Your first year of varsity : a survival guide for college and university

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Title:

Author:

Foster, Shelagh, author.

ISBN:

9781928257219

Personal Author:

Foster, Shelagh, author.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Cape Town : Make a Difference Leadership Foundation, 2016.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Abstract:

"Beginning academic life after high school is exciting - a fresh start that will set foundations for the rest of your life. You'll discover new ideas, meet new people and try new things. You'll also have to become an independent adult, and that can be scary. Shelagh Foster and Lehlohonolo Mofokeng will lead you through all the rules, demands, behaviours, skills and culture shifts that will turn you from a schoolkid into a viable player in higher education"--Back cover.

Subject Term:

Students -- South Africa -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Students. (OCoLC)fst01136041

Geographic Term:

South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616

Added Author:

Mofokeng, Lehlohonolo,

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Summary

About to start varsity? Just started college? Then this book is for you!

Beginning academic life after high school is exciting - a fresh start that will set foundations for the rest of your life. You'll discover new ideas, meet new people and try new things. You'll also have to become an independent adult, and that can be scary. Shelagh Foster and Lehlohonolo Mofokeng will lead you through all the rules, demands, behaviours, skills and culture shifts that will turn you from a schoolkid into a viable player in higher education.

Learn how to:

· Write clearly and study smartly

· Have safe relationships

· Balance your responsibilities, your health and your social life

· Manage your time, your money and all those academic demands

· Not get kicked out!

Let Shelagh and Lehlohonolo help you understand this new world, and how to adapt, grow - and graduate. Ignorance is not bliss. Being prepared is.