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Welcome To College: Opening Doors

Welcome To College: Opening Doors. Habit of Mind - Persist. Activity #1. Define what a successful student is?. Contents. Why Attending College Is The Right Decision? What Does Your College Expect Of You? Why Is Academic Integrity Important? Who At School Can Help You?.

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Welcome To College: Opening Doors

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  1. Welcome To College: Opening Doors Habit of Mind - Persist

  2. Activity #1 • Define what a successful student is?

  3. Contents • Why Attending College Is The Right Decision? • What Does Your College Expect Of You? • Why Is Academic Integrity Important? • Who At School Can Help You?

  4. Why is Attending College the Right Decision? • Why is it important to attend college?

  5. Why is Attending College the Right Decision? Why is it important to attend college? • College is the place where you learn skills for the world in front of you. • College is where you make new friends. • College is where you learn to become an adult and grow as a person inside and out.

  6. Why is Attending College the Right Decision? • What are the benefits of going to college and earning a degree?

  7. What are the benefits of going to college and earning a degree? Well depending on what degree you get in life and college will affect you in the possible income you would get in a job.

  8. Results of possible income: With your degree you might have an income to make these pictures come reality.

  9. What are the benefits of going to college and earning a degree? A higher education level would mean a greater chance of employment.

  10. Reflect/Respond #1 • Out of all of the reasons you are in college, which seems most likely to encourage you to persist in your journey and why?

  11. Activity #2 • The reality of college

  12. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • Responsibility • Determination • Perseverance • Motivation

  13. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • Responsibility • Attend class (something may be only taught in class) • Work Hard (no work = no reward) • Turn in assignments on time • Decide when it’s time to work and when it’s time to play. • Read assigned material before its discussed in class.

  14. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • "Success doesn't come to you…you go to it."Marva Collins

  15. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • Determination • You have determined to go for what you want for. • "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." Tommy Lasorda

  16. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • Perseverance • There will be hard times. • You got to be able to fight through those times and continue on walking. • You got to learn from your failure to succeed after. • "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." Dale Carnegie

  17. What you need to prepare yourself for college. • Motivation • You got to have something that you are fighting for to get. • “When you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you'll find a way to get it . “Jim Rohn

  18. Reflect/Respond # 2 • How were some ways that you were able to face fear and can the themes above help you in any way?

  19. Activity #3 • “I love my neighbor.”

  20. What does your college expect of you? • To follow rules, procedures, and requirements. • To understand the school’s grading system. • To use to the school’s computer system to your benefits. • To GET INVOLVED! • To be able to work with other people.

  21. What does your college expect of you? • To follow rules, procedure, and requirements. • Read each teacher’s syllabus! • Look over students responsibilities and rule book. • Fulfill the requirements needed to advance to the next class.

  22. What does your college expect of you? • To understand the school’s grading system. • A (4.0)/ A-(3.7)/ B+(3.3)/ B(3.0)/ B-(2.7)/ C+(2.3)/ C(2.0)/ C-(1.7)/ D(1.3)/ D(1.0)/ F(0.0) • To calculate your GPA: • Find your grade point of each class and times it by the number of credits the class is worth (4 credits x 2 pts) • Add up your total grade points and divide it by your semester hours (40.3/13=2.68 C+/B- GPA)

  23. What does your college expect of you? • To use the school’s computer system to your benefits. • WMU’s computer network has links to helpful sites (teachers’ homepages, Waldo Library, Nicenet, Go WMU, and etc).

  24. What does your college expect of you? • Get involved with school’s clubs and organizations. • Drive Safe Kalamazoo, WMU Marching Band, Running Club, Fraternities/Sororities, and Film Club • Get a job on campus or in Kalamazoo.

  25. What does your college expect of you? • Know how to work with other students. • Work with other students on homework, even if it is not a group project. • Activity #4 “The Well Oiled Machine”

  26. Quiz • Complete this quiz before class ends. • You will work with groups of 3-4.

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