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Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 1 Why Go To College? Learn more about things that interest you Training for a specific career Better job More money General Education Preparation for graduate/professional school Improve reading/study skills

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 2 More Reasons to Attend College Become more cultured Parental pressure to attend Wanted to get away from home Mentor/role model encouraged you to go Could not find a job Nothing better to do, why not?

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 3 National Survey

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 4 Average student with a college degree earns about 50% more each year than average person with only high school education

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 5 Million Dollar Difference A college graduate may earn up to nearly a million dollars more than a person with only a high school degree

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 6 Reasons for a College Education Beyond the $ Learn to use critical thinking skills Communicate better Deal with advances in knowledge and technology in a global economy Learn to adapt to new situations Be better prepared to live in a world of diversity

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 7 More Reasons for a College Education Beyond the $ Learn to lead a life of community service Make learning a lifelong habit Understand the meaning of your own contributions to the world

Time Management

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 9 You can gain extra time by 1. Doing the same task in less time than usual. 2. Using time that you previously wasted. In your notes list two example of each.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 10 Find another student who has different examples than those you wrote. You have 5 minutes to find 4 examples of each!

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 11 Time Management 1. Carry pocket work (book, article, flash cards) for those times when you find a few minutes to study. 2. Plan a good schedule and keep a date book. Which of these did you list?

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 12 Time Management 3. Use a Daily “To Do” List. 4. Avoid “time wasters.” What others do you have?

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.1 | 13 Assignments Send me an from the address that you are going to use for this class. Locate the Academic Calendar and give me 4 important dates for this semester. Find the Financial Aid application deadline. Give me one scholarship you can apply for next year.