Review Success Strategies

 

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How can you improve your grades and academic performance? Review each of the following for more information.

• Take responsibility for your actions. Accept that you need to make changes in your behavior, study habits, goals, and expectations. The sooner you can do this, the sooner you will be back on track to completing your degree program.

• Take advantage of grade forgiveness. Grade forgiveness occurs when you retake a class in which you earned a D or F grade. This means the failing grade is not counted in your GPA because the new grade has replaced it. You must retake the exact same course for grade forgiveness to work. For example, let's say your GPA is 1.80 and you have completed 22 hours so far. If you retake a 3 credit course and pass it with an A, your GPA will rise to 2.064.

• To calculate your GPA, use the GPA calculator on the right sidebar under More Resources.

• Meet with an advisor and ask for help in creating an Academic Plan. An Academic Plan can help you see how many classes are required for your degree, when you might take them and which classes are good combinations to take. To look at a sample Academic Plan, click on the link on the right sidebar under Handouts. Click Open when prompted. When you are finished with the file, click the x or close box in the upper right corner to return to this lesson.

• Do you need help with study and time management strategies? Take SLS1103! You will learn more about how you study and how to create a personalized study and time management system.

• Are you clueless about what to major in or what kind of degree you need? Your motivation to attend college can be affected if you are undecided about why you are in college. Visit the Career Development Center at any campus and ask to take a career assessment to help you make your career decision. Check out the right sidebar under More Resources for a list of our Career Development Centers and links to their homepages.

• Click on Quiz Me to complete this section. Select the answer that best matches each statement.

 

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Match the items. a b c d e 1. If you retake a class you previously failed and earn an A, then you are receiving:     a. Grade Forgiveness a b c d e 2. When you visit an advisor once per term, you should ask the advisor to help you create an:     b. Responsibility a b c d e 3. SLS1103 is a good class to take when you are:     c. Career Assessment. a b c d e 4. As a college student, it is important that you understand college policies and procedures. This requires that you own up to your actions and is known as taking:     d. Academic Plan a b c d e 5. The Career Development Center offers a wide variety of services to help you choose a major or career. One of these is called a:     e. Undecided about your career or major

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