The academic transition from high school to college can be difficult. There are many resources and services designed to provide you with academic assistance and support. Costs associated with many of these services are either included in your tuition and fees or are completely free of charge.

Learning Skills Services
With the first round of tests completed, you might be feeling like the study techniques you used in high school are no longer sufficient to be successful at Texas A&M. Learning Skills Services, a unit within the Student Counseling Services, provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enhance study and exam-taking ability, while decreasing anxiety related to academic performance. Services can include individual and group counseling, assessment of study behaviors, screening for learning disabilities, an extensive collection of self-help resources, and weekly workshops on a variety of study skills topics. They also offer a learning skills certificate program which is individually tailored to meet your needs and involves a series of workshops, academic counseling sessions with a trained academic skills counselor, and academic skills literature. Student Counseling Services also features the Academic and Career Resource Center, which offers a wealth of academic resources, such as computer programs, study-skills literature, video tapes, and audio tapes featuring information regarding test anxiety, academic stress, and even concentration. For more information visit the Student Counseling Services’ website at http://www.scs.tamu.edu.

Supplemental Instruction and Tutoring through the Student Learning Center
Supplemental Instruction is an academic assistance program coordinated by the Student Learning Center that is designed to improve your student’s academic performance and increase retention. The SI program targets traditionally difficult core curriculum courses and provides regularly scheduled, out-of-class, peer-facilitated group study sessions. Recognizing that some students need individual tutoring, the Student Learning Center also offers free tutoring sessions in some math and science courses. For tutoring and supplemental instruction schedules, visit the Student Learning Center website at http://slc.tamu.edu.

Tutoring through the Corps of Cadets
While not available to all Texas A&M students, the Corps of Cadets offers professional, small group tutoring sessions in a variety of math and science courses each semester. These tutoring sessions are FREE to all cadets and are scheduled Sunday through Thursday nights. In past years, tutoring sessions were provided for Engineering Math, Business Math, and Physics for a total of seven different subjects. Additionally, the General O.R. Simpson Corps Honor Society, which is composed of cadets who maintain the highest of academic standards, also provides FREE tutoring to cadets in many different subjects. Simpson Honor Society members tutor subjects in which they are knowledgeable and have made superior grades. Tutoring is one-on-one and is conducted on an as-needed basis. For more information about either of these options provided by the Corps of Cadets, visit http://www.aggiecorps.org/Academics/default.htm.