CHAPTER EIGHT Persisting against Problems
Mindset and Anxiety about Belonging
If you feel academically unprepared for a course, especially for your first semester of college, talk with your professor before or at the start of the course. In most cases (judging from my experience with anxious undergraduates), you will be underestimating your current knowledge, skills, and abilities. By the end of high school, students usually have or will gain quickly the technical fortitude to master the new material ahead. Keep in mind, as you peruse syllabi for your courses, that you will be expected to understand the material during and by the end of the semester, and not all at once at the start of it. Do not be intimidated ...
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