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Your college road map to success at CSUMB
Freshman

Personal

1.  ttend the club fair
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beginning of fall and
spring semesters.
2.  tart skill development
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by joining at least one
student organization, club
or activity.
• Associated Students’
committees
• Clubs, Greek life or peer
mentoring opportunities

Sophomore
1. nterested in studying
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abroad? Think about
it and apply this year
to study abroad your
junior year!
2.  ooking to work on
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campus? Create a
profile and check out
OtterJobs!
3.  oin major-related
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student organizations
and actively develop
your leadership skills.

3. While adjusting to your

new environment, assess
your study skills and time 4. Learn some self-care

management habits.
techniques. Attend
Improve them if they need
workshops by the
work. Attend the CSS
PGCC and CSS.
sponsored workshops!
1. Get to know your academic advisor! Schedule a
meeting to create or review your education plan.
2. Develop and maintain a solid GPA.
3. Attend a major fair in the fall semester.

Academics

4. Familiarize yourself on how to read your academic
requirements report, course pathways and catalog.
5. Work on your general education requirements and
choose a variety of courses outside your major.
6. Declare your major by your sophomore year!

Junior
1.  rance? Argentina?
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London? Study abroad
this year!
2.  oin campus and
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community organizations
to develop and build your
teamwork and leadership
skills. Seek a leadership
role in a major-related
campus organization.
3.  ontinue broadening your
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horizons. Attend events
that will expose you to
new ideas and cultures. A
good place to start would
be with visiting the Otter
Cross Cultural Center.

1. Attend the graduate
school forum and
other graduate school
preparation activities.
2. Start developing
relationships with your
instructors. Find a
faculty mentor!
3. Establish working
relationships with
faculty, staff and
administrators who will
later serve as references
for you; develop strong
relations with faculty in
your major.

Senior +
1.  ttend “making the leap”
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workshop by the PGCC.
2.  ontinue developing
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your leadership and
extracurricular activities
both on and off campus.
3.  evelop your financial
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literacy such as
budgeting, understanding
retirement savings and a
plan to pay back debt
(if you have it).

1. File for graduation
the semester prior to
graduating.
2. Try to make your
capstone relevant
to graduate school
interest or career.
3. Ask your professors,
past and/or current
employers to serve as
references or write
recommendations
for you.
4. If thinking about
graduate school,
compile information
on schools and
requirements during
the summer.

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