Description

Our primary goal in writing College Success is to help you succeed in college. According to Department of Education data/ 30 percent of college freshmen leave school in their first year and as many as 50 percent never graduate. College Success is designed to help change that. College Success has a student-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in college. This is not a textbook full of theory and extensive detail that merely discusses student success; rather/ this is a how-to manual for succeeding in college. The book provides realistic/ practical guidance ranging from study skills to personal health/ from test taking to managing time and money. Furthermore/ College Success is accessible—information is presented concisely and as simply as possible. College Success has the following features to help you achieve your goals: Each chapter asks you to evaluate yourself because success starts with recognizing your strengths and weaknesses/ your hopes and desires/ and your own personal/ individual realities. You'll develop your own goals based on these self-assessments/ determining what success in college really means for you as an individual. Throughout the book/ you will find numerous interactive activities created to help you improve your skills. To assist you with this/ the material is presented in easily digestible “chunks” of information so you can begin applying it immediately in your own life—and get the most out of your college education.