College Planning for Adults
If you’ve been out of school for a long time, it’s always a good idea to brush up on your academic skills or perhaps, learn some new skills. The Internet has many resources that are available for free to help you in the academic areas that you need to work on.
Writing
Writing will be a big part of your college career regardless of your field of interest. You will need to know how to write paragraphs, essays, and research papers.
Bristol Community College ’s Writing Lab
http://www.bristolcommunitycollege.edu
/writinglab/links.html
This link provides you with multiple writing links on the Internet that will be helpful to you before and during college. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there is a list specifically for students.
Purdue University ’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
You can also check out Purdue’s Online Writing Lab if you want to improve your writing skills before you take a writing course or before you take the writing placement test for your college.
Houghton Mifflin College/Student Resource Center – Writing
http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/
resources/writing_ace/students/index.html
Reading Comprehension
Reading is also a big part of your college career regardless of you major. You need to be able to understand college level vocabulary and read college level textbooks, even in your math class.
University of Connecticut/Reading Comprehension
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/compre.htm#websites
Click on the link “websites for Comprehension Practice” in the fourth blue box or you can scroll to the bottom of the page. This will take you to a list of websites. Please note -not all of them are geared towards adults.
Houghton Mifflin College/Student Resource Center
http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/
resources/reading_ace/students/
Math
Most community colleges have a math requirement. Usually, you need to complete one Algebra or higher level math course. The following math links will be helpful if you want to brush up for the college placement test or if you want to have additional practice while you are enrolled in a college math class.
Math Review
http://www.nv3.commnet.edu/BCASERTA/MATHREVIEW/
My Math Test
htt p://www.mymathtest. com/
Addison Wesley Longman Math Practice for the Accuplacer
http://www.huntington.edu/math/
eggleton/Practice%20Tests/contents.htm
Multilingual Mathematics Glossary (Glencoe)
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/mlg/mlg.php
If English is not your first language, check out this site. It translates mathematical terms into many different languages such as Haitian Creole, Spanish, and Russian.
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