college student orientation

A guide for high school students to help them organize their search and application process for college, with advice on exploration, decision-making, and financial aid, and includes exercises.

Contains forty-one to-do lists designed to help high school students prepare for college, arranged from freshman to senior year.

Offers advice on succeeding in college, discussing expectations, study habits, preparing for exams, writing papers, taking notes, professors, class scheduling, in-class etiquette, performance evaluation, and grades.

Provides information for students who may be struggling to decide what to do with their lives after high school, and shares the stories of some young people who have chosen a non-traditional path rather than going straight to college.

Offers advice to gifted students on how to plan for college, discussing the college search and the application process, and including resources for further information.

Contains a comprehensive overview on how students can improve their preparedness for college by taking steps in secondary school, providing research based insights and practices with advice for designing the correct course of study.

Top students and recent graduates from leading colleges and universities offer advice to incoming freshmen on how to handle the ups and downs of the first year of college, discussing homesickness, classes, extra-curricular activities, partying, dating, and other topics.