The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success [Paperback]

Al Siebert (Author), Bernadine Gilpin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

Provides everything you need to know about how to study at home, gain family support, increase your self-confidence, work on team projects, write papers, get excellent grades, thrive under pressure, and manage career change. Softcover. DLC: College student orientation--U.S.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Now in an updated and expanded third edition, The Adult Student's Guide To Survival & Success is a veritable "how-to" manual teaching the reader how to overcome the fears inherent in returning to school after years of absence, get financial aid, gain family support, increase self-confidence, balance the demands of work and school, and earn good grades. There are chapters dedicated to helping the adult student overcome fears and concerns, enrolling, financial support, getting acquainted with the campus, succeeding in the college environment, the best ways to study, getting high grades on tests, writing papers, gaining family support, balancing the demands of work and school, influences instructors , salvaging poor grades, handling pressure, thriving in a world of constant change, celebrating diversity, career choices and changes, and internet resources for the adult student. Al Siebert is also the author of The Survivor Personality: Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, And More Skillful At Handling Life's Difficulties -- And How You Can Be, Too (Berkley/Perigee Books, 0-399-52230-1 $12. 00 1-800-788-6262). The Adult Student's Guide To Survival & Success is practical, comprehensive, easy-to-read, "student friendly", and essential reading for any adult contemplating a college education -- or who has already enrolled! -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Al Siebert, PhD, is the author of award-winning The Resiliency Advantage and The Survivor Personality and the coauthor of Student Success: How to Succeed in College and Still Have Time for Your Friends. He has taught adult education classes and management psychology for more than 30 years at Portland State University. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Mary Karr, MS, formerly taught communications at Portland State University and was an adjunct professor at Marylhurst University who created and taught the first online credit course on listening in the nation. She lives in Fairview, Oregon.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Practical Psychology Pr; 3rd edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944227120
• ISBN-13: 978-0944227121
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,957,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, January 5, 2009

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Geoffrey Schmidt "Award Winning Author, The B... (Chappaqua, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success (Paperback)

I enjoyed reading this book. It is written in a fun, conversational manner. The chapter on overcoming fears and concerns was particularly valuable since fear is the key factor that prevents many adults from going back to school to finish their college degree.

I found the chapter on "how to get high grades" to be very practical, especially for those students who never learned to study effectively earlier in life, or who have simply forgotten how. The learning strategies discussed in this book will help even the accomplished student get higher grades.

Geoffrey Schmidt
Author, The Busy Adult's Guide to Making College Happen!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success, December 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success (Paperback)

I thought the book covered everything from deciding to attend college to getting a job once you've graduated beautifully. The most useful information is by far the study tips! I liked it so much I'm buying a copy for a friend.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Addresses internal and external challenges you'll face, December 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success (Paperback)

This is the best book for an adult returning to college. Not only does it cover the same basics that the other books cover (about financial aid, getting to know your campus, and dealing with teachers), but it also covers the emotional side of your college experience, how to gain support from those around you, and how to prepare for professionalism rather than for just a job.

Dr. Siebert takes his many years of research into the Survivor Personality (another good book) and makes it applicable and usable to the non-traditional college student. If I hadn't had this book my first term, I may have quit college.