18 Things College Students Need to Know

by Renée Bailey

Overview

Getting ready for college can be so exciting. You’re putting in applications and getting responses. You’re talking to your friends, making plans. Maybe you’re the first person in your family to go off to college and that amps up the thrill of the process. But here’s the thing: college itself is stressful. It can leave you emotionally spent, financially broke, and completely disillusioned with educating yourself, if you’re not careful.

You’re going to have stress. 38% of female college students and 27% of male college students report that their stress level is so high that it negatively affects their academic performance. The goal of 18 Things College Students Need to Know is to give you the tricks, hacks, and tools to handle your college stresses in a proactive way and make the best of the educational opportunity that college is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645433866
Publisher:	Mascot Books
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Renée Bailey grew up as the only daughter of a single mother. Between the ages of about 5 – 10 years old, she watched as her mother went to a two year nursing college while working full time. She watched as her Mom studied, and listened while her mom played audiotapes of her classes. She listened so well that this young woman would actually quote the professors back to her mother. As she approached her own college experience, she realized how ill prepared she really was. Sure enough, in the second semester of undergraduate degree, life took a sharp turn for this young woman and what she didn’t know about university life started working against her. As a result of what Renée went through with her own college experience, she learned about the stress of college, firsthand. Learning more about these stressors and how to overcome them kept her from being one of approximately thirty percent of college freshmen who drop out and enabled her to finish two undergraduate degrees and a master’s degree in Performance Psychology. She has taught at the college level and now writes and speaks to high school and college students to help them stress less and succeed more in college.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Congratulate Yourself but Appreciate the Opportunity 5

2 Make a Break from Your Parents/Authority Figures, but Honor Them 13

3 Make Yourself Part of the Community 21

4 Watch Your Finances 31

5 Do Your Body a Favor and Avoid the Freshman Fifteen 43

6 Don't Be a Jerk to Your Roommate 55

7 Take Exploration Classes (Yes, Even in Gen Eds) 65

8 Don't Overload Yourself on Classes 73

9 Show Up to Class 83

10 Your Planner is Your New Best Friend 91

11 Do the Work and Do It Well 99

12 Study with Other People 109

13 Don't Cheat 117

14 Go to Office Hours 125

15 Use Your Critical Thinking Skills and Study "Outside the Box" 133

16 Map Out Your Path to Graduation 141

17 Don't Lose Focus and Don't Quit! 147

18 Have Fun 157

Afterword 161

About the Author 163