Help with Appealing Academic Dismissal

bopper
Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:11:28 +0000

Make sure to:

1. Go to Professor’s office hours early in the semester. Ask this question: “I know this is a really difficult class-- what are some of the common mistakes students make and how can I avoid them?”

2. If you have problems with the homework, go to Prof’s office hours. If they have any “help sessions” or “study sessions” or “recitations” or any thing extra, go to them.

3. Form a study group with other kids in your dorm/class.

4. Don’t do the minimum…for STEM classes do extra problems. You can buy books that just have problems for calculus or physics or whatever. Watch videos on line about the topic you are studying.

5. Go to the writing center if you need help with papers/math center for math problems (if they have them)

6. If things still are not going well, get a tutor.

7. Read this book: How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less by Cal Newport. It helps you with things like time management and how to figure out what to write about for a paper, etc.

8. Attend class!!!