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What’s the Deal With: Academic Success

What’s the Deal With: Academic Success. Tracy Arwari , Ph.D. Adam Bendell Lindsey Eng Alexandra O’Halloran. Transitioning to GW. What are some academic differences between high school and college? CULTURE: Academic environment Class size Relationships with professors Workload

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What’s the Deal With: Academic Success

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  1. What’s the Deal With: Academic Success Tracy Arwari, Ph.D. Adam Bendell Lindsey Eng Alexandra O’Halloran

  2. Transitioning to GW • What are some academic differences between high school and college? • CULTURE: • Academic environment • Class size • Relationships with professors • Workload • Grading

  3. Student Learning Culture at GW • How many hours did you study per week in high school? • How many hours will you need to study to be successful at GW?

  4. What can you do now to prepare? • After registration, order your books online • Create a study schedule • Buy a calendar and organize assignments/ tests • Buy a good pair of headphones!

  5. Academic success tips • What did you do to be successful in high school? • What can you do to be successful here? • Take some advice from current students! • Time management • Organization and planning

  6. Student schedules • How did you balance your time in high school? • I’m only in class for 15 hours/ week; high school required twice that…so I should have half the amount of homework and studying to do! • What other commitments might you have? • Student organizations • Jobs • Sports • Service projects • SLEEP! 

  7. Typical freshman week

  8. Academic resources: Faculty • Role of faculty • What are office hours and why do they matter? • What are some advantages to developing a professional relationship with faculty? • How to communicate with professors

  9. Academic resources: Emailing a professor What to do Hey, So I like had some qsabt what we talked about yesterday can I come talk to you plz??!! Wanna get some coffee and hang? Maybe I’ll even understand what ur saying! LOLZ Later— T-dawg Dear Professor Arwari, How are you? I hope you’re having a good day! I had some more questions about what we covered in class yesterday (the past subjunctive) and would like to make an appointment during your office hours. What would be a convenient time to come by? Thanks for your help and I’ll see you soon. Sincerely, John Smith What NOT to do

  10. Academic resources: Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-Residence • 10 faculty guides & seven faculty-in-residence • Create programming that brings intellectual discourse into the residence halls • Goals of the program: • Make faculty more approachable • Show students how to engage with faculty • Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning (Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom!)

  11. Academic resources: Academic advisors • How is your academic advisor different from your high school guidance counselor? • Four year relationship • When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?

  12. Academic resources: The Writing Center • Tutors help you with writing projects (papers, etc.) – grammar, style, overall structure, etc. – in 25 or 50 minute sessions • Will also help with group papers and projects • Visit their site: www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/

  13. Academic resources: The Tutoring Initiative • Offers 10 free hours of tutoring to each student • Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, English, math, philosophy, physics, etc. are all supported • Some departments & schools also offer tutoring • Partnership with Smarthinking for an additional five free online hours of tutoring • Visit: http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for more information

  14. Academic resources: The Language Center • Free, walk-in language tutoring for all languages taught at GW • Language exchange program for all members of GW community • Conversation Club at Mount Vernon Campus • Visit: www.gwu.edu/~language to learn more

  15. Other university resources • Library systems • Gelman & Eckles • Librarians are a great resource! • Lots of progress being made to enhance our library services • Disability Support Services: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ • Office of Academic Integrity • GW Honor Code • www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity • House Staff

  16. How to help yourself(and others!) • What happens when you get off-track? • Look out for one another: Every Colonial Counts! • CARE Network • Who submits a CARE form? • Who is in the CARE Network? • What happens next? • Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/care

  17. Do you have questions? We have answers! • For more information, feel free to contact students@gwu.edu. • Enjoy your summer and be ready to succeed in August! WELCOME TO GW, CLASS OF 2017!

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