Outline of week one Charger Success

1. Stay in
Honors. Stay
happy.
HOW TO SUCCEED AS AN
HONORS STUDENT

2. HONORS: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

3. DO THEY ALL SUCCEED?
HS GPA, ACT, AND UAH GPA OF SELECTED HONORS STUDENTS
(MUST KEEP A CUMULATIVE UAH GPA OF ≥ 3.25 TO STAY IN HONORS)
HS GPA ACT UAH GPA
3.76 30 0.00
3.667 31 0.00
4.35 31 0.83
3.6289 26 1.20
3.6 26 1.38
3.58 30 1.50
3.56 31 1.57
3.5397 30 1.60
3.8906 32 1.67
4.02 25 1.89
3.35 31 1.93
3.3 30 1.93
4.1034 29 1.97
3.125 29 2.00
3.7674 27 2.13
3.773 24 2.28
3.67 31 2.29
3.45 31 2.35
3.98 28 2.38
3.44 29 2.43
4.109 29 2.43
3.92 28 2.44
3.79 32 2.47
3.25 19 2.51
4.04545 30 2.59
3.6087 23 2.60
3.55 29 2.60
HS GPA ACT UAH GPA
3.46 22 2.63
4.02 28 2.69
3.62 27 2.69
3.684 31 2.71
4.06 33 2.72
4.33 26 2.76
3.9063 27 2.80
3.952 27 2.82
3.563 29 2.82
4.05 34 2.85
3.857 30 2.85
4.02768 22 2.85
3.81 30 2.85
4.0559 30 2.86
3.53 21 2.86
3.76 27 2.87
3.56 29 2.88
3.6842 23 2.90
4.09 33 2.91
4.16 25 2.92
3.571 26 2.93
2.8 23 2.93
3.6 27 2.93
4.02 30 2.94
3.94 31 2.95
4 34 2.96
4.36 29 2.97

4. We will do all we can to help you and make sure you succeed.
But you must do your part.
And the first thing you must do:
Understand why this might happen.
What do you need to do to succeed?
What might cause good students not to succeed?
HONORS WANTS EVERY STUDENT TO
SUCCEED

5. 1. How much would you
need to study each
night, per class?
2. Why might the
amount of studying
be different for
college versus high
school?
3. How might the
studying you do in
college be
qualitatively different
than that in high
school?
4. What is different
about college that
might success less
likely?
5. What is different
about college that
might make success
more likely?
6. What are some
reasons that good
students might do
poorly?
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: EACH GROUP MUST
ANSWER ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS

6. Faculty responsibility:
 Inadequate feedback (students don’t know the grades they’re
earning until it’s too late)
 Expectations not high enough and not communicated clearly
 This includes both the standards for success in class and how much
work is expected of the student
Student responsibility:
 Too much free time, too many activities, lack of structure,
poor time management
 The shock of failure (the first time a straight-A student earns
a grade of C is devastating)
 Unwillingness to seek help (pride)
Shared responsibility:
 Lack of engagement (students don’t feel like they belong)
 Poor choice of major
REASONS YOU’LL FIND IN PROFESSIONAL
LITERATURE FOR INADEQUATE SUCCESS

7. In your groups: think of 3 resources,
methods, or tools that you have as Honors
Students that will ensure your success.
Homework: Learn to read a syllabus. Find
the syllabus on Canvas. Read it through.
Find the “Syllabus + Expectations”
assignment on Canvas. It will ask you to
submit
 1-2 paragraphs in Canvas explaining what
you expect to get out of this class.
 1-2 paragraphs explaining what is
expected of you in this class.
 Be sure to differentiate these two writing
assignments clearly in your submission.

8. Googleit!
 http://www.ctl.ua.edu/CTLStudyAids/Stud
ySkillsFlyers/GeneralTips/causesoffailure.
htm
 https://www.crc.losrios.edu/files/cassl/W
hen_Capable_Students_Fail-Hern.pdf