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7. Encourage Your Son or Daughter to:
A student’s transition to college can be as challenging for parents as it is for the student. Helping your son or daughter make the transition to a university setting raises a lot of questions, and finding the balance between guiding your student and supporting their independence can also be a challenge. What else can you, as parents, do?
- Explore different majors and careers!
- Take an interest-inventory test.
- Research various career fields.
- Choose courses of interest.
- Try various options through internships and summer jobs.
- Get involved at Chico State!
- Join campus and leadership activities within student organizations, faculty research, and volunteer activities. In addition to broadening your student's horizons, these activities will contribute to a well rounded resume.
- Participate in an internship .
- Expand the learning process through an internship that will further explore a major, build their resume, and possibly launch a new career.
- Establish strong relationships with advisors and faculty.
- Maintain open communication about grades and academic progress.
- Your son or daughter WILL have professor contact information on each syllabus during the first week of school!
Most Important:
- Support your son or daughter’s efforts to be academically successful. Be proactive in their educational endeavors.
- Although it may seem helpful, please refrain from selecting a major for your student. Instead, help them focus on their own abilities and interests and the career doors they may open.
- Assist them in making independent and well informed decisions.
- Emphasize to your son or daughter that THEY are responsible for their education.
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