depends on students' academic abilities, rather than on their abilities to understand what professors expect of them
I think is really important to leave off on because although colleges ensure us a path for success, it depends on how the students take their path, and see where it goes from there.
oth traditional and first-generation students agreed tha
I think it's good that they included "both traditional and first-generation students..." but I'm not sure if it's always important to establish their academic status/standing all the time. The syntax seem like it's grouping and separating them up, when in reality they're all students.
assumption they knew [APA or MLA style] and
APA, or actually MLA is the "standard" so to the professor, it is only right to assume they know the standard.
We're designed to deal with people's life crises
they are to DEAL with people's life crises, but not help them or provide assistance. syntax says a lot.
. I say [for a standard four credit course] you have to have 8 h a week outside of class, or you're not going to make it
This sounds like a warning but also kind of an unwritten or an expectation that is not said. It sounds like they are preparing you for the worst, but not in the most negative way, but also in a different way to hope for their success.
implicit
unspoken
as advising and study habits, directly affected GP
I didn't realize that study habits would reflect on GPA since studying is what you do, but your end result of that can be different and that can be determined by "grades" or what grade you get.
proposes that new students start with pre-enrollment packages of individual attributes, previous schooling, and family support
I think this is saying that the more support/additional support you have. the less likely you are to add to retention rates.
complex relationships
What makes a complex relationship for characters of institutions? Is it the status of the school? Location?
First generation students are less likely to graduate than peers who have at least one parent with a college education (National Center for Educa? tional Statistics 2005).
I didn't realize that first gens are less likely to graduate until this. I thought the rates would be higher for graduating. I guess it's because of the fact that they have someone to "relate" to.
I learned from my peers that grades were something that I didn’t have to share with my parents the way I had in high school.
She learned from other college students, and they were basically her guide into college.
My family followed me around
I feel like this sentence structure is important. The way it's worded is like the family only followed, but did not go into depth or have that level of intimacy with their child.
make degrees more affordable.
Trying to reduce the costs of a degree, but how?
sleep apnea
a serious sleep disorder that occurs when someone's breathing is interrupted during sleep.
balkanized
divide
All-nighters push anxiety to clinical levels,
The more we stay up to do the work, we're actually doing it with anxiety which may possible mean that we are not giving our best work because of our lack of sleep.
even downright dangerous.
what we college students are doing with not getting sleep, it's actually really dangerous for our health
To create an environment in which all members are confident
Not putting others down and have everyone in comfort. Making sure that it's a safe place in terms of "vibes"
inguistic, cultural and social diversity
this still talks about our diversity and how we express it
diversity
Diversity is the main key point of their focus.
role as an urban institution
SFSU is focusing/catering to those of the San Francisco community as well as trying to implicate the culture in the city.
our current Strategic Plan and concise
They're basically saying that there is a strategy in their plan from what I'm getting
That acceptance, though, didn’t make me feel less self-conscious and unschooled in the company of classmates who’d had the benefit of much more worldly experience
She didn't feel less of herself.