New graduate students often encounter a variety of challenges as they discover an educational reality that can be very different from their undergraduate experience.
In this workshop, you will:
- Understand how graduate-level learning is different from undergrad studies
- Identify the main factors associated with academic success and common challenges faced by graduate students
- Gain awareness of resources available to support grad students’ success
- Create a personal action plan for success based on your own unique strengths and weaknesses
This workshop will be led by Monica Boulos, M.A., c.o.
Monica Boulos is the First-Year Support Counsellor at Concordia’s Student Success Centre. She completed her M.A. in Counselling Psychology in 2011 and has been working with the team of Services for New Students since 2012. She offers one-on-one supportive counselling to all first-year students, first-year check-ins in a group format, as well as a variety of orientation sessions and workshops like this one, tailored to first-year students.