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First-Year Successby Design
Leslie CopelandFirst-Year Coordinator
First-Year Office, Student ServicesMcGill University
First-Year Successby Design
Have you conscientiously assumed responsibility for your success?
Your success ties into how:- you manage your time;- effective your study skills are;- you manage your health & wellness.
First-Year Successby Design
Ultimately your success rests on the daily & weekly CHOICES
you make about how you will:Manage your time
Apply your study skillsTake care of your health
First-Year Successby Design
Life still happens and support is available
YOU MUST BE PROACTIVE
Independent success means knowing where to go when you need help – and then acting on that knowledge and getting the help when you do.
First-Year Successby Design
FIRST-YEAR OFFICEBrown Student Services BuildingSuite 2100, 3600 McTavish Street514-398-6913www.mcgill.ca/[email protected]
Here to help with transitions, to provide year-long academic & social support and to help you make community connections.
First-Year Successby Design
First-Year Successby Design
Transitions: QUESTION?
What have been some of the biggest surprises / challenges / discoveries you’ve made this past month since starting your university careers?
Transitions: Many of you may be experiencing the following transitions:
- leaving home for the first-time - managing your time, your health, your money- moving out of your comfort zones – making new friends – class sizes - re-learning how to learn – especially
in large class environment- realizing that your teachers probably won’t know
your namesYou are creating a new normal!
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COUNSELLING SERVICEBrown Student Services Building, Suite 4200514-398-3601www.mcgill.ca/[email protected]
Here to help with personal problems, transitional issues, not meeting friends, time management, homesickness, exam anxiety – Workshops available
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Time Management
One of the keys toward “Designing” first-year success
Good news! It is a skill and it can be learned.Discipline / Habits = 21 Days
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Five Categories of Time Use1. Wasted time2. Busy time3. Important and urgent4. Urgent but not important5. Important but not urgent
We need to define these for ourselves
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Question:What are some of the biggest contributors to
time lost?
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Procrastination!
“ Procrastination is an invisible disease which takes talented individuals with great potential and turns him/her, slowly, bit-by-bit, over time, into a complete and utter failure.”
How can I get myself to do what I need to do? Author: Terry Gogna
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Time Management Tips
Identify one day & time of the week (e.g., Sunday evening) to layout your week’s commitments.
Have a visual of the long term e.g., the semester
Learn to protect your time
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IF YOU DON’T MANAGE YOUR
TIME, SOMEONE ELSE
WILL!
Study SkillsRe-learn effective use of class time Develop your note taking skills vs. highlightingKnow when you work bestConsistent place to workTake advantage of available workshops
academic skills (study skills, essay writing, multiple choice exams)
Counselling Service – exam anxiety, procrastination, study skills, staying ahead
First-Year Successby Design
TUTORIAL SERVICEBrown Student Services Building, Suite 4200514-398-6011www.mcgill.ca/[email protected]
Offers 1 hour of free tutoring each semester to first-year students.
First-Year Successby Design
Managing your health and wellness- includes physical, mental and emotional
wellness
If you don’t take care of your body, your body will punish you with colds, mono, exhaustion, inability to sleep, weight loss, weight gain, etc.
First-Year Successby Design
HEALTH SERVICES (includes a Dental Clinic)Brown Student Services Building, Suite 3300514-398-6017www.mcgill.ca/studenthealth“Ask Dr. T.”
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Mental Health ServiceChaplaincy ServiceStudent ClubsSchedule “play” time – movie night, dinner
with friendsLeadership for Life! Conference (Leading
Change) - NovemberGet InvolvedLook for ways to develop your soft skills not
just your academic skills
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Have a great first semester!!
First-Year Successby Design
