| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Do You Need This Book?; Chapter 1. Why College?; Why College?; Assess Your Needs; The Payoff!; Chapter 2. Financing Your Education; Accessing Federal Funds; Finding Funds; Being Financially Savvy for Life; Chapter 3. Get Going: The Processes; Getting Started; Registration; If You Have a Problem; Chapter 4. Which Courses?; The Career and Majors Connection; The Major; The Curriculum; Academic Enrichment Programs and Honors; Chapter 5. The Professors; Student-Faculty Interactions; Chapter 6. Your People |
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FamilyFriends; Dating; Clubs and Organizations; Employers; Deans and Other Administrators; Chapter 7. Transitions; First Year; Sophomore Year; Junior Year; Senior Year; Chapter 8. Time Management and Study Skills; Managing Your Time; Multitask; Study Tips; Chapter 9. When It Feels Like a Crisis; Academic Crises; Health and Well-Being Crises; Personal/Emotional Crises; Other Kinds of Crises; College Is for Learning Life Skills; Chapter 10. Preparing for Life after College; The Graduate/Professional School Plan; The Job Search Plan; Affording Your New Life; Chapter 11. Graduation! |
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Met Your Requirements?Activities and Traditions; Graduation Day!; Chapter 12. Being an Alumnus; Your College Network; Alumni Resources; A Parting Note; Index; Back Cover; |
| Summary |
Your all-in-one guide to navigating college left and setting yourself up for success! "Marcia Cantarella's advice is not only concrete and practical, it covers situations that may overwhelm and derail students as they attempt to navigate the path to graduation." --Patty Machir, Executive Director, Futures and Options "I am excited about the students who will have the honor and pleasure to read this book. It's like something picked right out of my brain. This is incredible!" --Endri Horanalli, Hunter College Graduate College is a time of both great opportunities and great challenges. Regardless. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
First-generation college students -- United States.
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People with social disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
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Educational attainment -- United States.
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Study skills -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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College student orientation -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Degrees, Academic -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cantarella, Marcia I Can Finish College : The Overcome Any Obstacle and Get Your Degree Guide Naperville : Sourcebooks,c2012 9781402272752 |
| ISBN |
9781402272776 electronic bk. |
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1402272774 electronic bk. |
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9781402272769 electronic bk. |
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1402272766 electronic bk. |
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