Your Way to College Success

PAINT

PAINT• P = Prioritize• A = Ask Questions• I = Increase Self-discipline and

Decrease Procrastination

• N = Need Others• T = Take Ownership

Prioritize

• What’s most important to you?• What’s important to the people

who are important to you?• What’s important to the school

and your professors?

Prioritize

• What’s your personal mission statement?

• Life Goal Categories– personal– family– school/career– financial– lifestyle

Prioritize

• How professors prioritize– Knowledge of subject– Becoming educated

– Liberal education

– Higher standards

Ask Questions

• Of texts, lectures, study resources

• Good question words– who, what, when, where, why,

how

• Sense of Inquiry

Ask Questions About Policy

Issues• Know whom you ask• Ask more than one person• Ask the right person• Study written materials for

answers• Patience and perseverance

required

Increase Self-Discipline

• Don’t wait• Regular attendance• Let them know you care• Don’t procrastinate

Decrease Procrastination

•Weigh benefits

•Set reasonable goals

•Get started

•Break into parts

Decrease Procrastination

•Ask for help

•Don’t expect perfection

•Transfer

•Think ahead

Get Motivated

• Why is goal meaningful?• Take one step• Specific, manageable,

achievable, measurable goal• Rewards

Get Motivated

• Deal with obstacles• Begin or begin again• Intent words replace obligation

words– I should becomes I choose to– I have to becomes I want to– I’ll try becomes I will– I mean to becomes I promise to

Need Others

• Form study groups– increase success– make friends– get what you missed– save time– get encouragement– trade talents– be ready to lead

Need Others

• Build learning network– education contacts– campus handbook for just you– network directory– keep in touch

– instructors– administrators– academic advisors– personal counselors– financial aid

Seek Resources– academic centers– tutors– adult education center– organizations and clubs– fitness center– school publications

– bulletin boards– housing and transportation– career planning and placement– student health– support groups/ hotlines

•C230

•Textbooks

•Tutorials

•Tutoring

•Workshops

Need Others• Find a Mentor

– interact with profs outside class– contact each prof at least once

– Tutor Coach program

Take Ownership• High school vs college classes

• Treat professors like people– regular on-time

attendance– office hours– well-groomed appearance– read before class– show interest– turn in neat assignments

–Treated as adult

–Classroom materials

SWB Will Roger’s Home Page

http://www.willrogers.org/

Take Ownership• Policy statement

– assignments– grading standards– calendar– expectations

• You are responsible

• Conferences• Grades earned, not given

Further Resources

• How to Study in College, by Walter Pauk

• Keys to Effective Learning, by Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits