Additional Resources for Students

Accuplacer (Basic Skills) Test Preparation

• Information about the Accuplacer (Basic Skills Exam)

•  Testing Center's "How Can I Prepare for Accuplacer" page

• The Official Accuplacer Study App

• Accuplacer Sample Questions for Students

• Practice Questions for the Accuplacer Math Tests

• College-Level Mathematics Test Information and Sample Questions (CLM)

• Reading Department Basic Skills Exam online Practice Test

• English Department Sentences Skills Practice Page

• Accuplacer Practice: A list of resources and study guides to help you prepare for your accuplacer exam. 

• www.testprepreview.com

• Accuplacer Practice:  A wonderful resources created by Passaic County Community College with practice problems and videos. 

Classroom Support:

• Writing Center

• Reading Center

• Math Lab

• Department Learning Assistants

Transfer Support:

• Transfer Resources and Articulation Department 

• www.njtransfer.org This website represents a partnership between all of the college in New Jersey to help you determing the best courses to take at Brookdale while maximizing your transfer of credits. 

• www.collegesource.org This website will be helpful to you during your college search process by providing you with a powerful research tool that you can customize according to major, tuition, location, size, etc.

Personal Support

• http://www.nj211.org/ A place to turn when you need to find state or local health and human service resources to address urgent needs or everyday concerns – Free; Confidential; Multi-lingual; TTY accessible; Available 24/7

• http://www.180nj.org/ Provides vital programs and services in the areas of crisis intervention, support and prevention. 24 hour hotline services

• Displaced Homemakers  Brookdale Community College’s Displaced Homemakers Program offers you a free, customized, holistic, client-centered program to help you transition into the job market and address a variety of other needs. 732-739-6020 

Study, Test Taking and Learning Strategies

• GPA Calculator

• http://studygs.net A comprehensive website that will help you further develop your study skills, learning strategies, research skills, note taking skills and much more. 

• http://www.notetakinghelp.com This website will help you learn how to take better notes that will help you retain the information covered in class while providing you with an invaluable resource to study. 

Career Development and Exploration

• The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Services The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Services offers a veriety of programs and services to complement the atusent's academic study, and to provide assistance in meeting employment needs. 

• The Occupational Outlook Handbook Will help you to research hundreds of different job types to learn about the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, working conditions and related jobs. 

• O*Net has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!

 

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.”

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)