So, you finally got there. Youve entered the door of what will one day be your alma mater. Congratulations!!!

Now what? According to David Ritchey, The College Coach, 25% of all Freshman College Students drop out before the end of the first year. Thats not a good rate of continuance.

How can you beat those odds and graduate? College Success depends on many specific ideologies, most of which have little to do with how you got to college.

1. Study Habits determine College Success.

2. Friends determine College Success.

3. Stress Management determines College Success.

4. Time Management determines College Success.

5. Personal Choice determines College Success.

So, where do you go from here?

1. You develop good study habits.

2. You choose good friends.

3. You manage your College Stress Levels.

4. You manage your Time well.

5. You make good personal choices.

Please notice each of those starts with YOU. Feeling a bit lonely out there on that limb? David Ritchey, The College Coach, at http://davidritchey.com has a solution for you. Get a FREE copy of his 5 Tips for Time Management for College Students. College Success Group or Independent Life Coaching will help you get your habits set into motion at the beginning of the year, will get you on the right track, and his continued contact will help you through those tough moments that threaten to bring you down.

When you focus on what you can do to make it happen and take responsibility for the results of your college career you will have College Success. Dont be a member of the Freshman Drop Out Society! Beat the odds and Graduate!

Jan Verhoeff

Somewhere between college and life, Jan began to focus on other people. Her intense need to feel accomplishment in her life drove her to finding a deeper contentment than just existing in the hoot 'n holler of southeastern Colorado. While the beauty of the prairie never escaped her eye for color and beauty, the intensity of her desire kept her moving ever onward.

Summers in Michigan and Tennessee brought her closer to something, but it wasn't until much later, as an adult, mother of four that she began to understand that her need for accomplishment included sharing what she had learned along the way. It also meant that her talent for painting the dream and writing her thoughts had a lot to do with her accomplishments.

She began to focus on actually writing down her thoughts and ideas in journals, revealing her prayer thoughts and life events. Bits of paper became treasures of memory, and a notebook became an outlet of hope and a step of faith. Jan put her thoughts on paper, and began to publish them, where she found opportunity, including various magazines, trade journals, and local publications. Her interests in business and new enterprise became a resounding outlet for her talent, and wisdom for those who sought it. Jan's interest in business development became her trademark, resulting in her first book publication in !992, "Building a Business: From Scratch". This 22 page booklet was published by a local printer in a vertical brochure format, selling more than a thousand copies nation wide. It has resurfaced in college classes as the basis for college term papers, graduate thesis, and research documents for small business courses over the past 13 years.

Seeking more diverse outlets for her talents, Jan most recently has written several short stories published in various books, including: "Stories for the Trail" with the Lamar Writer's Group, "Prickly Points of Life" a combination poetry/short story collection of Jan's work, and "Coffee Clatter" a bound collection of written works originally published in a newsletter published by her daughter, Brenna, as a Sophomore Year Project when she was homeschooling at Buchanan Academy.

More recently her work is available in a newsletter she publishes weekly via email, and various blogs listed on the right side of this page.

You may contact Jan at: janverhoeff@yahoo.com

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