Colin

COLIN

Colin is a Senior, Sports Studies major at UNH.  This is his third year as Student Manager for the Hockey Team. He is responsible for all of their equipment and helping with day to day operations. Colin loves the job and it is a great learning experience as he wants to work in college athletics or coaching when he graduates this year. A high point of the job is traveling with the team to places like Minnesota and the Fleet Center. Colin was formally diagnosed with his learning disability during his Sophomore year at UNH and it was a relief to finally understand his strengths and weaknesses.


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MAKING THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE

STRATEGIES

CONFIDENCE

HAVING A LEARNING DISABILITY

USING SERVICES

LIVING ON CAMPUS

 WORKING WITH THE HOCKEY TEAM

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STRATEGIES

One of my best strategies is to go in and talk with the professor to show them what I am doing or ask them what to do. They are more than willing to help me out. If I am doing a paper, I can rewrite it. They will sit down and go over tests with me. We might look at a test question together where I have gotten 5 out of 10 points. They will ask me what I know about the question and if they give me one key word, I can go on and on. It opens something up. They can see what I know.
 
I go into the first test knowing I am not going to do well because I don’t know what to expect. It is huge to me to find out how a professor gives a first test and what kinds of questions he asks. It is a little bit like sports. Before heading into a game you find out how the other team plays. It makes you better prepared. So one of my strategies now is I sit down with the notes and the study guide and check off areas where I should study. That is so much more effective than trying to learn all of it. I think that is what good test takers do.

I also go to the syllabus and see how many tests and what percentage they are. I can see what is expected of me and what types of work I will have to do in the class. I have a notebook and every time I get a paper or test back, I write down the grade. You need to pay attention. You need to worry about attendance. They might give you 5 points for attendance. I think about what I need to focus on in the class and where I need to put my energy.