Question #5 What can you do to succeed in college?

Freshman Orientation

The National Resource Center for the First-Year has indicated that 70% of all Universities offer some type of Freshman Orientation or First-Year Seminars.

The majority of these programs are designed to provide students with the essential strategies and information to enhance the likelihood of their retention and academic/social success.

Noted researcher Vincent Tinto noted that students who participated in First-Year Seminars were more likely to seek out a faculty mentor, visit an academic advisor, participate in campus activities, and use the campus resources such as the Academic Skills Center.

In order to be successful in college seek out opportunities to improve yourself as a student both academically and socially.

Courses or orientation programs that make the transition from high school to college easier are critical. These programs usually emphasize academic resources, time management, communication, critical thinking, values and social issues.

Barefoot, B. O. (Ed.) (1993). Exploring the evidence: Reporting outcomes of freshman seminars. Monograph series No. 11. National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina.