For First-Year Students
For First-Years: Videos, Workshops, and Info
W [1]orkshop Schedule for Semester [2]
W [3]orkshops Organized by Topic [3]
Videos made for First-Years by Upper Level ASP Mentors
Own Your Education [4]: Create the mindsets that will lead you to be happy and satisfied with your Yale education.
Related workshops: Pathways for First-Years [5]
Set Your Priorities [6]: Curate your academic, extracurricular, professional, and personal interests.
Related workshops: Pathways for First-Years [7], Time Management [8]
Get Organized [9]: Learn how to purposefully prepare for the semester.
Related workshops: Time Management [8], Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10]
Build Your Team: [11] Create a network within the Yale community to help you discover and achieve your goals.
Related workshops: Cultivating Faculty Mentors [12], Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10]
Find Your Communities [13]: Find friends and mentors for the social and emotional support you need to thrive at Yale.
Related workshops: Pathways for First-Years [7]
Using the Syllabus [14]: The syllabus is the key to understanding each course; learn how to make the most of it.
Related Workshops: Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures, [10] Getting the Most Out of Your Readings [15], Exam Study Strategies [16]
Office Hours [17]: Learn why attending office hours can be central to your academic success:
Related workshops: Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10], Cultivating Faculty Mentors [12]
STEM Problem Sets [18]: Learn how college p-sets are different than high school homework and best practices for getting them done successfully.
Related workshops: Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10]; Strategies for Intro Math [19]; Exam Study Strategies [16], Reading Effectively for STEM [20]
Essays [21]: Discover key approaches to writing successful college-level essays.
Related workshops: Strategies for Reading Literature [22], Reading Analytically for Social Science [23], Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10]
Best Practices for Midterms and Finals [24]: Strategies for succeeding on exams.
Related workshops: Exam Study Strategies [16], Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures [10]
College transition for students with learning differences and/or disabilities [25]: Learn about the resources available to students as you adjust your learning strategies for college-level work; contact academicstrategies@yale.edu [26] to be connected with our learning specialist.
First-Year Course Selection
A Process for First-Year Course Selection - Handout [27]
Yale College First-Year Course Selection website [28]
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