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It would be a great benefit to you to be a SAGE member. I can guarantee that.

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because it has made a difference in my learning. Umm...like I said, I'm proud to be a SAGE member.

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Hi, my name is Anthony and I'm a displaced worker. I worked in the furniture industry

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for 24 years and I ended up coming back to school.

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If you're struggling in a class, SAGE tutoring will be really beneficial. It helped me a lot.

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When I was struggling in a class they had tutoring that was able to help me pass my class.

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In the math program, I had to start with the basic math and I've had tutoring all the way through my math program

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And, if it hadn't been for that, I don't think I would have passed any of the math.

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What helped me the most is obviously the tutoring. I mean, it's drastically improved my grades;

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it's kept me focused.

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Ummm, but with SAGE, I found that I had support, guidance, and counseling.

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And, SAGE has been my peace haven. I come here; I study. I've made close friendships.

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I'm here in between every one of my classes everyday. I've actually started out

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as a tutee. Now I tutor quite a few different subjects and I've had

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just so many different days I've broken down and cried; I've just

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been so happy. I've gotten hugs from everyone for my accomplishments.

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SAGE has been very, very beneficial to me.

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The other thing that I'll really stress to you is that you can meet other students

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in the same situation that you are and you have that commraderieship that

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helps you through school. And I just encourage you to take advantage

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of the SAGE program here at Wilkes Community College.

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And also, in SAGE, they have a book loan program that i've taken

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advantage of. I've borrowed some calculators and have had calculators loaned to me, and books.

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It's saved me a great deal of money. And, you have to return them.

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But it does, it saves you a great deal of money on books that you're

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not going to keep with you anyway. You don't have to go through the

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buying a book and selling them back. Like I've said, it's very

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convenient, very helpful.

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I think it's very helpful. Yeah. they let you check out books.

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yeah, it's free. Free is good! (laughter)

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You can earn shirts if you meet your goals. Counseling is good.

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Always very nice people. Very helpful...people!

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I've had advisers help me with registering for classes when my personal

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adviser couldn't get to me. That's been a big help.

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They've helped me with my financial aid. I've also received the scholarship

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from SAGE, that's been very helpful.

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You can get tutoring. You can be tutored. I got tutored (laughter)

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You can be a tutor. Yeah.

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Hi, I'm Danny. SAGE is a really great place to come to in order to study

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and improve your study habits.

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Yeah, tutors do get paid. I was a tutor! I wish I was one. (Laughter)

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Umm...it really helps to have a special place on campus to go to

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away from all the noise.

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SAGE has helped me becuase they've got a computer lab that I can use to do my

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homework assignments. They have tutoring to help with classes I need help in.

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If I need to just talk to somebody they're here to talk to.

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It's a good place to study for homework, tests, quizzes, get caught up in all your classes.

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Hello my name is Danny. And, I'm Rebecca. And I'm a displaced

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worker and I've returned to school, uh...returned to college after being

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out of school for about 15 years now.

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SAGE can be a great benefit to you because they've helped me with getting

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tutoring, getting help, actually even advising me on things. They helped me

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get my schedule together.

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There's many, many people here to help you with the question you

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would have about advising you for classes, financial aid and

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those sort of things that you'll need.

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And, I've decided to come back to school. I've also been out

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of school for about the same amount of time, for about 15 years.

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SAGE means the most to me for the guidance and the support that I get.

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But, it's a great program. you can't ask for anything better.

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Actually networking is building a group of people that

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can help you in your success as a student. That would be fellow

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students, instructors, the SAGE staff, especially the SAGE staff. They're here to help you.

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It doesn't hurt to raise your hand, ask quesitons, all the time.

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Just ask questions. That's what they're here for!

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They can guide you in some of the classes you need to take

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in order to be successful when you get out into the job market.

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You have to think of yourself as a selling tool so that when

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you're in the market you're really selling yourself to your employers.

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So you want to make sure that you get the best instructions, you get guidance

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from the SAGE staff.

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Don't be afraid to reach out and make friends with people.

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Our instructors are people, too. And it's good to get to know your instructor

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and for them to get to know you.

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College is different from high school because you don't have

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teachers telling you to hurry up and get to class so you're not late.

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You have to work time management so you're not late.

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College is different than high school in the fact that you have a

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lot more freedom but with that freedom comes a whole lot more responsibility.

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Making friends is a lot easier. You don't have to be under pressure

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There's all different kinds of age groups, and if you're in class

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you're there for the same reason, so you have a different way of

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bonding.

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Uh...you have less class time, but you to have a lot more time studying what

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you've learned in that class. So, it's almost flip-flopped.

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I wouldn't say it's easier, but it's easier if you make it that way.

