Getting the best out of college : a professor, a dean, and a student tell you how to maximize your experience /

"A guide to optimizing all aspects of the undergraduate college experience, written for students by a professor, a dean, and a recent college graduate"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feaver, Peter
Other Authors: Wasiolek, Sue, Crossman, Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Ten Speed Press, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • You expect me to live with a stranger?
  • Managing life in the dorm
  • Leaving home, phoning home, and the first trip back to the mothership
  • Managing relationships back home
  • I have the perfect schedule-all my classes are on wednesday!
  • Writing the personal narrative called your transcript
  • Alliances, fellows, and clubs, oh my!
  • Engaging in extracurriculars
  • Memories that last a lifetime (the good kind)
  • Commencing adulthood like an adult
  • What professors wish you knew
  • Paying attention to the man (or woman!) behind the curtain
  • Getting what you came for
  • The nuts and bolts of higher learning
  • I've never needed help before
  • Campus resources
  • So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
  • Choosing your major vs. your career
  • This, too, shall pass
  • Preparing for life after college.