Pre-Health Orientation
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Pre-Health OrientationThree Important Pieces of Advice From:
Carl P. Thum, Ph.D.Director,Academic Skills Center
1: Treat all Dartmouth science courses with great respectHigh School Science ≠ College Science• More demanding• Ten week term• Moves quickly!
2. Don’t rely on your high school learning strategies• (or lack thereof)
3. Learn new skills/strategies that will help you do well at Dartmouth
To help you do that:• Your professor/ office hour• Academic Skills Center
– Individual academic “coaching”• Active learning strategies• Time management
– Tutor Clearinghouse• Peer tutors • Study groups
– ASC website• Streaming videos
• Learning @ Dartmouth– Fall term only– First Year Students only– Learning strategies and key resources– 14 sessions; Tues and Thurs, 4-5 pm– Enroll at the ASC starting Tuesday,
Sept. 20
Learning @ Dartmouth SyllabusTopic
Strategic LearningTime Management
NotetakingCollege Reading Strategies
D-Plan; First Year OpportunitiesStaying Healthy & Stress Management
Writing College Papers, EssaysResearch Strategies
Who are the Dartmouth Faculty?Off-campus Programs: LSAs/FSPs
Sophomore, Junior, & Senior Years at Dartmouth: An OverviewMaking the Most of Dartmouth
So,• Choose your three academic credit
courses• Then enroll in Learning @
Dartmouth• And…Earn one…
PE Credit!