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You become more sociable in college. Because, in high school you don't have to ask

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your neighbor for help, you just go straight to the instructor. But, in college

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the instructor is not always there to help you where you have to go to

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someone else.

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Uh..I think another good thing about being in SAGE is the campus

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visits you go on. It's especially important if you're planning

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to transfer to a four-year university. On the campus visits you

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get to meet with the professors, um...you get to take the campus tours, kind

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of get a feel for the campus so you know whether it's too big for you

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or too small for you.

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Yes, I plan to go NC State for a campus visit since I'm going into

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veterninary medicine. So, I can get a feel for what the school is like, see if

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I really want to go there when it gets time to graduate from WCC.

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I'll be transferring to Winston-Salem State for their nursing program, and hopefully see what their school

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is like and how their nursing program will be beneficial to me.

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Being selected as a mentor in the SAGE program was very exciting for me. It helped me with my leadership

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skills..uh..and it helped me to focus more on the techniques that SAGE presents to you when you in the beginning when you become

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a SAGE member. As far as mentoring goes it's been beneficial

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to me in order to help people, to guide people along with their

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studies, areas to go to for assistance whether it be Student

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Services, the library, SAGE, and helping them find tutors that will help

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them with the subject matter they are having difficulty with.

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The mentoring program is um..a program where your peers

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your fellow students, that guide you through some of the materials

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that are very helpful to you that may not go so in depth with

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some of your other classes. It's having someone to go to

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knowing that they're not alone

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and the experiences that they're having is in general just the

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same experiences all the students are having. And, not everyone's willing to talk about it

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and instead of keeping it bottled up inside, effecting your studies,

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it's great to have someone to go to and talk to that's already

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been through the same experiences.

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There's different types of study methods and learning methods.

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You have to find out what your's is so that you can take advantage

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of that and be able to prosper in your classes.

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Um...you're new to school and everything is totally different

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from what you've experienced before in high school or even

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in the workplace. Myself, I'm a dislocated worker after over

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30 years from being out of school, coming back to school has

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been a whole new experience even still.

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I have learned that the more you get involved on the campus

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involved in SAGE, involved in your clubs, the better student you are.

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You prosper more, you learn leadership skills.

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Well, my first study tip will be to study your notes in every

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class every day and it doesn't need to be a huge study

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session, just small study sessions each day, so you don't

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end up having to cram the last day before a test, because

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you won't keep it in your mind that way, If you study each day

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in small amounts it will stay in your brain more.

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Set yourself a specific time, find yourself a specific place

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and that's another thing I like about this SAGE program. You've got

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an area here where you can get by yourself. It's quiet; you can study.

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Uh...you have to have a place where you can just focus on

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what you're doing.

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When I review I look over someone else's notes to make sure

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that we've got the same thing where if I miss something, they might have caught it.

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I had a math class that was a very difficult class with

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minimal instruction. It was mostly you do the material on your own

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and then if you have questions the instructor would help you

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out with that. So, we formed a study group and that was

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very beneficial because we could bounce off ideas from

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what we've read and learned and tried examples.

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study with you.

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The best thing I found about SAGE is the study group, where

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a group of students get together for a certain subject or class

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and they make up their own test questions becuase anyting

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is possible for a test. So, make as many as you can and just

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go through them and try the best you can to make them accurate

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as they can be.

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Always do your assignments two days before they're due.

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That way you can review them and you're not rushing for the

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last minute. Yeah. Because you don't want to be pressed for time.

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Do not procrastinate! Because, procrastination is the worst

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thing, in my opinion, that will hurt your success in school.

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Depending on the classes that you're in even if they don't assign

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you homework, you have to assign yourself some homework.

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To be in college it's required to have time to study. If you don't

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have time.....you don't do as well. You won't be successful.

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Whatever you do, don't wait unitl the last minute! Prepare

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a week to two weeks in advance before you take an exam, and

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it will make it so much easier to get through the exam.

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I find that if you dedicate a certain amount of time even if

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it's 30 minutes a day studying a particular, you know whatever,

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subject that you're in, that you're doing and studying for that you

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don't have to wait until the night before to do it. You're constantly

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moving that information around in your head and studying it

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and learning it and uh, because if you put if off until the

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night before you can't process all that information in one night.

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It makes it really hard.

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Uh...study to where you understand, not just to memorize

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a fact. If you understand why something is, the way it is,

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then you'll understand the concept a lot easier.

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I would suggest to be self-motivated. That's very important.

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I'd just like to share another tip. For me, what has really made me

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make things work good for me to be a success in college is

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to have the right attitude. And you know, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid to step

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out there and give it all you've got!

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There's help here that's provided for you. You just have to

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ask for it. And uh, people are willing to help you.

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Umm...I spent the last two years learning all over again

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and it's been a great experience!

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