Predicting College Success
Monday, November 23, 2009
Answer these 12 Questions!
Landmark College, a two-year college that’s known nationally for working with students who have learning disabilities or other educational hang-ups, complied a list of questions that assess a student’s college readiness. If a teenager can answer “yes” to the following 12 questions in five critical areas necessary for college success, chances are he or she will be able to do just fine.
Academic Skill
Can you read up to 200 pages a week?
Do you have a system for taking notes?
Can you clearly summarize a college-level reading assignment?
Can you write a 10-page paper that refers to two or more sources?
Self-Understanding
Do you know your academic strengths?
Do you know which academic tasks give you the most difficulty?
Self-Advocacy
When you run into difficulty, do you ask for help?
Executive Function
Do you have a system for keeping track of your projects, books and papers?
Are you able to ignore difficulties and focus on the task at hand?
Do you have a strategy for completing tasks that you find boring?
Motivation and Confidence
Do you know what you want to get out of your first year of college?
Do you know that you can succeed?
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