What+will+Help+Me+Succeed+in+College?

This group wiki project will allow you explore, together with your peers, what you think will help you succeed in college. You may want to learn more about the basic study skills that contribute to your success: effective reading strategies, study strategies, note taking techniques, asking good questions, etc. You may want to learn more about why "designing your own degree" is so important in Empire State College. You may want to figure out why you dislike certain academic subject such as Mathematics, History, or Art (Is it because of the subject itself, the way it was taught, or the kind of thinking process that does not meet your learning preference?) You may wonder how to effectively summarize material so that you can discuss it with your instructor/peers more effectively. While this particular course is not designed to have you do research, do you need to brush up your skills in that area by taking further coursework? (e.g., the study in Information Literacy teaches students about finding and researching information in a variety of electronic formats, and using that information to create a well documented research paper.) Whatever topic, area or question you think is important for your college success, feel free to name them and describe them
 * What Will Help Me Succeed in College?**[[image:A_Picture_Share_by_Doctor_Paradox.jpg align="right"]]As adults we usually have a set of notions, ideas, and characterizations about who we are and what we are good/not-so-good at doing. For example, many of us were told throughout high school that we were not good students, that we could not read or write well, and that we were not "college material." Many of us accepted those notions - rightly or wrongly - and continue to perceive ourselves that way. Yet what we really need to do is re-examine those characterizations and decide if at this point in our lives these perceptions are still accurate. Essentially, we need to make a "paradigm shift" (i.e., change the model we have of ourselves to reflect what is really true). We need to begin to recognize that we read, write, and think in both our personal and professional lives every day, and we need to give ourselves credit for having developed those skills. As an ESC student you can use those skills, strengthen and build on them, in order to succeed. In this course, you have already begun that process by becoming an active learner, familiarizing yourself with resources available, and strengthening your (written) communication skills so that your goals can be accomplished.