Keys To Your Future: College & Career Readiness1

What do college students need to spend more time doing in order to meet long-term academic goals?

• Staying in contact with friends and family.
• Organizing materials for all classes.
• Taking time to relax and rejuvenate.
• Planning for study time outside of class.

When faced with needing additional money during college, which option is NOT true?

• Taking on a job can cut into study time.
• Paying with credit cards can end up costing more money.
• Paying with additional loans can lead to connections and opportunities.
• Taking on a job can make connections that lead to opportunities.

Life can get busy and hectic, but relationships matter. What is an effective way of mending relationships that may have had been neglected?

• Texting apologies
• Taking time to meet up and hang out together.
• Broken relationships cannot be mended.
• Move on and learn from mistakes.

Finding balance in social life requires...

• creating blocks of time to connect with friends and family regularly.
• improving study skills.
• using social media extensively.
• getting enough sleep, eating well and getting exercise.

Balancing life in college will require paying attention to which aspects of your life in order to reach long and short goals?

• Finances, social life, academics and personal life
• Class time and study time.
• Managing your weight while dealing with cooking or meal plan.
• Paying attention only to your social life can lead to career opportunities.

What is an effective way of making new friends and connecting with people who share the same interests as you?

• Asking the writing center on campus for help with an article for the school paper.
• Joining a new club.
• Sharing your thoughts on social media.
• All the above

Which of the following will help you reach long term goals?

• Write down your goals, save your most important goals for last, and break long-term goals into short-term goals.
• Take care of your health, never skip an opportunity for fun, and save your most important goals for last.
• Save your most important goals for last, take care of your health, and break long-term goals into short-term goals.
• Break long-term goals into short-term goals, take care of your health, and write down your goals.

Which of these is an example of a college student practicing effective problem-solving technique?

• Write down your goals, save your most important goals for last, and break long-term goals into short-term goals.
• Take care of your health, never skip an opportunity for fun, and save your most important goals for last.
• Save your most important goals for last, take care of your health, and break long-term goals into short-term goals.
• Break long-term goals into short-term goals, take care of your health, and write down your goals.

How can managing your personal life help with reaching your goals?

• Eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep can help you stay focused.
• Being in as many as extracurricular activities as possible will help you get into college.
• Maximizing your personal contacts will help you get a job.
• Making time for having fun can help you balance out all your hard work.

When faced with balancing your financial life, which is an effective FIRST step?