Preparing for College Life

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Preparing for College Life

• Jonathan Oh
• Duke University Student
• me_at_jonathanoh.tk
• Presented in May 2005 at Lexington High School
• Updated for the web on January 6, 2007

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Quick Look

• About myself
• Freshman Experiences
• Preparing as Rising Seniors
• Preparing for College
• Deadlines
• Questions and Answers

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About myself

• Student at Duke University
• Major Political Science
• Minor History
• Future Plans Broadcast Journalism
• Personality Stuff Interested in News, Politics,
  Weather, Computers, Sports, Church

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Freshman Experiences

• Roommates Good roommates great year!
• Duke Basketball Awesome!
• Cool people
• Classes Take interesting ones
• Finals Study hard!
• Stuff OTHER than CLASSES Friends, activities,
  etc.
• Off-campus experiences Church, sports

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Rising Seniors

• Congrats!
• Summer Preparation Studying, prepare
  applications, research colleges, visit colleges,
  think about general life goal
• Why college is important Advancement in
  education, broad perspective, everyone can go to
  collegejust apply yourself!
• Testing Plan ahead and prepare
• Classes Do well in them
• Financial Aid Dont let cost stop youschools
  are helpful in this!

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College Freshmen

• Congrats too! (For graduating seniors)
• Summer Preparation Packing, planning, consulting
  on what to do, get in contact with roommate
• Stuff to take Look aroundplenty of listsless
  is better, but dont take too little
• Keep in mindexciting time, but make sure you
  dont leave anything out
• Class schedules Start thinking about thisyou
  need to register before/start of school year
• Control yourself! Have fun, but dont do
  anything that will get you kicked out

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Deadlines

• VERY important!
• Testing deadlines Check with guidance office
• Application/Admission deadlines Dont miss them!
• Financial Aid deadlines Dont miss them!
• Registration deadlines Dont miss them unless
  you want to take bad classes.
• When to start? NOW!

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Questions?

• Contact me at me_at_jonathanoh.tk.
• Visit http//www.jonathanoh.tk.
• GO DUKE!