Academics
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True or False: You and your roommate have to become best friends for your living situation to be successful.
False! Everyone has different experiences and you don't always click perfectly with your roommate and that's okay!
You're struggling in a class and want additional academic help. Name ONE resource you could use
Tutoring, SI, Success Coaching, Academic workshops, CSA, etc.
This is a plan for how you intend to spend and save your money
What is a budget
You have a friend who constantly cancels plans at the last minute. What's a reasonable way to handle it?
Communicate with them!
If you don't understand an assignment, this person should be one of your first points of contact.
This person is assigned to help residents with community concerns, roommate issues, and connecting to campus resources.
What is an RA!! (guys thats me)
You are excited to begin building your resume but have no idea where to start or what do even do. Where do you go?
Career Services on the Salisbury website gives you a lot of information based on where you are in college (freshmen, sophomore, etc). Career Services also has a lot of resources and professionals that you can talk to!
Where is Career Services?
You go to Sammy Outfitters and look in their clearance section. You find really cute sweatpants that were originally $60 but they now say they are 25% off. How much are the sweatpants?
What is $45
Where is Sammy Outfitters?
Name ONE good way to meet people in college outside of your residence hall.
Join a club, organization, intramural sport, campus event, class study group, etc.
True or False: You are only allowed to use a professor's office hours if you are failing or struggling in the class.
False! Office hours are a great way to connect with your professors and succeed in your classes!
Your roommate says, "I don't care if you don't like my friends being here. It's my room too." What is the most productive response?
A. "Fine, then I'll do whatever I want too."
B. "You're right, so there's nothing we can do."
C. "It is your room too. Let's talk about what each of us needs and find a compromise that follows our community policies."
D. Report them immediately without talking to them.
What is answer C! ALWAYS communicate with your roommate first !!!!!!
You have a 10 page paper due in two weeks and you have no idea where to start? Where can you go for help?
Where is the writing center?
You receive an email saying your university account will be closed unless you click a link and enter your password. What should you do?
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!!! SALISBURY WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR YOUR PASSWORD
You want to become more involved on campus, but you're already struggling to keep up with school. What's the most important thing to consider before joining five organizations?
Your available time and priorities. Start with a manageable commitment rather than overloading yourself.
Your professor gives you a 10-page reading and an exam is two weeks away. Which study strategy is generally more effective than simply rereading the chapter several times?
A. Highlight every sentence
B. Read it once and forget about it
C. Use active recall by testing yourself on the material
D. Wait until the night before the exam
What is answer C
Name 5 things you are not allowed to have in Chester Hall
what is: a microwave, a bean bag, a candle, cinderblocks/bricks, free weights, alcohol, marijuana, alcohol bottles, led-strip lights, candle warmers, etc.
You have a cough that won't go away and has been keeping you up at night, but you have been too busy to get medicine and you cannot miss your class tomorrow since attendance is mandatory. What do you do?
Go to student health services for medicine and ask them to give you a note to excuse your absence for class
Where is student health services?
If you're going to be away from your room for an extended period of time what is something you should do to keep your room clean and taken care of before you leave
What is take your trash out, throw out old food, keep everything tidy on your side so you don't leave your roommate with a messy room
You meet someone during the first week and immediately become very close. A month later, you realize you don't have much in common. What should you understand about early college friendships?
Early friendships can be based on convenience and shared circumstances. It's normal for relationships to change as you meet more people and discover what friendships work best for you.
You have an exam Friday, a paper due Thursday, and a group project due Monday. It's Tuesday night. Which approach demonstrates the BEST college-level time management?
A. Work exclusively on Friday's exam because it's the biggest grade
B. Complete whichever assignment feels easiest first
C. Identify deadlines, estimate the time each task requires, schedule work across several days, and leave time for unexpected problems
D. Wait until Wednesday to see how much time you have
What is answer C
What do you do if you believe you have microbial growth in your room or bathroom?
You run into a junior who's in one of your classes and they tell you about the pit, quiet rooms, study rooms, and the NABB Center. What are they talking about? Where are these things and what are they?
They are all the GAC! (library)
The pit is on the first floor with all of the computers!
The quiet rooms are on the third floor and you can study in there in silence!
The study rooms are on the second floor and you can reserve them and study in your own private room!
The Nabb Center is on the fourth floor and is a regional repository and research laboratory dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the history and culture of the Delmarva Peninsula
You do your laundry and decide to not set a timer since you will be back later to switch it to the dryer. Your laundry can sit in the washer for a few extra hours no problem! What will happen when you get back?
What is your clothes will smell moldy because you left them to sit while they were wet
You are having a hard time finding a club that you think you would enjoy. Where can you go to find all SU Club events and contacts?
Involved @ SU