Exhibit 2-2: Handout for "How to Make Better Grades" Talk

Introduction

• Why better grades?

  • Prominent

  • Permanent

• Why Mellichamp?

  • Experience as a professor

  • Experience as a student

Six Easy Principles

• Set a specific GPA goal for college

  • Aim at nothing and you'll hit it every time

  • Monitor progress

  • Take appropriate corrective action

  • Revise your goal downward only as a last resort

• Treat college like an 8 to 5 job

  • Two philosophies

    • Never study before the sun goes down

    • Never study after the sun goes down

  • Two suggestions

    • Get up and get going

    • Make every minute count

• Attend class

  • How many of you cut class today? This week?

  • Correlation between grades and attendance

  • Why students cut class

• Keep up

  • Homework

    • Complete assignments as they are given

    • As soon as they are given

  • Projects

    • Schedule project milestones

    • Leave some slack at the end

• Relate to your professors

  • Treat them like humans

    • One office visit per course per semester

    • Participate in class, be enthusiastic

  • Figure them out

    • What are the course objectives?

    • What will it take to make an A?

• Become a Well Rounded Square

Conclusion

• Do the principles work?
• What about the fun?