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With Fran Northcutt, Honors Adviser, Hunter College
of the City University of New
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A Little Light Beach Reading: the College Catalog and You |
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These balmy summer days are perfect for reading thrilling mysteries and romances.
Your college catalog is probably neither thrilling nor romantic,
although its complicated descriptions of academic regulations may be a little mysterious.
Keep most of your reading hours for the fun stuff, but take just a few minutes to browse through the catalog -
you'll never have time to do this during the school year,
and there's information in the catalog that can put you ahead in the whole college game.
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LOOK FOR:
- Details on the majors you've been considering -
and maybe discover some majors you didn't know existed.
English Language Arts? How is that different from plain old English? Soon you'll know!
- Descriptions of student resources and services.
For example, your college might have a ski cabin students can rent in the winter,
or reservible group study rooms in the library.
Offerings like this often go underutilized because no one knows they're there.
Amaze your friends with your inside knowledge!
- Special programs. There are tons of these to encourage students to pursue particular academic fields,
and often they provide money, mentoring, research opportunities, and special advising.
And last but not least, now's your chance to brush up your knowledge of your college's policies:
when to declare a major, how many credits you need to graduate, what grades you'll need to earn, how to get honors...
Not the most fascinating stuff, unless you're pre-law and you like learning about rules, but definitely important to know.
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