Successful College Students

A College Ready student is an academically prepared student, ready for postsecondary education or training without the need for remedial coursework. Whether they are pursuing a four-year degree or studying for a skilled trade license, being ready means having the reading, writing, mathematics, social, and cognitive skills to qualify for and succeed in the academic program of their choice (Kang). Student in the 21st century are not prepared for life after high school. Many student do not understand the differences between high school and college before entering post-secondary institutions. They assume college will be an extension of high school with more freedom but, are unaware of the amount of work that goes into pursuing a degree. In college …show more content…
College professors pace their courses more rapidly, emphasize different aspects of material taught, and have very different goals for their courses than high school teachers (Conley, 2007). It is also prevalent that the amount of studying required for high school is no were near the level of a successful college student. College faculty reported that freshman students need to be spending nearly twice as much time as their current study time to prepare for class (Conley, 2007). Unlike college students, students in high school are co-dependent on parents, teachers and other authority figures and only show interest in education when told to do so. College requires students to be independent, self-reliant learners who recognize when they are having problems and know how to seek help (Conley, 2007). Many students lack self-authorship and interdependence and do not know how to take control of their education. Many teachers are teaching toward the test instead of teaching the skills and knowledge needed to go beyond high school. Although they are teaching toward the test many students are not reaching the goals that were