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5 Steps to Excel in Community College

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The Destined Newsletter

5 Steps to Excel in Community College || December 2024 || ISSUE #6

Author of the memoir Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds

Dear Reader,

Do you want to excel in community college? If so, read this article, which tells you five steps you can take, starting today.

We’re heading into a new year when many people make resolutions they want to commit to. I’ve never made New Year’s resolutions myself, but for years, I’ve set goals to keep me on track toward what I hope to accomplish. Goal setting has been a way for me to organize my thoughts and actions around the things I want to achieve and to keep myself accountable to my own priorities.

When I became a community college student in 2012, goal setting was even more important for me because all of sudden I had to learn to adapt to this new world of higher education. The five steps that I discuss in this article helped me get the most out of my learning in community college, to graduate within a reasonable amount of time, and to transfer to a university.

Do you know a community college or first-generation Ivy League student who would benefit from receiving a free blog article in my monthly newsletter with tips on learning, reading, writing, or resilience?

I hope that when you take these five steps, you will excel in community college.

If you find this article helpful, share it with other community college students and invite them to subscribe to my newsletter.

Do you want to know more about how I went from a high-school dropout to a master’s degree? Grab a copy of my memoir, Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds, set for release on February 4, 2025. I would appreciate your review of it when it appears on Amazon!​

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Thank you for reading. Wishing you a blessed New Year.

Keep going!

Aminata Sy

Author of Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds

4508 Samson Street Philadelphia, PA 19139
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