How would the lack of college prep skills high school students get effect students that are just coming to college?
School has officially started, and new college students are coming in. High school is different in so many ways. High school can also teach us skills that are meaningful in our lives. For some people, however, there are some things that they fail to teach us when it comes to going to college.
But what did high school fail to teach us when it comes to people who are going straight to college after high school? And what resources there are at NECC and where you can find them?
Some high schools are a great way to learn some advanced things when it comes to work and having a career such as tech schools and other high schools with career opportunities. But what about the people who are going to college? How does this affect the people and their first semester in college?
There are a few things that high school did not teach us. A good example of this is high school did not teach us that in college we have to ask our professor for if we need any help.
“I had to go out of my way to talk to my professor to get help,” Kevin Adu said. “I was the one who was responsible for revising my work.” High school students see their teacher more than twice a week, so it is easier to get help from your teachers.
“I learned that I needed to ask for help because in high school, we would see the teacher more than twice a week,” Andrea Wall said. “They didn’t give us any tips for college, nor did they give us any study times.”
“Learning Excel spreadsheets was a really big learning curve for me,” Skylar Garcia said. “Time management was a huge learning curve because high school had a set schedule.”
There are a lot of resources that NECC has to offer.
There are tutoring centers that can help you with your classes.
There is the math tutoring, which can help you with anything math and science related. There is the writing center, which can help you with any classes that involve writing. Finally, there is the accounting tutoring center for people who are taking accounting classes.
The math and science tutoring center is in C205.
The writing center is in C204. The accounting tutoring center has changed so it would be good to ask your teacher to know where it is.
You can also find the days and times they are opened on the NECC website.
You can schedule appointments for the tutoring centers besides the accounting tutoring; you can do this through Navigate 360.
There is an icon that says appointments on it, and you can schedule and cancel appointments from there.
You can also find study buddies there as well, which can be really helpful for a lot of students who want to find people to study with.
It is really good to take note of these resources whether you are a new student who is not used to having tutoring centers that are free, and for the returning students who have heard of these centers but don’t know where they are.
