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1.1 Who Are You, Really?
1.2 Different Worlds of Different Students
1.3 How You Learn
1.4 What Is College, Really?
1.5 Let’s Talk about Success
1.6 Chapter Activities
2.1 Setting and Reaching Goals
2.2 Organizing Your Space
2.3 Organizing Your Time
2.4 Chapter Activities
3.5 Chapter Activities
3.4 Problem Solving and Decision Making
3.3 Searching for “Aha!”
3.2 It’s Critical
3.1 Types of Thinking
4.1 Setting Yourself Up for Success
4.2 Are You Ready for Class?
4.3 Are You Really Listening?
4.4 Got Notes?
4.5 Remembering Course Materials
4.6 Chapter Activities
5.1 Are You Ready for the Big Leagues?
5.2 How Do You Read to Learn?
5.3 Dealing with Special Texts
5.4 Building Your Vocabulary
5.5 Chapter Activities
6.1 Test Anxiety and How to Control It
6.2 Studying to Learn (Not Just for Tests)
6.3 Taking Tests
6.4 The Secrets of the Q and A’s
6.5 The Honest Truth
6.6 Using Test Results
6.7 Chapter Activities
7.1 Why Attend Classes at All?
7.2 Participating in Class
7.3 Communicating with Instructors
7.4 Public Speaking and Class Presentations
7.5 Chapter Activities
8.3 Other Kinds of Writing in College Classes
8.2 How Can I Become a Better Writer?
8.1 What’s Different about College Writing?
8.4 Chapter Activities
9.1 Getting Along with Others
9.2 Living with Diversity
9.3 Campus Groups
9.4 Chapter Activities
10.1 Nutrition and Weight Control
10.2 Activity and Exercise
10.3 Sleep
10.4 Substance Use and Abuse
10.5 Stress
10.6 Emotional Health and Happiness
10.7 Sexual Health
10.8 Chapter Activities
11.1 Financial Goals and Realities
11.2 Making Money
11.3 Spending Less
11.4 Credit Cards
11.5 Financing College and Looking Ahead
11.6 Chapter Activities
12.1 The Dream of a Lifetime
12.2 Career Exploration
12.3 Choosing Your Major
12.4 Getting the Right Stuff
12.5 Career Development Starts Now
12.6 The Power of Networking
12.7 Résumés and Cover Letters
12.8 Interviewing for Success
12.9 Chapter Activities