Carl P. Thum
Holly Potter
Academic Skills Center
First Year Family Weekend
April 30, 2011

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Increased academic focus
Choosing a major
Future implications of GPA
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Internships
FSPs
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Graduate school
Employment

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The Student Center for Reading,
Writing, and Information
Technology
Served 1,000+ Dartmouth students in 2009-2010

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Peer writing tutoring to help students in:
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Generating ideas
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Refining drafts
Developing research strategies
Writing in all disciplines
Composing multimedia projects
Drafting Résumés and cover letters

Where is RWIT?
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Located in Berry Library near the
Reference Desk
Open Sunday -Thursday, 4pm-6pm and 7pm-10pm

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The total student contact for the Academic Skills Center in
2009-10 was 5572

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301 Collis
Office hours:
8 AM - 4:30 PM,
Monday - Friday

The Dartmouth College Academic
Skills Center is for all students. Our primary goal is to assist any student in becoming a more efficient and effective learner.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills
The ASC Website

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Learning Skills:
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Study skills
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Time management
Learning strategies
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Test preparation
Stress management
Pre-major advising
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Course selection
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D-plan
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Choosing a major
ADD Coaching

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www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/
Information on all our services
Printable study skills handouts
Streaming videos on time management, stress, reading improvement & chemistry study strategies

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Improve reading rate & comprehension
Taught early each term

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Over 200 individual peer tutors available for many subjects:
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Economics, Science, Math
Foreign languages
Cost: $9/hour, 3 hours/week/course
“Free” for FA students
Tutor request forms and Peer Tutor
Job apps are online
Email:
Tutor.Clearinghouse@dartmouth.edu

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Meet one night a week
Led by trained student leaders
Many subject areas (Econ,
Math, etc.)
$30; $10 for FA students
Sign-ups occur at the beginning of each term