploration (optional).

 

 

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