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Your Path to Graduation Begins Now! Start Right...Finish Strong!
Your chance of academic success will be greatly improved if you follow our weekly checklist. Just click on the week to expand its items. Check back every Monday for your tasks for the week!
-Print out your "detailed schedule" from Web for Students (WFS) through your flashline account. Make note of where each class meets and the name(s) of your instructor(s).
-If you can, buy your textbooks before your classes start. That way you'll be ready for the first reading assignment, which is likely to be assigned the first class. Keep your receipt just in case any materials would change!
-Find all of your classrooms, so you know where you are going the first day of classes.
-Use your Flashguide-write down known responsibilities (Class times, work schedule, recurring activities and meetings).
-Hopefully by now you are checking your email account on a daily basis. If not, it is time to start.
-You need to get contact information from at least one other student in each of your classes. Not only do you have a resource if you ever have to miss class, but the two of you could connect with other students to form a study group.
-If you are considering dropping or adding a class during the second week, you must consult with your academic advisor.
Frosh Bootcamp-Week 3 -13% of the term is gone! Review your syllabi and start your preparation for midterms. You should also get a start on projects or papers that might be due later in the term.
-How are you keeping up on your reading? Are you struggling at all with note taking? Any issues in keeping up with your homework? Don’t let small problems early in the term become big problems later in the term! Go see your academic advisor or the Academic Success Center NOW!
-Identify a question or concern you have about each class after the first few weeks and make it a point to visit your professor during office hours. It is a good way for you to get to know them, and more importantly a good way for them to put your face to your name on their roster. It also shows them you care about learning.
- 33% of the semester is over! Look forward: Very soon, you and your advisor will be planning for the next semester. Understand that whether your advisor is a professor or a professional advisor, he or she has a very full schedule. You will be receiving instructions through your University Colloquium class regarding scheduling for next semester.
- It is important for all students to balance their academic lives with meaningful activities outside of the classroom. How are you spending your time when you are not in class or studying? Have you joined any clubs or organizations? Are you meting new people and are you getting experiences that your classes don't offer? You can learn about all of the available student activities at Kent State by visiting the Center for Student Involvement office in 226 Kent Student Center or go to the website http://dept.kent.edu/csi/StudentOrganizations/StudentOrganizations.html
- 40% of the semester is gone! Midterm exams are probably happening this week or next. Are you prepared? Consider what you have prepared for. Have you joined study groups, attended tutoring? Have you gone to the Writing Center in 206 Satterfield Hall for assistance with any of your papers BEFORE they are due?
Have you made that advising appointment yet?
- During week three, we recommended a visit to your professor during office hours. It is good to do that again this week. Possible topics of discussion could again include concepts you don’t understand or questions you have, but by this time, you may have graded material from the class. It would be good to review that graded material face-to-face with the professor or your T.A.
-MID-TERMS are this week and possibly next week. Mid-term grades a good indication of what your final grades may be for the semester.
-Meet with your academic advisor to assess your progress
-Meet with you professors about how you can improve, if necessary.
-Professors and Advisors will provide you a wealth of information about academic assistance.
- Priority Registration starts this week. Remember you should see your advisor before Priority Registration. You can learn your Priority Registration date by going to the Registrar’s home page at http://kent.edu/registrar/ You will be getting more information during your University Colloquium class.
- Reassess your priorities for the second half of the semester (i.e. check for upcoming assignments)
- 60% of the semester is over!
- Look back: This is a good time for self assessment. Are you sticking to your study plan? Are you caught up on reading? How are those final papers and project coming? Are you getting enough exercise and sleep? Are there any habits you want to adjust going into the last five weeks of the semester?
- The option for course withdraw ends next week. Meet with an advisor to discuss your status. This option is available to all students, and there are a number of factors to consider when it is utilized (i.e. financial aid, graduating on time, insurance rate changes if you are no longer a full time student). You need to plan and make sure this is the best way to go.
- Reassess your priorities for the second half of the semester (i.e. check for upcoming assignments)
- - 66% of the semester is over!
- Friday of this week is the deadline to withdrawal from a class (11:55 pm online or 5:00 pm at the Registrar’s Office). If these terms and policies are confusing to you, consult with your advisor. Note: There will be a “W” on your transcript for every course that you withdrawal from in weeks 3- 10 of each semester.
Check Back for Weeks 11-15
Getting Oriented: Where the Journey Begins…..
The first days and weeks of fall semester are a critical time for first year students, so think about……
Getting Wired
Your individual Flashline and Flashmail account. This is a significant means by which we will communicate important information to you. Check your account regularly — ideally, every day.
Getting Connected
Develop relationships with faculty and staff on campus Meet with an academic advisor at least once per semester
Getting Involved
Join a club or organization that interests you. Being part of an organization will help build a foundation for success and provide you the opportunity to make a difference!
Getting Serious; Learn Fearlessly!
Make academic success a priority. Your chance of academic success will be greatly improved if you:
- Always attend class
- Prepare for each class and do the assigned work
- Ask questions
- Utilize the Academic Success Center, Writing Center, and Library Services
- Take the time to meet with faculty during office hours to work through puzzling material
- Remember—in 6 weeks you will have a college GPA (grade point average)—Midterms start from the very first day of class
