your way to college success
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Your Way to College Success
PAINT
PAINT• P = Prioritize• A = Ask Questions• I = Increase Self-discipline and
Decrease Procrastination
• N = Need Others• T = Take Ownership
Prioritize
• What’s most important to you?• What’s important to the people
who are important to you?• What’s important to the school
and your professors?
Prioritize
• What’s your personal mission statement?
• Life Goal Categories– personal– family– school/career– financial– lifestyle
Prioritize
• How professors prioritize– Knowledge of subject– Becoming educated
– Liberal education
– Higher standards
Ask Questions
• Of texts, lectures, study resources
• Good question words– who, what, when, where, why,
how
• Sense of Inquiry
Ask Questions About Policy
Issues• Know whom you ask• Ask more than one person• Ask the right person• Study written materials for
answers• Patience and perseverance
required
Increase Self-Discipline
• Don’t wait• Regular attendance• Let them know you care• Don’t procrastinate
Decrease Procrastination
•Weigh benefits
•Set reasonable goals
•Get started
•Break into parts
Decrease Procrastination
•Ask for help
•Don’t expect perfection
•Transfer
•Think ahead
Get Motivated
• Why is goal meaningful?• Take one step• Specific, manageable,
achievable, measurable goal• Rewards
Get Motivated
• Deal with obstacles• Begin or begin again• Intent words replace obligation
words– I should becomes I choose to– I have to becomes I want to– I’ll try becomes I will– I mean to becomes I promise to
Need Others
• Form study groups– increase success– make friends– get what you missed– save time– get encouragement– trade talents– be ready to lead
Need Others
• Build learning network– education contacts– campus handbook for just you– network directory– keep in touch
– instructors– administrators– academic advisors– personal counselors– financial aid
Seek Resources– academic centers– tutors– adult education center– organizations and clubs– fitness center– school publications
– bulletin boards– housing and transportation– career planning and placement– student health– support groups/ hotlines
•C230
•Textbooks
•Tutorials
•Tutoring
•Workshops
Need Others• Find a Mentor
– interact with profs outside class– contact each prof at least once
– Tutor Coach program
Take Ownership• High school vs college classes
• Treat professors like people– regular on-time
attendance– office hours– well-groomed appearance– read before class– show interest– turn in neat assignments
–Treated as adult
–Classroom materials
SWB Will Roger’s Home Page
http://www.willrogers.org/
Take Ownership• Policy statement
– assignments– grading standards– calendar– expectations
• You are responsible
• Conferences• Grades earned, not given
Further Resources
• How to Study in College, by Walter Pauk
• Keys to Effective Learning, by Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits
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