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What’s the Deal With… ACADEMIC SUCCESS: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year

What’s the Deal With… ACADEMIC SUCCESS: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year. Academic Success: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year. Tracy Arwari , Ph.D., Ed.D . GW Librarians Caitlyn Collett Dante Fernandes Val Sakellaridis. Transitioning to GW. What’s going to be different?

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What’s the Deal With… ACADEMIC SUCCESS: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year

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  1. What’s the Deal With… ACADEMIC SUCCESS: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year

  2. Academic Success: The Do’s & Don’ts of Freshman Year Tracy Arwari, Ph.D., Ed.D. GW Librarians Caitlyn Collett Dante Fernandes Val Sakellaridis

  3. Transitioning to GW • What’s going to be different? • No parents • Independence • Accountability • Class size • Relationships with professors • Workload

  4. Academic success tips • What did you do to be successful in high school? • What can you do to be successful here? • What does the Cabinet suggest?

  5. What can you do now to prepare? • After registration, order or rent your books online • Create a study schedule • Buy a calendar and organize assignments/ tests • Buy a good pair of headphones!

  6. Student schedules • What other commitments might you have? • Student organizations • Jobs • Sports • Service projects • SLEEP!  • Everybody makes choices: what will yours be?

  7. Typical freshman week

  8. Academic resources: Faculty • Role of faculty • What are office hours and why do they matter? • What are some advantages to developing a professional relationship with faculty? • How to communicate with professors

  9. Academic resources: Emailing a professor What to do Hey T-dawg, So I like had some qsabt what we talked about yesterday can I come talk to you plz??!! Wanna get some coffee and hang? Maybe I’ll even understand what ur saying! LOLZ Later— Nacho Dear Professor Arwari, How are you? I hope you’re having a good day! I had some more questions about what we covered in class yesterday (the past subjunctive) and would like to make an appointment during your office hours. What would be a convenient time to come by? Thanks for your help and I’ll see you soon. Sincerely, John Smith What NOT to do

  10. Academic resources: Talking with your professors • How should you approach your professors? • What should you talk about? • Let’s see how it’s done…

  11. Academic resources: Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-Residence • 9faculty guides & 9faculty-in-residence • Create programming that brings intellectual discourse into the residence halls • Goals of the program: • Make faculty more approachable • Show students how to engage with faculty • Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning (Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom!)

  12. Academic resources: Academic advisors • How is your academic advisor different from your high school guidance counselor? • Four year relationship • When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?

  13. Academic resources: The Writing Center • Tutors help you with writing projects (papers, etc.) – grammar, style, overall structure, etc. – in 25 or 50 minute sessions • Will also help with group papers and projects • Visit their site: www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/

  14. Academic resources: The Tutoring Initiative • Offers 10 free hours of tutoring per year to each student • Group tutoring is FREE! • Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, English, math, philosophy, physics, etc. are all supported • Some departments & schools also offer tutoring • Partnership with Smarthinking for an additional five free hours of online tutoring • Visit: http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for more information

  15. Academic resources: The Language Center • Free, walk-in language tutoring for all languages taught at GW • Language exchange program for all members of GW community • Conversation Club at Mount Vernon Campus • Visit: www.gwu.edu/~language to learn more

  16. Academic resources:Gelman & Eckles Libraries • How can you get help? • Walk in • IM (anonymously too!) • Personal research appointments • Gelman is open 24-7! • Where should you study? • Study carrels • Group study rooms • Quiet areas • Conversation areas

  17. Other university resources • Disability Support Services: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ • Office of Academic Integrity • Resident Advisors • UCC stress management workshops • Exercise Science stress management classes

  18. How to help yourself(and others!) • What happens when you get off-track? • Look out for one another • CARE Network • Who submits a CARE form? • Who is in the CARE Network? • What happens next? • Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/care

  19. Do you have questions? We have answers! • For more information, feel free to contact students@gwu.edu. • Good luck for a fantastic and successful year ahead! WELCOME TO GW, CLASS OF 2018!

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