Knowing and Growing
No matter who you are or what school you’re attending, your academic success cannot be measured in credit hours, GPAs, or the number of extracurricular activities you rack up. It’s not even the sum of your college experience.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once stated: "Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions." That stretching of your mind occurs on a variety of levels and dimensions and persists far beyond your college years. So don’t think of academic success as a ladder that you must struggle up, one wrung after another, before you earn your degree. Think of all things college as the experiences that will expand – horizontally – your skills for life.
Another wise American, Booker T. Washington, observed that success "is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.” CollegeLifeDirect is committed to providing answers to all of the questions you anticipate from your higher ed experience. We believe the key to academic success is understanding when and where to ask for help and recognizing and managing obstacles. So refer to our articles, take advantage of the many tools at your disposal, trust in your inner resources, and take control of your academic career!