...How to be a successful College Student Being successful in college is harder than I thought. To be a successful college student requires hard work, patience, persistence and dedication. Success is born from inside of each one of us. Success is the desire of each one of us to be a better person and commit ourselves to the path that will take us there. Success in life or in anything someone does comes through hard work and perseverance. It's essential for me to stay focused on my academic goals. This means attending my classes regularly and on time, paying attention to my instructors and tracking my academic progress. There are times, like test and quizzes, which requires me to force knowledge into my head. The best way and the only one to obtain knowledge is by studying. Study habits are one of the essential tools that I must obtain or enhance in order to be successful. It’s not something that can be brushed off. Having a good study habit, avoiding distraction, and having a strong resolve has lead me to accomplishing my first semester here at TC3. When tackling assignments I had to make sure to plan well in advance; break down projects into manageable chunks, and setting goals along the way. Completing homework and class readings on time and avoid waiting until the last minute for important deadlines. Studying involves reading the textbooks, understand them, being able to explain it to others and sometimes memorize the most important concepts. It is important to have...
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...A Successful College Student Successful means accomplishing or achieving an aim or a goal, a purpose. A College is an educational institution which can gain knowledge by students. Student can further their education at college after graduated from high school or secondary school. Student is the one who is studying at a school or a college, and student can also defined as a learner. College student can take any courses that they are interested in a college or university. Students who choose to further their study in college is the most important steps to being success, and successful college student is start from choosing the correct subject, which is the student wanted or interested in the subject. But a lot of the students are studying the subject that their parents want them to study, but not the subject that they want. Choose the correct subject is the first steps of being success, so you must fight for it, because you are allowed to decide your future. There are a lot of types of student in the college, different types of student have different kind of goal or aim. But most of the students’ goal is to be a successful college student. To be a successful college student is not that easy, some of the students think that get well result in their academic is consider a successful student., but this idea is definitely wrong. A successful college student does not mean the smartest in the class, the best result in academic student, the word “success” means success in various aspects...
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...College education is it worth it? A lot of people debate with the idea that everyone needs to get a full college degree to be successful, even though many people are very successful without it. College degrees are just not always necessary for every caree. The first topic that will be talked about is student loans and how devastating they can be. The second topic is jobs and how you can still get a good one without a college education. The last topic is how college can be a big waste of money is you don’t graduate. Some will argue that a college degree is necessary to be successful. I would argue that so many people who have never spent a day in college have there life all set out. One person who was very successful without a college degree...
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...Raising a Successful College Student Carol Woods GEN/200 In order to be a successful college student personal responsibility must be learned at an early age. Children must learn personal responsibility, time management skills, and family values when they are young. If children develop a strong responsibility foundation they will develop into a successful college student. Personal responsibility is something that is taught to you throughout your childhood and developed throughout your adult life. A child is taught family values daily from the time they begin to walk. Parents begin to pass on their own values system and this is what a person’s responsibility foundation is built on. In order for a student to be successful in their college career they must already have been taught personal responsibility throughout their childhood. Children should be given household chores at a very young age, like picking up their toys, making their beds, and even feeding the family pet, at this age they are exposed to the family values at its core. Children begin to realize what responsibility is through these chores. Experts believe that any type of household responsibilities, are important for kids (Dunnewind, 2004). When they develop into adolescence they should be given more responsibility. School work becomes a priority, social groups draw their interest and now they begin to develop their time management skills. Learning how to navigate between class assignments...
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...2012 Professor Youngblood Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is a life skill that gives you the ability to be accountable for your actions on how to live your daily life. A few traits of personal responsibility include time management, organizational skills, motivation and dedication. Personal Responsibility is an essential characteristic that can make any individual successful in life. We are forced to deal with responsibility on a daily basis. But how we decide to respond to it is a key trait in helping us balance it, no matter what the tribulation is (whether at home, work or school). By accepting responsibility, I will not be coerced into making decision by outside influences. Thus, every decision I make is made with integrity. Every day we are faced with obstacles. Many jobs and educational institutions seek those individuals who have high responsibility characteristics. How does a high sense of personal responsibility influence us? Individuals who lack this trait and cannot adapt accordingly have a higher possibility of being terminated from a job or fail in their education. An example, a student must being held responsible for ensuring that all assignments, whether individually or grouped, are turned in on time in order to receive credit. Without this sense of personal responsibility, a student can possibly be placed on academic probation, dismissed from school, or be forced to pay back their tuition. These decisions are solely based on our core values...
