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We invite you to tell a story about how you are preparing to be a City Tech student. Research has shown that first-semester students often worry about their transition to college, yet eventually they become comfortable and find a community of people with whom they are close and feel they belong. Share your own story of preparing to be a college student. *
* This reflection is inspired by the “Our Stories” project.
Karen Goodlad and Sarah Paruolo, 2022: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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I’m preparing for city tech by setting myself up for success. I have been Giving myself time to do homework and study. I have been making sure I sleep well and early. I am staying focused and learning as much as I can.
That’s great news Noach, I hope that you keep up the good work. Good luck with your studies!!
I’m preparing for city tech by giving myself time to focus on assignments and prepare for classes. I am also saving up for a reliable form of transportation to get to school.
I agree, in college we do have to think about the cost of transportation. Keep in mind that there are programs that help students with metro card like Fair Fares NYC. I suggest you to learn more about this program. It may benefit you.
Im preparing for city tech is to not over-stress myself and keep doing my work on time and as well to study and just make sure i sleep
That’s great planning, good luck!
I’m preparing to study every free time I have little breaks between studying. Go to tutors to ask for the help part I don’t understand. Build my own schedule.
Good! If you at home and need help remember that you can join tutor.com through brightspace and you’ll find a tutor to help you.
Ok currently I’m doing alright but to be honest everything is good if you can focus and relying on others and taking advantages of everything like programs and there’s so much etc.
I definitely encourage you to take full advantage of the opportunities that the campus offers. That’s how you’ll make new connections while learning new things. Good luck!
Steps i took to prepare for college were locking off many distractions and focus more on important things. I also made sure that I’m more organized, and keep things such as dates and what i need to do organized on a to do list.
There will be a lot of distractions it’s good that you are planning to locking them off. I wish you the good luck and I hope that you have a great time at city tech.
I’m preparing to be a city tech student by working on my studying habits, and allocating more of my free time in the library
The library is the best place to get work done at campus. Good luck!
I’m preparing to be a city tech student by improving my study habits and taking advantage of the free tutoring opportunities.
Do take advantage of tutoring that’s what helped me pass my math class freshman year. I wish you the best!
I’m preparing myself for city tech by studying and doing my work in order to get good grades. Also managing my time so I don’t get stressed out.
Great strategy. Good luck!!
I’m preparing to be a City Tech student by studying to succeed my college careers. Be focused and understand what i am learning. Gain my free time to do more homework and take some free tutoring to improve my levels and get good grades.
That’s great Sirandou, I wish you a good luck at City tech and your studies.
I’m preparing to be a good City Tech student by trying to stay on task, plan ahead of time and make a proper schedule so things get done and I have time for homework and studying. I’m also trying to communicate better with my professors so they know i’m present in every way I can be and if there’s an issue they are more likely to be able to understand and help me.
Having a great schedule is crucial. Good luck with your studies Karen!