The Black Girl's Guide to College Success
What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know
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Congratulations! You made it! You aced those SATs, wrote an amazing college essay, depleted your parent’s savings account with outrageously high application fees, and have miraculously packed your entire life into a minivan. You have stocked up on a lifetime supply of ramen noodles, have said your heartfelt good-byes to family and friends, and now you are here … college. The Black Girl’s Guide to College Success: What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know will help you to navigate those areas that are not on the university Website or in one of the gazillion fliers they handed out to you at orientation. I was just in your shoes a few years ago, and the good news is that I made it out successfully. Although every college student should have fun, study daily, maintain a high grade point average (GPA) from the start, and follow several other tips I share throughout this book, many black girls figure out how to succeed in college through a terrible game of trial and error. If you ask the common person, “How do I succeed in college?” you might get the classic response: “Study and get good grades!” This response still leaves you wondering, How do I study? And if I just study, does that guarantee I’ll get good grades? How often do I have to study? Is this the magic formula for success? I thought students did more in college than just study, like get involved in organizations and study abroad? Much of the information I present is common knowledge for some; however, in the realm of higher education, blacks are still lagging. It’s important that everyone does their part to assist in reducing that gap. Consider this book to be your life jacket, providing you with the information you need before you take the leap into college. I don’t want you to become one of the thousands of black women that say, “I wish someone had told me that information before I went to college.”
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The Black Girl's Guide to College Success: What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know provides readers with all the information they need to know to be successful in college. There are books that tell you how to get into college, but few that show you how to navigate college successfully once you're actually there. The Black Girl's Guide to College Success covers the entire college experience from choosing the right major, studying abroad, and obtaining internships, to having fun, balancing out relationships and extracurricular activities, and tough issues like combating feelings of inferiority. Life becomes a little easier when you don’t have to figure out EVERYTHING on your own. Millions of black women have graduated from college and have been successful, but having a heads up on how to make it through successfully can only increase the population of black female college graduates. The Black Girl's Guide to College Success not only defies the myth that all you have to do is study and get good grades to be successful in college, it leaves you wishing there was a Black Girl's Guide for every stage of life!
About the Author
Sheryl Walker graduated high school as the third in her class and the highest ranked African-American student. She received several scholarships and honors, including the English department’s Creative Writing Award. Sheryl attended the Sheryl had four internships and also held a part-time job on campus during her senior year. She was involved with the Caribbean Student Association, was a staff writer for the campus newspaper The Eclipse, and was a mentor with the Black Student Union. Her community involvement included walking in various walks for AIDS and diabetes, as well as serving lunch to the homeless on a monthly basis. Sheryl is now working for a public accounting firm in