1. What’s the Deal With: Academic Success Tracy Arwari, Ph.D. Adam Bendell Lindsey Eng Alexandra O’Halloran

2. Transitioning to GW O What are some academic differences between high school and college? O CULTURE: O Academic environment O Class size O Relationships with professors O Workload O Grading

3. Student Learning Culture at GW O How many hours did you study per week in high school? O How many hours will you need to study to be successful at GW?

4. What can you do now to prepare? O After registration, order your books online O Create a study schedule O Buy a calendar and organize assignments/ tests O Buy a good pair of headphones!

5. Academic success tips O What did you do to be successful in high school? O What can you do to be successful here? O Take some advice from current students! O Time management O Organization and planning

6. Student schedules O How did you balance your time in high school? O I’m only in class for 15 hours/ week; high school required twice that…so I should have half the amount of homework and studying to do! O What other commitments might you have? O Student organizations O Jobs O Sports O Service projects O SLEEP!

7. Typical freshman week

8. Academic resources: Faculty O Role of faculty O What are office hours and why do they matter? O What are some advantages to developing a professional relationship with faculty? O How to communicate with professors

9. Academic resources: Emailing a professor What NOT to do What to do Hey, So I like had some qs abt what we talked about yesterday can I come talk to you plz??!! Wanna get some coffee and hang? Maybe I’ll even understand what ur saying! LOLZ Later— T-dawg Dear Professor Arwari, How are you? I hope you’re having a good day! I had some more questions about what we covered in class yesterday (the past subjunctive) and would like to make an appointment during your office hours. What would be a convenient time to come by? Thanks for your help and I’ll see you soon. Sincerely, John Smith

10. Academic resources: Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-Residence O 10 faculty guides & seven faculty-in- residence O Create programming that brings intellectual discourse into the residence halls O Goals of the program: O Make faculty more approachable O Show students how to engage with faculty O Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning (Learning doesn’t just happen in a classroom!)

11. Academic resources: Academic advisors O How is your academic advisor different from your high school guidance counselor? O Four year relationship O When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?

12. Academic resources: The Writing Center O Tutors help you with writing projects (papers, etc.) – grammar, style, overall structure, etc. – in 25 or 50 minute sessions O Will also help with group papers and projects O Visit their site: www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/www.gwu.edu/~gwriter/

13. Academic resources: The Tutoring Initiative O Offers 10 free hours of tutoring to each student O Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, English, math, philosophy, physics, etc. are all supported O Some departments & schools also offer tutoring O Partnership with Smarthinking for an additional five free online hours of tutoring O Visit: http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for more informationhttp://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor

14. Academic resources: The Language Center O Free, walk-in language tutoring for all languages taught at GW O Language exchange program for all members of GW community O Conversation Club at Mount Vernon Campus O Visit: www.gwu.edu/~language to learn morewww.gwu.edu/~language

15. Other university resources O Library systems O Gelman & Eckles O Librarians are a great resource! O Lots of progress being made to enhance our library services O Disability Support Services: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ O Office of Academic Integrity O GW Honor Code O www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity O House Staff

16. How to help yourself (and others!) O What happens when you get off-track? O Look out for one another: Every Colonial Counts! O CARE Network O Who submits a CARE form? O Who is in the CARE Network? O What happens next? O Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/carehttp://students.gwu.edu/care

17. Do you have questions? We have answers! O For more information, feel free to contact students@gwu.edu. students@gwu.edu O Enjoy your summer and be ready to succeed in August! WELCOME TO GW, CLASS OF 2017!