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Tips for a successful first year
Tips for a successful first year
JULY
JULY
AUGUST
AUGUST
- Join
- FB Group
- Social Media Directory
- Resources
- Online IIT
- Near IIT
- Restaurants
- Cinema
- Vacation spot
- Move-in
- Off-campus
- On-Campus Aug
- Campus map
- Explore your campus
- Explore your city
Classes begin Aug 19
Classes begin Aug 19
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
- Responsibility
- Exams, assignments
- Easy vs hard courses
- Seek advising
- Add/drop date: AUG 31
- Budget time
- Extracurricular
- Don’t force social life
Labor day Sep 2
Labor day Sep 2
- Keep up with assignments
- Dates & Deadlines
- Social Event | Orgs
- Selfie: You First
- Don’t procrastinate
- Good Advisor = effective planning
- Select courses
- Attend classes
Exception: Fall break 7th
Exception: Fall break 7th
- Ask your peer about study skills
- Self-discipline = success
- Uninterrupted study time/space
- Mid-term grades: 18th
- Spring & Summer Course schl 21st
- Last Day to Withdraw 28th
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
- Connect with IIT
- Tutors | Groups
- Advising course selection Spring Semester 4th
- Keep working
- Talk to peers – how to select a teacher
- Attend class
Thanksgiving Nov 27th- Dec 1st
Thanksgiving Nov 27th- Dec 1st
- Social Event | Orgs
- Selfie: You First
- Don’t procrastinate
- Effective planning
- Select courses
- Attend classes
- Last day 1st
- Final exam week 2nd–7th
- Final grades 11th
JANUARY
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
- Low GPA
- Smart planning
- Classes begin 13th
- Real change
- Seek help
- Get involved
- Be yourself
- Fall make-up
- Apply Fall FA early
- Study skills
- No class (MLK Day) 20th;
- Add/drop 25th;
- Introduce
- Time management
- Runaround part of life
- Fall make-up 24th
- Campus activities
- Get involved
- Share your thoughts
- Complete FA
- Talk to your professor
MARCH
MARCH
APRIL
APRIL
- Don’t skip
- Mid-term grades 15th
Catch up; Spring break 16th-22nd
Catch up; Spring break 16th-22nd
- Worrisome cont. party
- Additional study times
- Study, relax, socialize
- Faculty advisor
- Wants vs needs
- Think ahead summer, fall
- Fall courses pub. 23rd
- Time management
- Group Study;
- ARC Scholars; TA; faculty
- Withdraw w/o penalty 30th
Register
Register
- Fall Semester registration begins 6th
- Decisions
- Drop or low grade
- Study different or same
- Time Management
- Final exams
- Go to class
- Improve study skills
- Self-discipline and focus
- Work hard to make a change
MAY
MAY
JUNE
JUNE
- Last day of classes 2nd
- Final exams 4th-9th
- Final exam grades 13th
Congratulations! You made it through the first year.
Congratulations! You made it through the first year.
- Career Services summer internship
Register for fall
Register for fall
- Summer courses
- Summer internship
Summer in Chicago
Summer in Chicago
Dates listed above may not be up-to-date. Please review All dates at https://web.iit.edu/registrar/academic-calendar.
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