Academic Success Plan
The Learning Center is committed to academic excellence at Wentworth. This self-paced guide will help you
achieve your academic goals. This plan is designed to be completed individually and/or discussed with your
academic advisor, a member of the Learning Center staff or any individual who supports your academic pursuits.
This plan will require you to think and reflect on your current learning habits, patterns and strategies as well as
your future. During this process, you will set specific goals and work to progress to these goals. If you have any
questions or would like to discuss this plan, please contact the Learning Center (tlc@wit.edu). We are happy to
meet with you and discuss ways you can become a more efficient and productive learner.
*adapted from the USC ACE Academic Plan
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Who Are You?
Name:
WIT ID:
Email:
Major:
Phone:
Expected Graduation:
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Do you live on campus?
Do you know who your Academic Advisor is?
Have you met with your Academic Advisor this semester?
Have you changed majors at Wentworth?
Are you a transfer student from another university?
Have you completed one co-op?
Are you a veteran?
Are you the first person in your family to attend college?
Did you pass FYS?
Do you have a merit based scholarship (requires minimum GPA)?
Are you on a Wentworth Athletic Team?
Are you a member of a Wentworth club?
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How often do you typically study each day?
How many times a week do you study?
What is the total amount of time you dedicate to preparing for class in a week?
When you don’t understand an assignment, what do you do?
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Why did you decide to come to Wentworth?
Why did you choose your major?
What do you plan to do after graduation?
What was high school like for you?
What has been your best experience at Wentworth?
When and where do you study best? (i.e. what kind of room, lighting, time of day)
When and where do you typically study at Wentworth?
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Academic History
In this section, please reflect on your academic experiences either at Wentworth or somewhere else.
What did you really like? What did you enjoy? What did you do to succeed? What factors contributed
to your success?
Courses I Enjoyed or Did Well In
Course/Grade
Success Factors/
Reasons I Enjoyed or Succeeded
Strategies I Used/
What I did to Succeed
What patterns do you see in common?
How can you intentionally use these strategies moving forward?
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Academic History
In this section, please reflect on classes that you did not enjoy or did not do as well as you had hoped to do.
These classes can be either at Wentworth or elsewhere.
Courses I Could Have Improved In
Course/Grade
Factors that led to a lower grade/
Why I did not enjoy/do well
Strategies that did not help/
What I did that was not effective
What patterns do you see in common?
Why do you think they negatively impact your ability to learn?
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Academic Success Map
The Academic Success Map helps you identify strategies, resources and abilities for future use. In the
previous section, you reflected on what worked well and not well for you in terms of learning.
Write your name and contact information for your academic advisor:
If you do not know your advisor, please use the following instructions:
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*Log into Leopard Connection
*On the "My LConnect" page, click on the link to LeopardWeb
*Click on "Student and Financial Aid"
*Click on "Student Records"
*Click on "View Student Information"
*The advisor's name is listed under "Primary Advisor".
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To find your advisors office, phone number and email, use the directory
(http://wit.edu/directory)
For this semester, list the classes, faculty and their contact info below. This information is typically
found at the top of the syllabus.
Class
Professor
Email
Phone
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Grade Point Average (GPA)
What is your current GPA?
What is your goal GPA for this semester?
Please fill out the chart below.
Class/Credits
Estimated
Grade
Goal
Grade
Specific Strategies for
Success
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Potential
Pitfalls/Roadblocks to
Success
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Resources
The resources section of the Academic Success Plan helps you identify which resources may be helpful
for you at Wentworth.
From the chart above, list your potential pitfalls:
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Do these pitfalls have anything in common?
What steps can you take to avoid each specific pitfall/road block?
Pitfall/Road Block
Action/Step
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What resources can you utilize to avoid these pitfalls and/or strengthen your success? Feel free to look
at the last page for a list of resources.
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Study Cycle and Learning Strategies
The study cycle is one way to think about approaching academic learning. We recommend that you do
each step, but you can still see some results by only implementing one or two steps
Preview- Before class skim the chapter, the learning objectives
Preview
for the sections, the chapter summary, headings, bolded words,
graphics and captions. Note any questions.
