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Welcome to SAGE - Wilkes Community College

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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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    Hmmm....create study groups. Have your friends come and
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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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Title:
Welcome to SAGE - Wilkes Community College
Description:

SAGE (Supporting Academic Goals for Education) is located on the third floor of Thompson Hall in Room 257 and is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., and Friday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. SAGE provides many services to eligible WCC students.
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