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5 Steps to Excel in Community College

Do you want to excel in community college? If so, read this article, which tells you five steps you can take, starting today.  We’re heading into a new year when many people make resolutions they want to commit to. I’ve never made New Year’s resolutions myself, but for years, I’ve set goals to keep me […]

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One Key Strategy to Become a Skillful Reader in Community College

Are you a community college student who wants to improve your reading skills? If yes, this article is for you! Becoming a skillful reader takes your critical thinking skills to the next level, improves your reading comprehension, and positions you to perform well in all your courses. Learning how to annotate is one key way

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3 Effective Ways to Manage your Time as a Community College Student

Why is effectively managing your time important as a community college student? Because your ability to stay in school until you graduate significantly depends on it. Our dreams and goals may take us years to achieve, but we work towards them through our daily actions. What focused, consistent actions are you willing to take to

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7 Tips to Excel as a First-Generation Student in Community College

Do you want to know how to excel in community college as a first-generation student? If yes, keep reading. By first-generation student, I mean you’re the first in your family to attend college. You’ll face unique obstacles to academic achievement and to full integration into your campus community. Yet you’ll be under tremendous pressure to

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Academic Achievement Resilience

Scared to Ask for Help at Community College? Here Is How to Do It

One of the disadvantages of being a first-generation college student is not knowing what you don’t know. One of the advantages of being a first-generation college student is not knowing what you don’t know. You read that right! The fact that you don’t have the necessary knowledge can work against you or in your favor

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Academic Achievement

How to Power Through Feeling Out of Place at Community College: 7 Tips

My name is Aminata Sy. I’m a woman from Senegal, West Africa, who believed I could achieve more and went for it. Why I’m Writing about Excelling at Community College Feeling out of place and dealing with adversities were a constant part of my academic experiences. I’m the author of the memoir Destined: A Story

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