The Good Life in College

Welcome to The Good Life in College event!

Join us in the Private Dining Room, Kings Court English College House — Friday, 31 October.
This week’s topic: Competitive peers and Penn Face — how they affect your academics and well-being, plus practical strategies to cope and thrive. We'll discuss Chapter 9, "Competitive Peers," from In Pursuit of the Good Life in College (available at Van Pelt Library).

Why come:

• Hear real student experiences
• Learn actionable coping strategies
• Leave with a short personal plan to make the most of your college years

All students welcome — drop in anytime.
The Private Dining Room will be facing the exit (with the turnstiles), and can be accessed by going straight after the turnstiles, walking past the dining hall.

Info: Omar is convinced that he is the worst student in all his courses. The other students constantly talk about how much they study, how well they do in their courses, and how interesting and important their extracurricular activities are. Omar believes that his peers look down on him whenever he asks questions about course material or does not recognize the extreme importance of the activities they boast about. In addition, at least one student in each of his courses is determined to demonstrate that they already know all the information presented in the course and even some from more advanced courses. These students frequently dominate class time with esoteric questions about related but irrelevant topics. What can Omar do to compete with his classmates who already know so much and participate in so many extracurricular activities?

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Host or Publisher Dustin Brisson