My Strengths in Academics

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Responsibility: Adopts psychological ownership

• When given a project, you are conscientious and dependable, committing to live up to your responsibility.
• As a student, seek to assume responsibility for a class project and understand expectations for the quality and timeframe.

Restorative: Adeptly deals with problems

• With Responsibility, you readily analyze and identify problems and a way to fix them.
• As a student, ascertain a problem associated with class content and articulate to others ways to effectively solve it.

Self-assurance: Possess confidence and inner compass

• You feel confident and have a willingness to take risks to meet new challenges head-on.
• As a student, get general direction from your instructor and then decide how to achieve the envisioned outcome.

Significant: Strives to be recognized for contributions

• You want to be recognized for your unique contributions and will work hard to produce something meaningful.
• As a student, find opportunities to stand out in the classroom and work hard to make the mediocre excellent.