The Deep Dive- College Success

This chapter explores the many ways your health is impacted by your lifestyle choices. The goal of this material is to help you do the following: Describe actions you can take to improve your physical health. Identify ways to maintain and enhance your emotional health. Understand mental health risks and warning signs. Articulate reasons and ways to maintain healthy relationships. Outline steps you...

In this chapter, you will learn to reach your personal life goals by implementing financial planning and strategies to protect yourself, manage your money today, and put yourself in a better position for tomorrow. How you act today impacts your tomorrow. By the end of this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Align your personal and financial goals through smart financial planning. Cre...

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — William H. Whyte 1 Communication has always been a complex life skill for everyone. How we pass information to others and how we understand what is being conveyed to us can often be complicated. And today, with the ever-increasing number of communication tools at our fingertips, our need to understand how, whe...

In this chapter you will learn about diversity and how it plays a role in personal, civic, academic, and professional aspects of our lives. By the end of the chapter, you should be able to do the following: Articulate how diverse voices have been historically ignored or minimized in American civic life, education, and culture. Describe categories of identity and experience that contribute to diver...

Among the most celebrated differences between high school and college is the freedom that students look forward to when they complete their mandatory high school education and take up the voluntary pursuit of a college degree. Though not every college freshman comes fresh from high school, those who do might be looking forward to the freedom of moving away from home onto a campus or into an apartm...

In earlier chapters of this book (1, 3, 4), you learned more about setting the foundation for college and career success by gaining a deeper understanding of why you are attending college, how to set goals and priorities, and how to begin your academic and life planning. By the time you complete this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Learn what a career is and how it applies to you....

By the time you finish this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Outline the importance of memory when studying, and note some opportunities to strengthen memory. Discuss specific ways to increase the effectiveness of studying. Articulate test-taking strategies that minimize anxiety and maximize results. Kerri didn’t need to study in high school. She made good grades, and her friends c...

In this chapter we will explore two skills you probably think you already understand—reading and note-taking. But the goal is to make sure you’ve honed these skills well enough to lead you to success in college. By the time you finish this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Discuss the way reading differs in college and how to successfully adapt to that change. Demonstrate the useful...

In this chapter you will learn about two of the most valuable tools used for academic success: prioritizing and time management. By the time you complete this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Articulate the ways in which time management differs from high school to college. Outline reasons and effects of procrastination, and provide strategies to overcome it. Describe ways to evalua...

In this chapter, you will first learn more about identifying the reason you are in college. This is an important first step because knowing your why will keep you motivated. Next, the chapter will cover the transitions that you may experience as a new college student. Then, the chapter will focus on how you can acclimate to the culture and meeting the expectations—all of which will make the transi...

In this chapter, you will learn about the art of learning itself, as well as how to employ strategies that enable you to learn more efficiently. After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Discover the different types of learning and your learning practices. Make informed and effective learning choices in regards to personal engagement and motivation. Identify and apply the...

In this chapter, you’ll be introduced to different ways of thinking about the way you think. By the time you complete this chapter, you should be able to do the following: Describe thinking as a process and the reasons it is important. Discuss the importance of creative thinking and ways of generating original ideas. Define analytical thinking , its component parts, and outcomes. Articulate the pr...