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Academic Success

Academic Success. Your keys to achieving your academic goals. Success. Success: the progressive realization of a worthy goal (Earl Nightingale) There is no alternative: Failure is not an option Commitment: Deciding to Succeed “This is for me !”. Set Your Goals!.

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Academic Success

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  1. Academic Success Your keys to achieving your academic goals

  2. Success • Success: the progressive realization of a worthy goal (Earl Nightingale) • There is no alternative: Failure is not an option • Commitment: Deciding to Succeed • “This is for me!”

  3. Set Your Goals! • Goal: “Someday I will fly in a plane I helped design” • Objectives (SMART): • Long-term: “I will be a design engineer at Cessna by August 2008” • Mid-range: “I will earn my degree in Aerospace Engineering at the U of Mn with a 3.5 GPA in May 2008” • Short-term: “I will earn a 3.75 GPA this semester”

  4. You don’t just “get” a 3.75 GPA • You read assigned texts • You attend classes • You do homework • You write papers • You take quizzes and tests • Just like driving, you won’t pass the class by just reading the book or watching someone else.

  5. College is a whole new ballgame! • Selective enrollment • Classes seldom repeat topics • Professors assume you’ve read the book • Professors assume you know things from previous classes • You’re homesick! • You discover you don’t have to attend class!

  6. You need a new set of skills • Time Management • Note taking • “Make it your own” • Study skills • Problem Solving • Test taking

  7. College Survival Workshops Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, in CMU 227 • Effective Studying - September 17 • Test Taking - September 24 • Master Your Money – October 1 • Time & Stress Management - October 8 PDEV 111 – Academic Success • Sept 21 – Dec 1, Mondays 6- 7:15 • Oct 16 – Dec 10, MW 3 – 4:15

  8. What can you do now? • Expect change, and adapt • ASK! • Get together with other freshmen • Get organized - manage your time effectively • Find out what your professors assume about, and want from, you

  9. Your College Plan • Your goal: “I will earn my degree in Aerospace Engineering at the U of Mn with a 3.5 GPA in May 2008” • Strategy: • First 2 years at MSUM • Transfer to IT Fall 2004 • Internship? • Dual Degree Program?

  10. Your College Plan • Course Requirements • College catalog, web site • Degree requirements • Related requirements • General Education requirements • Which courses can be taken at MSUM? • Standard courses – Engl 101 • Prerequisites • Math, Science, Engineering Science, Gen Eds

  11. Your College Plan • Semester-by-semester Plan • List of courses • Number of credits • Time commitments • Courses offered each semester? • Internship/Co-op? • Student Exchange/Eurospring?

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