Attend- Go to class, both mentally and physically. Take notes you
Attend
Review
Study
Assess
can read.
Review- Within 24 hours, review your notes and write a brief
summary. Note any questions or gaps and fill in the answers with
your book, friends and or asking questions in the next class
Study- Repetition and Active Engagement are required for
learning. Ask yourself questions like how, why and what if. Engage
in 3-5 Intense Study Sessions per day (see below). Do a weekend
review of all class materials and create a review sheet for each class
Assess- Perform checks on your learning. Could you explain this to
someone else? Pick a problem from the text book and try to
complete it. Are you learning effectively?
Intense Study Sessions
Repetition and Active Engagement are the keys, not long half-hearted study sessions. Each session
should last between 40-50 minutes and you should do 3-5 per day.
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First 1-2 minutes- Set a realistic clear, objective, measurable goal (i.e. I am going read and
answer the learning questions in my Physics textbook for chapter 1.1)
35-45 minutes- Intensely interact with the material. Read text book and answer questions,
create a summary, distinguish between concepts, create new practice problems, make an
annotated equation sheet, fill in notes from your class etc.
5 minutes – review what you have done and note any gaps. Then take a short break.
Weekend Review
Each week take all of your notes, books, problem sets and perform a high level overview. Do not
reread everything. Look at the big picture items like headings, bolded words and equations. Reread
the chapter summaries and your review sheets. Ask yourself if you know and when to use the concepts
and try to make links between last week’s work and these weeks work.
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*Adapted from the Center for Academic Success at Louisiana State University’s and Center for Academic Services at Texas Christian University.
Campus Resources
Campus Resources, including your academic advisor and individual faculty, can assist you in achieving
your academic goals. Please contact any office that you believe may assist you. All phone numbers are
(617) 989-XXXX
Learning Center
Student Affairs
Wellness & Disability Services
Careers + Coop
Anthony Alamia
Dobbs 402
tlc@wit.edu
X4884
Jesse Correia
Rubenstein 003
osa@wit.edu
x4702
Mario Fernandez
Watson 003
counseling@wit.edu
x4390
Chawney Weis
Wentworth 101
coopsandcareers@wit.edu
x4101
College of Architecture, Design and Construction Management
Dean, Chuck Hotchkiss
Annex North 105
hotchkissc@wit.edu
X4831
Architecture
Michael MacPhail
Annex North 114
macphailm@wit.edu
Interior Design
Sean Stewart
Annex South 23-101N
stewarts@wit.edu
Industrial Design
Sam Montague
Annex East 204
Montagues@wit.edu
Construction Management
Scott Summner
Annex South 101E
sumnere@wit.edu
Computer Science & Net.
Michael Oudshoorn
Dobbs 106
oudshoornm@wit.edu
Electrical Engineering & Tech.
Ali Khabari
Dobbs 206
khabaria@wit.edu
College of Engineering and Technology
Dean, Fred Driscoll
Rubenstein 207
driscollf@wit.edu
X4831
Biomedical Engineering
Shankar Krishnan
Ira Allen 115
krishnans@wit.edu
Civil Engineering & Tech.
Jack Duggan
Annex Central 309
dugganj@wit.edu
Interdisciplinary Engin.
Nakisa Alborz
Rubenstein 202A
alborzn@wit.edu
Mechanical Engineering & Tech.
Mike Jackson
Rubenstein 207
jacksonm@wit.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Dean, Pat Hafford
Ira Allen 320
haffordp@wit.edu
X4870
Applied Mathematics
Amanda Hattaway
Ira Allen 319
hattawaya@wit.edu
Humanities & Social Sci.
Ronald Bernier
Beatty 404
bernierr1@wit.edu
Business & Facility Mang.
Leonard Delosh
TBA
Deloshl@wit.edu
Sciences
James O’Brien
Ira Allen308
obrienj10@wit.edu
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