Why College?
1st Year Experience
College Culture
This Will Help?
Wayback Machine
100

What are The Five Whys?

A process of asking “Why” 5 times to find one's deepest reason for going college.  

100

There are 6 Adjustments students make when entering college. Identify 2 of them.

  • Academic adjustment. 
  • Cultural adjustment. 
  • Emotional adjustment.
  • Financial adjustment. 
  • Intellectual adjustment. 
  • Social adjustment.
100

What are Office Hours?

The hours professors are in their offices and available to students.

100

How can this textbook help you develop your "Why"?

  • Student Survey Questions
  • Analysis Questions
100

What is the maximum points you can receive for class participation?

25 Points

200

Why is knowing your deepest reason for attending college important?

For clarity and motivation to persist.

200

College CAN transform us. What do we need to do to experience this transformation?

Remain flexible, and open to learning and changing

200

What is the term for using someone’s words, images, or ideas as your own, without proper credit/citation?

Plagiarism

200

After learning your WHY, there are 2 other ways this textbook can help you succeed in college. What are they?

Refine SUCCESS STRATEGIES

Provide RESOURCES

200

Can you receive Participation credit if you are absent?

No

300

If one knows their "Why", they are less likely to experience these 2 things.

Stress and Anxiety

300

This item is the course "bible".

The syllabus

300

What is the primary means of communicating with students that CT State uses?

School email

400

What is the most obvious Reward/Value of a college education?

More money

400

Your network will expand in college. What are the 5 components connected to you? Name all five.

Family

Friends

Peers

Mentors

Authority Figures


400

What does Academic Integrity prohibit you from doing?

Plagiarizing, cheating. 

500

Name 2 other Benefits of attaining a college degree? 

  • Greater job satisfaction. 
  • Better job stability. 
  • Improved health and wellness. 
  • Better outcomes for the next generation.
500

There are 5 Challenges you may face in your 1st year of college. Name 2 of them.

  1. Feel like an imposter. 
  2. Worry about making a mistake. 
  3. Try to manage everything yourself. 
  4. Ignore your mental and physical health needs. 
  5. Forget to enjoy the experience. Whether
500

What IS Academic Integrity?

Doing your own work and being accountable.

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