We've talked a lot about the benefits of developing a Growth Mindset. We've also discussed the Four Steps to Adopting a Growth Mindset. Now, I'd like to share a personal anecdote on how the Growth Mindset impacted my academic life.
Understanding the Growth Mindset
The absolute first thing you need to do before you do anything in college is adopt a Growth Mindset. By adopting this mindset, you’ll unlock your ability to improve your academic performance, and you’ll understand why it’s possible to go from C’s in high school to A’s in college.
Thinking About Course Selection
It’s that time of the year again. Time to pick classes! Course selection can be pretty intense. There are hundreds of possible classes to take, but you only get to choose three. You want to pick classes that are interesting and relatively straightforward – but those classes tend to fill up quickly.
In addition to all of that, you have to compete with the rest of the student body to get into popular classes. It’s like the Hunger Games for course selection. As a student picking classes, you’ve been volunteered as tribute. To help you survive, we’ve compiled a list of helpful tips – that way, you’ll make it through course selection period victoriously!
Overcoming Final Exam Anxiety
It is 12 o’clock at night and you’re cramming material for your history exam. Sweat drips down from your brow as you try to memorize the series of events that led up to Napoleon’s defeat during his invasion of Russia in 1812. ...continue reading "Overcoming Final Exam Anxiety"
The Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction?
You may have heard stories about the Freshman 15. It’s the extra 15 pounds that magically appear on your bathroom scale after your freshman year. But is it really real? ...continue reading "The Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction?"