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Developing Your Academics
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Being "A" Better Student
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The location of the academic development office.
Where is Cyert Hall Suite B5
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The definition of plagarism
What is the use of someone else’s ideas, words or works, representing them as your own without giving the original author due credit.
100
The easiest way to look for job/internship postings, on-campus interviews, student employment opportunities and career fair registration.
What is TratanTRAK? (found on the Career and Professional Development Center website)
100
The best person to talk to when thinking about changing majors.
Who is the dean of your current college? CIT: Robert Kail H&SS: Joseph Devine SIA: Milton Cofield MCS: Eric Grotzinger SCS: Mark Stehlik
100
A convenient website used to make class schedules for a semester
What is scheduleman.org? (created by students in 2005, provided free of charge by The Tartan)
200
The difference between a standing appointment and a normal tutoring appointment
What is a weekly, on-going appointment. Both can be requested by filling out a tutoring request form in Cyert Hall, Suite B5
200
The person to ask if you're ever in doubt about the integrity of your work
Who is your professor?
200
Where you can look at the high, low, median and average salaries, and also employers and graduate schools for students in your field.
What is the Post-Graduation Survey Results (found on the Career and Professional Development Center website)
200
The amount of hours expected to spend every week for a course
What is the number of units for the course
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The minimum overall QPA needed to graduate with a degree.
What is 2.0
300
The 3 rooms that walk-in tutoring is held in.
What is Mudge Library, Donner Reading Room, and West Wing Tech Lounge?
300
An example of cheating as stated in the Student Handbook
What is (not limiting to): 1. Plagiarism, explained below. 2. Submission of work that is not the student's own for papers, assignments or exams. 3. Submission or use of falsified data. 4. Theft of or unauthorized access to an exam. 5. Use of an alternate, stand-in or proxy during an examination. 6. Use of unauthorized material including textbooks, notes or computer programs in the preparation of an assignment or during an examination. 7. Supplying or communicating in any way unauthorized information to another student for the preparation of an assignment or during an examination. 8. Collaboration in the preparation of an assignment. Unless specifically permitted or required by the instructor. 9. Submission of the same work for credit in two courses without obtaining the permission of the instructors beforehand.
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The location and walk-in advising hours of the Career and Professional Development Center.
What is basement of University Center, and Wednesday 2:00-4:00pm?
300
The approximate cost of each class (factoring in your tuition)
What is $100? Every time you skip a class, you are skipping $100 of your tuition!
300
This college is rumored to not "count" your first year grades into your overall QPA
What is CIT?
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GPA requirement and grade in course you want to tutor to become a Peer Tutor
What is 3.5 and an A? To become a tutor, you must submit an application online on the academic development website, and also participate in a training course before starting
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Members that compose the Academic Review Board.
Who are at least five members drawn from the Associate Deans' Council (including the associate provost for academic projects), designates of Faculty Senate and the Student Government, of which two shall be students. The board must include at least one member from the college(s) represented by the parties.
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Your college's career consultant.
What is : CIT: Lisa Dickter & Carol Young CFA (also BHA, BSA): Sonjala Allen & Elaine Stolick H&SS (also SHS): Debra Ignelzi & Ray Mizgorski MCS (also SHS): Renée Starek SCS: Kevin Collins TSB: Jennifer Frick
400
The most conventional way of becoming a teaching assistant (TA)
What is receiving a request from the professor after excelling in the course (usually need an A, sometimes professors tell you to ask if interested in a position)
400
The definition and requirement for overloading
What is taking more than the suggested amount of units per semester that allows for balanced, well-rounded maturation and development. Number of units considered to be overloading vary for each college. Usually, a QPA of 3.0 is required.
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The perks of being a Peer Tutor or Supplemental Instruction Leader.
What is a flexible work schedule, great thing to put on your resume, and getting paid
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The year that Carnegie Mellon University Policy on Cheating and Plagiarism was first issued.
What is 1980? It was most recently revised in 1990.
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Things the Career and Professional Development Center can help you with.
What is -writing a resume, cover letter, personal statement -looking for summer internship opportunities -practicing for interviews -much more!
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The best way of getting the professor to know who you are.
What is going to their office hours!!!!
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The best way to get off the waiting list for a course.
What is going to the lectures, and either talking to or e-mailing the professor