SURVIVE YOUR FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES

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SURVIVE YOUR FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES
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You arrive at class 15 minutes late. The door is
closed. What would you do?

• Go home
• Knock on the door
• Quietly walk in
• Go shopping

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1. You cannot buy your textbook. What would you do?

• Try to get along without it
• Talk to your teacher
• Go to the campus library
• Use your friends book
• Complain to the bookstore manager
• b, c, or d

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1. You arrive for class and no one is in the
   classroom? What would you do?

• Ask somebody who is standing in the hall
• Go home
• See your advisor
• Contact the department secretary
• Cry

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1. Your teacher is calling off names from the
   class roster. Your name is not on the list. What
   would you do?

1. Show the teacher your schedule
2. Yell out Where is my name?
3. After class, see your advisor to double check
   your schedule
4. Go to registration
5. a and c

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1. You go to the room that is on your schedule and
   you find you are in a department office or you
   just cant find the room. What would you do?

• Stop and ask a fellow student
• Ask the department secretary
• Go see your advisor
• a or b

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1. Most of your instructors will hand out a syllabus
   the first week of class. What is on a syllabus?

• The instructors office location and office hours
• The dates of your tests for the class
• How the instructor grades or the grading scale
• The name of your instructors
• Attendance policy
• All of the above

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1. What is a syllabus and why is it important?

• It is a contract between you and the instructor
• It helps you plan for your class
• It has the policies that your instructor thinks
  are important
• It is nice to have as scrap paper
• It tells you about services you can use on campus
• All of the above but d

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1. What happens when you earn all Cs the first
   semester of school and then, the next semester
   you earn all Cs and one D?

1. Your GPA is fine
2. You go on probation
3. You may need to take the D class over again
4. You are put on the Deans List
5. b and c
6. a and d

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C C C C
A A A B B
D D D F F
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1. Who are you going to call if you have a problem
   during the first week of classes?

• The president of the campus
• The president of the United States
• Your COM 101 instructor
• Your advisor
• New Student Programs
• Your peer leader (if applicable)
• c, d, e, or f

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YOU WILL SURVIVE !

• Good Luck !

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