This document provides an overview of what to expect from college and how to succeed. It discusses that college expects students to be responsible for their courses and career path. It also emphasizes developing critical, creative, and practical thinking skills to achieve goals. Having a growth mindset of accepting failure as a way to learn is important for success. Working effectively with others involves perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions. Finally, college prepares students for work and life success by teaching skills, global awareness, and responsibility to guide one's future career and life.

1. CHAPTER ONE: WELCOME TO COLLEGE
1. What does college offer and expect of you?
- College expect of me to be more responsible with the courses that I am taking and
the responsibility to complete my career, complete all your work at time, always
keeping in mind the deadlines. Making a path to achieve my goals, studying and
keeping in mind that it’s my career. If I only try to remember the subject for the test
or quiz it’s going to affect me, not the professor neither the other students. Thinking
more openly and in a more professional way. College offers a variety of help with
mentors, stud and faculty. They are always there to help me and other students to
succeed.
2. What thinking skills can help you achieve your goals?
- There are three skills: Critical Thinking (compare, contrast, cause and effects and
more). Creative Thinking (new ideas, ways to achieve your goals and imagining).
Practical Thinking (works in groups, make decision, and solve problems). I will put all
of these skills in practice. Everyone needs “motivation” to achieve their goals.
3. How can a “growth mindset” help you succeed”?
- Growth mindset surely can help me succeed, having open minded. Accepting failure
as a way to learn more. Most of the time we blame it on the subject, the professor
even the homework’s. But we have to put effort in the class. No one has born with
mindset we can guild our mindset. How? Giving us the opportunity to lean and
improve our knowledge. Practicing honesty, fairness, respect, tryst and
responsibility because is our future that it’s going to be enriched if we follow the
path for a better future.
4. How can you work effectively with others?
- I can work effectively with others putting in practice these three EI skills: perceive
emotions (knowing how the others team members feel), understanding emotions
(comprehending how the team members feel) and manage emotions (choosing a
better way to understand the team members). I think working in groups, having a
good communication and feeling comfortable can help me through college. Leaning
from the other thoughts and experiences, “TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE”.
5. How does college prepare you for work and life success?
- College is going to prepare me for work and life success. I want to get my AA and
then transfer to FIU to get my major. I expect to learn more in class, and to get

2. prepare in other classes. Skills for work, global awareness. College is going to teach
me how to become more responsibility with my life. My career it’s going to be the
guide for my future, my life depends on my effort, for a good salary and working in
something that I really love.