The Triad of Aca​demic Success

A three-pronged strategy to navigating the university and your pathways to your academic goals is one way to approach academic success. These three strategies are: academic skills development; social support networking; and resource utilization. 

Academic Skills

To develop academic skills, ask yourself:

• How do I learn best? What specific learning strategies do I use (see interleaving and spaced studying for examples)?
• What is my approach to task management and organization? What systems do I use that keep me organized?
• What is my relationship with procrastination? What do I rely on when motivation runs low and I need to complete academic tasks? 

Social Support Networking

To improve your social network skills, ask yourself:

• Who is available to help me in my social network? 
• How healthy are my relationships with my family, peers, roommates, etc? 
• How am I actively existing as part of a community?

Resource Utilization

To utilize resources, ask yourself:

• What resources am I using and actively seeking out to help me? 
• What resource can I try that I have not tried and how will they help me?
• What can I do to familiarize myself with resources I may not know are available?

As you continue to develop academic skills; grow your social support network; and try campus resources, keep note of what strategies are specifically working for you and ask yourself how those strategies relate to your strengths and longer-term goals. 

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