[Njabs-talk] 10 Best Tips for High School Students

[Serena]

Hi Joe

Here are my tips:

1. Don't base your decision on where to go to college on how "good" a 
college claims the disability office is.
2. Speak to your professors about your accommodations, instead of letting 
the disability office do that for you.
3. Be a friend without being a burden to others.  e.g. Although huge parties 
on campus are often really great, if you don't have much experience dealing 
with the crowds etc. and none of your friends are going, it could be better 
not to go than ask some random person you don't know to get you refreshments 
or a drink, or, worst of all, direct you back to your dorm if they live in a 
different dorm!
4. Although being shy isn't the best option, don't just introduce yourself 
to random people on the quad or hang out in their rooms when you're not 
necessarily welcome just to make friends.

Serena
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Subject: [Njabs-talk] 10 Best Tips for High School Students


> Hello all,
>
> I just discovered my mass mailing announcing the NABS web site development
> skipped a handful of student divisions.  You didn't miss anything.  The
> short of it is that I am working with the NABS board to launch the 
> official
> NABS web site in the next few months.
>
> One of the items I am incorporating into the site is a compilation of 
> quick
> tip sheets on a number of subjects of interest to students, tip sheets
> generated based on your own personal experiences.  To start, I am looking
> for college students who can share their top ten best tips for high
> schoolers on the verge of applying for college.  What did you look for in 
> a
> college or university?  How should high schoolers prepare for in the way 
> of
> readers, accommodations, dealing with professors?
>
> My own tip is this:
>
> Learn how to use Microsoft Office.  Downloading illegal music, swapping
> e-mails and chatting on messengers is only going to get you so far, and I 
> am
> still surprised by the number of students who enter college unable to
> correctly format a research paper.  For that matter, learn how to write, 
> or
> at least spell, but one step at a time.
>
> Send us your own tips.  One or ten.  Help us make this a good list for 
> high
> school students to peruse as they make preparations for this very 
> important
> step in their lives.  I'll work with the NABS board to incorporate your
> suggestions into a final document which will then be made available on the
> site when it is launched.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."--James 
> M.
> Barrie
>
>
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