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...As a student transitioning from high school to a freshman in college there are a lot of things changing. Students in high school get used to teachers being lenient with due dates, and how they grade assignments. In college there is no lee way; students have no option but to do their assignments correctly and on time, or they will not succeed. Therefore, as an incoming college student it is extremely important to learn new strategies in order to be successful; the two strategies this essay is going to focus are accepting self-responsibility, and understanding what grades do and do not mean about a student. Many students may think they have a good understanding of what it means to accept self-responsibility, but in order to be successful students have to do more than understand the concept they have to put the concept into action. In “Self-Assessment Survey”, Skip Downing explains accepting self-responsibility as realizing that your outcomes are based on the effort you put in. Downing uses an example to say that students struggling with accepting responsibility...
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...simplify college success. I. Learning to maintain personal responsibilities, simplifies college success. Once a student takes control of his personal responsibilities, he can learn to maintain them and make college successful. To define personal responsibility is accepting the result of your actions instead of blaming others for them. In other words personal responsibility is comparable to accountability. Which is defined as “the quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions”. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accountability). Chances are most of the students are already on track for success. Personal Responsibilities are the decisions students make, to live up to their own ideas and expectations. They are thoughts and perceptions of how the world should be. These responsibilities add morals and values throughout life. As students discover new information these ideas and expectations will change. They can either help the student grow by making his thoughts and perceptions stronger. Or have the opposite effect and make him change his mind completely. They are the reasons for students’ success or failure. This information will help strengthen his thoughts and perceptions. He must take action to become successful. This can be something as simple as him paying bills on time or as difficult as balancing work, school and family. When it comes down to it being successful is all about...
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...Acharya 1 Sindhu Acharya Elizabeth Klentzman DIRW 310 3 February 2014 Most Important Strategies That Lead to College Success Throughout college life, students have to face numerous problems, and how they choose to overcome these problems determines whether they become successful in college. The one thing that every student tries to reach is success. Every student has their own goals, but sometimes students may not know the best way to work for their goal. Students may not be familiar with many strategies that may help them to be successful in their college lives. Some key strategies to college success are taking good notes in class, attending class regularly, and determining their learning style. However, setting realistic goals, personal responsibility, and good time management are the most important strategies to succeed in college. The most important factor that affects college success is setting realistic goals. Goals offer students wonderful advantages and opportunities, and also they are the vision of what the student’s future will be like. In order to be successful, students have to have a clear idea of why they want to go to college and what they want to do after completing a college degree. Setting goals is important for students, because it gives them the responsibility for their own learning. It helps them to identify things that they would like to accomplish and to make a commitment to achieve them. It also helps them to take responsibility for their work;...
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...Is College Education Necessary for Future Success? In today’s context, many people choose to go to college. According to the statistics by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture (2014), there are more than 2,500,000 college students in Japan today. Students have different reasons why they attend college. One of the biggest reasons is to get a better job opportunity by getting a college degree to be successful in the future(Shinken-Ad, 2013). However, people are misunderstanding that in reality, getting a college degree does not promise your success in the future because college is a place to study your interest and deepen your curiosity. People should not choose to go to college for the reason of better job opportunities in the future...
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...Responsibility into College Success Kerm Roberson University of Phoenix Transforming Personal Responsibility into College Success Personal responsibility can be defined as taking responsibility for your actions and accepting the consequences that come from those actions. Not only is this fact true in everyday life, but it can also be applied to being successful in college as well. Even though some students that lack personal responsibility can still be superb students, students who exude high levels of personal responsibility will be successful in college. This works because students who commit themselves fully in all aspects of being a responsible student will succeed in college and students that study often typically thrive in college. Students who exude high levels of personal responsibility will be successful in college. Let us face the facts; college is not an easy task for many people to not only complete, but also to be successful at it too. College takes dedication, determination, hard work, and personal responsibility. Without developing and honing these skills it would be very difficult to flourish at a collegiate level. Students must realize that they will get out of college what they put into it, so why not put in a maximum effort, especially because attending college is rather pricey and time consuming. To be successful in college studying is a major requirement and students who study often typically thrive in college. College level courses require...
