ACADEMIC SUCCESS PLAN
Your academic advisor and success advisor in the Department of Academic
Enrichment are committed to helping you reach your academic and career goals.
This worksheet is designed to help you develop a plan for returning to good
academic standing. Be honest with yourself about the commitment and effort you
are willing to invest so that you can develop a plan that is achievable and workable for you.
Student # __________________ Student Name: ____________________________
Step 1: Identify the obstacles you encountered last semester.
In reviewing your academic performance, what obstacles negatively impacted your grades?
Check all that apply and circle the top 3 obstacles that impacted your academic grades.
Undeveloped time management
skills
Hard to get out of bed in the morning
What worked in high school doesn’t
work anymore
Use or abuse of alcohol or other
substance(s)
Hard to concentrate/daydreaming
Possible learning disability
Difficult classes/not prepared for
course level
Difficulty sleeping at night
Pressure, stress, anxiety or tension
Unable to understand course content
or find important information
Excessive time spent online
Other factors not listed above:_____________________________________________________
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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of
persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman