The percentage of SIUC freshman who will likely graduate within four years
is 15.8%.
The percentage of SIUC freshman who will likely graduate within six years
is 38.5%.
The percentage of students in Math 108 who got a C or better last Fall was
37%.
Research shows that grades go down for full time students who work more
than 10 hours a week.
Research shows that successful students study 2 hour per week for each
hour of credit. Thus, if you are taking 15 hours, you should be studying 30
hours a week. That is 5 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Research shows the number one factor in a student's success is the peer
group they are in. Hang out with people who came here to learn. If your dorm
is rowdy go to the student center or library to study. There you will meet
others who came here to learn.
Research shows that the best way to study math is to work problems.
Skim the text. Do the problems. Reread the text, especially the examples,
when you get stuck.
Indeed, he is lucky who does not find that in order to make progress, in oder to go ahead intellectually, he does not have to unlearn much of what he learned in school.