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...make or break the success of a college student, there are a wide variety of different things that can either set-up a college student for success or set a college student up for being a un-successful student. You will find in this report a wide variety of things to consider making you a successful college student. Things to consider, know when preparing to enter college to become a successful college student and earn your degree without dropping out. Entering college is a major decision, it’s not an easy decision to make weather you continue your education and earn a degree, and there are many things that should be considered before signing up for college. It was reported that on average, a high school graduate brings home $630 a week wile a person with a bachelor’s degree earns $1140 a week (Research in Higher Education Journal Dec 2012). It was stated that college graduates earn more because they are smarter and societies reward smart people (Research in Higher Education Journal Dec 2012). For a college student to be a successful student they need to first go to college. The place that college preparation starts in high school at the point this is where fall short for college and decide that college is not for them for many reasons, some of these reasons are financial reason with other including not being able to hold good grades that would get them into the college that they would want to go to. A list of reasons that hinders college students can go on and on for a while...
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...6 Professor Hill 28 November 2012 Four Major Problems Facing College Students Today and Possible Resolutions Going off to college is probably one of the best times in a teenager’s life. Right out high school teenagers are anxiously awaiting the arrival of college “move-in” day or the first day of school. They may look at it as a great opportunity to gain further knowledge about a particular study or better yet a way to finally escape the rules and regulations of their parents. College is supposed to be an educational, yet fun experience, a time for meeting new people, exploring opportunities, joining organizations, but most of all a time to be responsible. Little do teenagers know college comes with problems, some minor and some major. The most common major problems college students face are problems with partying, relationships, choosing a major, and money. Partying in itself really is not a problem (Gates). Parties are thrown so that the students can have a good time (Gates). However, today, many parties have the potential to cause problems (Gates). At numerous parties drinking and smoking is the life of the party (Gates). Drinking alcohol can lead to drunkenness, which can possibly end up as a deadly situation (Gates). Partying irresponsibly is one the causes of a college student’s poor academic performance (Academic Performance). Of course, along with partying comes drinking and smoking. Students tend to act out when away from their parents. Now that they are on...
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...University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY IRREGULAR STUDENTS AT JOHN B. LACSON FOUNDATION MARITIME UNIVERSITY-MOLO, INC. John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City Acknowledgement The researchers gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of the following persons in the realization of this work Eng. Glenito L. Pador, D., Dean of college of Business for allowing the researchers to administer the research questionnaire. John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City Table of Contents John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City List of Figure John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City List of Appendices John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Molo, Inc. College of Business Iloilo City Chapter I Introduction of the Study Enrollment is a registration process prior to admission of students in an institution or a university. It involves the completion and submission of the applicant forms of enrollees. Likewise, the enrollment procedure of the transferees, second course takers, and those who had failed in their subjects have similarities with that of the regular students. De La Salle University- Dasmariñas is a well- known university in Cavite. And inthat, the researchers would like to know how the university...
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...James Marie Professor Baker English 101 28 February 2012 Knowledge is Power, Power is Success. How successful are you? When looking for a job in today’s world it is known that companies aren’t concerned with whether someone couldn’t attend college because they couldn’t pay for it. They only care about whether a degree is held or not. This is why being part of the lower class has been so difficult for students wanting to continue their education. Preparing for a successful future begins with a quality education. For many students, however, the quality of the available education is dependent on their financial circumstances. In order to ensure that all American citizens are as successful as they can be, access to quality education must be based on effort and commitment, not an individual’s ability to pay for it. Today most people would agree that education is the key to success. It is almost impossible to have a successful career without having an advanced education from a superior school. Businesses and companies depend consequently on what school someone graduated from and what degree they have, that it creates an unfair bias and almost makes it impossible for someone to compete for a job when they could not afford the same education. In today’s economy it is more challenging to acquire a successful career. Businesses have become further meticulous in their hiring processes and are not speculating towards undergraduates to employ. Businesses are looking for applicants...
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...Many Americans are now realizing how college degrees affect their lives in today's economy. The job market is more fierce now than it ever was years ago. Jobs are hard to come by, and many people are finally noticing what the value of their college education really was. Many students are struggling financially to stay in college, and many do not know what the result of their education will be. Though many people think a college education is worthless now, there are two sides to the argument. The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board, Davis Leonhardt, John Stossel, and Marty Nemko all wrote articles based on what they feel a current college education is worth. Though they all agree that college is a major issue at the moment, their opinions are different from each other. The Monitor Editorial Board believes that the United States needs college graduates and encourages people to attend college. David Leonhardt points out that college isn't very expensive and that having a degree is better than nothing. John Stossel believes that college is a scam and that you don't have to be a college graduate to be successful in life. Finally, Marty Nemko points out some flaws in the college system that students may face. All of these articles are tied together and have arguments on both sides of the issue on whether college is a scam and if a degree is worth anything. Many people and colleges tell students that people with a college education make more money than just a high...
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