Minnetonka Community Education

Are you ready for college?

In our 3-hour Crash Course for College Students, you will prepare for academic success in the college setting.

Key concepts taught include:

• Strategies for active reading, listening, and retention
• Goal setting and attainment
• How to avoid procrastination
• Focus, concentration, endurance, active listening, active learning
• Test-taking strategies
• Self-advocacy: How to discuss educational needs with instructors
• Strategies to stay focused and motivated in class
• How to access and receive accommodations from special services
• Note-taking in lectures
• Academic reading strategies
• Planning, organizing, and managing time
• Best study strategies to prepare for classes and tests

After this 3-hour session, you will have the knowledge and confidence to get their college career off on the right foot. You will have a notebook that you created of the study skills and strategies learned in class to reference throughout the year. You will also have your own written academic goals with an action plan to achieve these goals.