College Success

Consequences of the ongoing pandemic have seriously affected educational systems in the US and around the world. School closures and the opportunities or nightmares of remote learning have caused many parents to reconsider options for schooling their children. Jean Nunnally's memoir of her trials and triumphs in unschooling her two children from birth to college provides an enlightening insight into the innate learning ability of humans, showing how self-esteem, trust, and personal responsibility were preserved and strengthened for herself and her kids.

Everyone knows that the early bird catches the worm, but not everyone knows how it’s done. Studies have shown that early risers earn more money. They’re happier and more productive, and perhaps surprisingly, they often report feeling better rested than those who get up late. Waking up early exposes you to more daylight, which in turn increases the levels of serotonin released by the brain - and that means an elevated mood, a calmer outlook, and increased focus. When you think of it that way, it’s clear to see why waking up early would make you more productive.

Natalie Marie Janji is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA with a BS in chemistry and a passion for helping others succeed. She knows the challenges of college life, and in The Miracle Morning for College Students she shares from her wisdom and experience to help students achieve at the highest level.

Whether you're stepping into college for the first time or looking to up your game, this ultimate guide is packed with everything you need to thrive. Are you a freshman trying to adapt to college life? Afraid you won’t be able to juggle your studies, work, and social life? Wondering how to transition smoothly to professional life after graduation?

In Finding Work You Love, award-winning University of Southern California business school professor Kirk Snyder helps you match the value you alone bring to today's new job market with work that rewards you for who you are in the professional world. When you find a role that leverages the exact strengths and abilities you have to offer, you set yourself up for a rewarding career that matters.

From the professors who teach NYU's most popular elective class, "Science of Happiness," a fun, comprehensive guide to surviving and thriving in college and beyond. Every year, almost 4,000,000 students begin their freshman year at colleges and universities nationwide. Most of them will sleep less and stress out a whole lot more. By the end of the year, 30 percent of those freshmen will have dropped out. For many, the unforeseen demands of college life are so overwhelming that "the best four years of your life" can start to feel like the worst.

Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no.

Parenting teenagers is hard enough without feeling locked out of knowing how to apply to and pay for college. With the right information to turn the key, moms and dads can open the gate so their sons and daughters enter successfully into the futures they deserve. Join Pamela Donnelly in her humorous, informative trainings on the four mission-critical strategies you must implement in order to position your teen for independence, not co-dependence.

"So what are you going to do with your major?" It's an innocent question that can haunt students from high school to graduate school and beyond. Relax. Your major is just the starting point for designing a meaningful future. In this indispensable guide, Dr. Katharine Brooks shows you a creative, fun, and intelligent way to figure out what you want to do and how to get it - no matter what you studied in college.

Not being formally educated does not mean that you don't have what it takes to fulfill your lifelong objectives, dreams, and desires. You need knowledge, courage, strength, perseverance, determination, commitment, and confidence to become successful, and these things are learned and developed from different experiences in life and not just college. If you are dedicated to your goals and want to actualize them but cannot attend college, then you have landed at the right place.

Get Job Ready: How to Land Your Dream Job out of College is the first book of its type, providing India's college students with a career pathway framework as a foundational element to improve their job readiness.

Do you want to gain more independence and maximize your time? Are you struggling with procrastination, time management, and balancing priorities in your academic or professional life? In this comprehensive guide, you will unlock the secrets to executive functioning success as a young adult—no more feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with life. Master time management, beat academic overwhelm, balance priorities, and conquer procrastination for stress-free success.

This five session guide builds your vocabulary for college by presenting challenging words in multiple settings. Learning new vocabulary is a multi-stage process involving multiple interactions with new words in context. This course achieves this by explaining words through their definitions as you would expect, but then presenting them in stories, with their opposites, explaining relevant Greek and Latin word stems, semantic scales and using other proven techniques to rapidly expand your vocabulary via challenging, but commonly used words.

One out of four people earning over $100,000 a year lacks a four-year college degree? All our lives we're threatened, "If you don't get a college degree you'll never amount to anything!" This program shatters that myth. People can and do succeed despite the lack of a degree. You can too!

Graduating from high school is a big step for any girl. She is leaving her childhood behind and beginning the rest of her life. She is also leaving her mother's protective circle of love and guidance. One of the greatest gifts a mother can give her daughter at this pivotal moment in her life is good counsel.

La verdadera razón por la que la mayoría de las personas no obtienen las calificaciones que necesitan, o se desaniman tanto que abandonan la universidad antes de tiempo, no tiene nada que ver con la asignatura que están cursando, ni con sus ganas de triunfar... Es porque carecen de las habilidades de estudio esenciales y de conocimientos internos. Las habilidades y técnicas de estudio son solo una parte de la receta...

This book is a valuable resource for college freshmen, college students, counselors, teachers, and high school seniors who are preparing for the transition to college. Through practical advice, biblical principles, and personal anecdotes, listeners will be equipped to navigate the challenges and opportunities that college life presents. By submitting to God's will, they will discover purpose and direction in their academic and spiritual lives, leading to a successful and fulfilling college experience.

On the first day of high school, Kristina Ellis' mom - a single, working mother who lost her husband to cancer - informed her that she could not financially support her after graduation. Kristina would need to find her own way to pay for college. As an average student with less-than-impressive test scores, Kristina realized she would have to sell herself to scholarship committees if she wanted to stand out. That's when she devised the plan that led to her receiving over $500,000 in scholarships.

For years, we’ve been led to believe that great grades, high test scores, and college acceptance are key to a successful life. Yet our laser focus on these achievements leaves students feeling anxious, demoralized, and unprepared. What if we’ve overlooked the critical skills young adults need to navigate an ever-changing world? What fundamental skills help young people adapt, persevere, and thrive? Academic advisor and early career development expert Ana Homayoun answers these questions and more in her accessible and solutions-oriented guide to transforming future generations.

The first few weeks of college can establish patterns that make or break a student’s success. Full of tips, advice, and strategies, this book helps students develop a foundation of personal goals that will keep them on the road to success through the challenges and choices that the college years bring. Guidance considers all areas of a college student’s well-being, including the academic, financial, social, emotional, and personal aspects that all contribute to a positive college experience.