Offering Specialized Support
for Enhanced College Success

For Pre-College Students and College Freshmen

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• Accept the challenge of higher education; set goals for degree attainment

• Recognize the difference between high school & college; rigor & freedom

• Become familiar with college “lingo” and available resources

• Use a "strength-based" approach for self-reflection & action; be positive

• Understand a course syllabus & a professor’s expectations

• Appreciate diversity/inclusion/equity in education

• Treat a 12+ hour course load as a full-time job

• Enhance study skills: annotating, reading, note-taking, test-prep, etc.

• Establish a work-life balance by prioritizing tasks; manage time

• Take a metacognitive approach to learning; learn how to learn

• Stay physically, mentally, & emotionally healthy; become mindful

• Learn to infuse mindful practices into daily habits

• Build strong social connections & networks on campus

• Embrace a “digital disconnect” & an awareness of screen time

• Strengthen self-confidence & self-advocacy

• Communicate in a professional, civil manner

• Develop common sense strategies for daily routines

• Appreciate YOW:  YOU matter, OTHER PEOPLE matter, and WORDS matter

• And so much more...

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                       Be COLLEGE READY; be COLLEGE STRONG!  

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   Contact us for assistance with ISEE, SAT/ACT prep, college admissions essays, and writing assignments during the first year of college, and beyond. Private and group tutoring available.

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