academic success

Academic success

Part 2

Tests by simply reviewing the material just before the class began. It wasn’t that I didn’t try, I had a 4.0 all through high school, but I never really had to put forth such an effort to get the results I wanted to see. In college however, that changed. Not only did I start studying and treading the book, I began to understand the little tiny facts were just as important as the general concepts my overall study method: I do the reading that is required in the class, and I try to keep up. If I do fall behind, I usually use the reading  that I did not

student success statement

Student success statement

“There is no pillow so soft, as a clear conscience”

-French Proverb

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

I Will Persist Until I Succeed Part 2

 How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: When receiving a bad grade, I just try to do better on the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have your first test in class and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what to expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignments: Start early and make sure that you have proofread. Also, with written assignments, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number of pages done by a certain day before the paper is due.

How I succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION! Despite your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember u ran out of cell phone minutes constantly when working on a group project for my marketing research class. It’s really important that everyone is on the same page and getting the same emails. The worst is when two people are working on the same portion of the project and don’t even realize it.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

You Can Succeed in School

If You Will

Part 5

After some serious soul-searching, Kennedy decided she was made for a purpose: to be successful and to fulfill who she was destined to be. She returned to DCCC “with determination and a mindset that I would not fail with God leading me.”

She says her first semester back was difficult. “I knew I could find refuge in the Student Success Program,” Kennedy said. “To my benefit, MS. Gravely accepted me back. Because of my struggles and hard times, I seek a new beginning every day and don’t allow the past to cripple my future. I have learned to have self-value

Choose the Right!!!

student success statement

Student success statement

“You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you will enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.”

-Robert E. Lee