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60 Additionally, I’d like to mention as the fourth tip to always remember that even though it may be overwhelming and stressful at first (or at all times), the world will not end, you will make it through your first quarter of the unknown, and you will not fail. Even if you did, again the world will not end because LWIT will help you with this too! So even though the world you are entering is vast and seems at times endless, Everything Will Be Ok. Everyone is here to help you at LWIT: options include your instructor, general counselor, additional specialty counsel available to you after you have been accepted by a specific program. These include a basic food, employment and training (BFET) counselor, Worker Retraining counselor, WorkFirst counselor, Opportunity grant counselor – the sky is the limit! Also when in a state of distress, you may take advantage of the library’s quiet study room, English tutors, Math tutors, general assistance tutors for many different classes, a computer lab as well as movies you can take home. If LWIT had a motto it would be: How Can We Help? Now, last but not least is this: you are Not the Only one that is going through this. In other words you are not alone. Every quarter many students are just getting started with their college careers. They don’t know what they are doing or where