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*Receive the Kindle edition FREE with paperback purchase* Written by an Academic Dean, A Student's Guide to the 5 Essentials of the First-Year Experience in College is for high school seniors, students making the transition to college, first-year college students, and parents. This guide provides students (and parents) with the 5 essentials-the 5 necessities-that determine success in the first year of college. The first year of college is the most studied year in the undergraduate experience, yet nearly 30% leave before the sophomore year. Full of challenges, the freshman year tests students academically, socially, and personally. It is the year when students are most at risk in myriad ways both academic and social. With thoughtful preparation and good support, students can have a very successful first-year experience. In this guide Viola Sebastian-Jones distills three decades of experience teaching, advising, and mentoring first-year students at elite research universities and small colleges into these 5 essentials that all students must master in their first year of college. She provides insightful, compassionate, and candid discussion of each of the 5 essentials and effective strategies that will help students master these essentials early in their first-year experience. Topics: college guide, first year experience, freshman year, college study skills, procrastination, freshman survival, success self-help, study habits, academic success, college life, time management, stress management, college study self-help, college, university, college admission guides, motivational self-help, student life

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