How to Succeed in AVID

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How to Succeed in AVID

• Top Ten Ways

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Set goals

• Be driven by a compass, not a clock.

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Think college.

• AVID is a college prep program.
• AVID students are college-bound.

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Have a great binder.

• The AVID 3 ring binder goes everywhere with you!
• One World, One Binder

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Take Cornell notes.

• The Cornell system is a complete learning system.
• Cornell notes work for YOU in every academic
  class.

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Organize.

• Work smarter, not harder.
• Write down ALL assignments

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Two hours of homework

• This is a minimum requirement.

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Ask questions.

• The 3-story Intellect
• Application
• Processing
• Information

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Use tutorials to learn.

• None of us is as smart as all of us.
• Learn how to learn.

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Please your teachers.

• SLANT
• Sit up front
• Lean forward
• Ask questions
• Nod your head
• Talk to the teacher

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Respect Responsibility

• These are the foundation for success in school
  and life.

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AVID believes that you . . .

• will be a success.
• improve your grades.
• go to college.
• gain confidence in yourself as a student.