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Title: THE 10 ABSOLUTE BEST MOST SECRET AND HIGHLY VALUED TIPS FOR THRIVING IN YOUR NEW LIFE


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  • THE 10 ABSOLUTE BEST MOST SECRET AND HIGHLY
    VALUED TIPS FOR THRIVING IN YOUR NEW LIFE
  • AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Heavily borrowed and adapted from a presentation
by Dr. Donald Rosen, Director of the Counseling
Center at Texas Womans University
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Tip 1
  • Credit cards are NOT your best friends
  • Credit card debt is one reason why students drop
    out of college--because theyve gotten themselves
    so far in debt that they have to go to work to
    pay off the interest (not the principle, they may
    never pay off the principle)

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Tip 2
  • Staff and faculty are your friends
  • Really
  • They are also friendly, helpful, and charming!
  • Visit them during office hours or make an
    appointment
  • Leave a note
  • They want you to be successful

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Tip 3
  • Academic assistance is everywhere
  • Writing Center
  • Tutoring Services
  • Tutoring groups for math classes
  • One-on-one tutors for other classes
  • Learning Services
  • Disability Services
  • Professors, academic advisers, staff

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Tip 4
  • Student Services and Student Life can make your
    life easier and more enjoyable
  • Take advantage of campus services, activities,
    events
  • Stuff you learn outside the classroom is equally
    as valuable
  • Clubs and orgs, health services, counseling,
    student government, convocations, concerts,
    movies, commuter lounges, floor events,
    multicultural events, coffee houses, small group
    Bible studies, Student Union, and many, MANY more!

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Tip 5
  • Be a neighbor, not a nuisance
  • Noise annoys
  • Courtesy counts
  • New friends are fun!
  • Take out your trash
  • Common sense is NOT over-rated!!
  • Roommates arent mind readers

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Tip 6
  • Time management skills are a must
  • No more homeroom teacher, no mom and dad
  • More independence, less structureyoure
  • responsible for all of it
  • Learning to schedule your time to use it best
  • Learning how much you can really handle at one
    time
  • To do lists, sticky notes, calendar on
    Googlewhats your system?

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Tip 7
  • Stress management is a key to college survival
  • You will get overwhelmed sometime while youre
    here
  • Being proactive is important avoid the pressure
    cooker by
  • releasing steam over time (in healthy ways, of
    course)
  • Go back to the basicseat a balanced diet, get
    enough sleep,
  • exercise moderately (mom was right!)
  • One of those life skills to master

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Tip 8
  • Find your inget connected with peers by
    getting involved!
  • School Involvement Greater Happiness
  • School Involvement Less happiness maybe
    dropping out
  • Whats your in? (sports, student government,
  • music, theater, chapel, FISH, Bible studies,
  • residence hall activities, clubs/orgs, ???????)

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Tip 9
  • Avoid the Snowball Effect!
  • Procrastination is your enemy
  • Dealing with difficulties efficiently is your
    friend
  • Deal with molehills BEFORE they turn into
    mountains
  • whenever possible! (proactive)
  • Look BEFORE you leapwhats the consequence?
  • Helps you keep things in your control instead of
  • these things taking on lives of their own

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Tip 10
  • Read and follow label directions
  • Student portal
  • Campus email account
  • Student Policies Handbook
  • Housing Agreement

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So, to Recap
  • Credit card debt Bad
  • Academic help, Student Services, Student Life
    Good
  • Being a noisy neighbor Bad
  • Time/stress management and basic self-care Very
    Good
  • Getting involved Good
  • The snowball effect Bad
  • Knowing youre not alone Priceless!

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Thanks!
Thoughtful and informed living
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