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Success StrategyWorkshops
Success Strategy Workshops are offered during the Fall and Spring semesters on a variety
of success techniques and strategies designed to help students excel and succeed at Clemson.
Top Things to KnowAbout the Center
• More than 96% of students who participated in ASC services would recommend us to
their friends.
• The Center provides free learning strategy handouts and student planners.
• Using ASC services helps students succeed at Clemson.
• The ASC building has study areas for quiet individual study or group meetings. Students
can reserve individual or group study rooms.
• Students who participate in ASC services have higher GPAs than those who don’t participate.
• The Center offers online videos on a variety of personal and academic success topics
students can access 24/7 at
• Nearly 70% of new students utilize one or more of the center’s services.
• Using ASC services helps students keep their scholarships; students who use ASC services
keep their scholarships at higher rates than students who do not.
• The ASC has great jobs for students, employing more than 200 students in leadership roles
each year.
• Printers are available on the first floor to print out assignments.
• Our staff is about your student’s success! When they succeed, we succeed.
For more information, visit Follow the Center on Instagram and Facebook
at CU Academic Success Center.
ADVISING AND REGISTRATION
To ensure students receive both personal and professional assistance in navigating through
curricula and University requirements toward degree completion and graduation, each
student is assigned to an academic adviser (either professional or faculty adviser). Advisers
are available to assist students with issues related to degree planning, course selection,
withdrawals, degree requirements, academic policies, academic difficulty, campus resources,
internships/practicum opportunities and career/graduate school planning.
Academic advising and registration take place in the Fall for the following Spring and
Summer semesters and in the Spring for the Fall term. Registration dates can be found on
the academic calendar. Each student is assigned a specific date and time, which will be
determined when iROAR (Clemson’s student information system website where students can
view their personal, financial and academic information) is set to open course registration
for them. This date and time is based on class standing and number of credit hours earned.
In order for a student to be granted access to register at their assigned date and time, they
must first meet with their academic adviser. Students can find the name of their assigned
academic adviser by logging into iROAR, clicking on the student tab and then student profile
or by logging into CU Navigate app and scheduling an appointment with your assigned
adviser. Each college and major coordinates advising differently. Students should expect to
be contacted by their adviser approximately one month in advance of open registration. If
this doesn’t happen, the student should contact their adviser to find out about their specific
advising date and time. For more information, visit
Add/Drop Deadlines
Each semester, there are key drop/add deadlines on the academic calendar. Students
are informed of these dates and deadlines via emails and advising appointments. It is
recommended for students to verify their semester hour requirements in their financial aid
package prior to withdrawing or dropping a class. Here are a few terms or phrases to know
for registration:
• Last day to register or add: This denotes the last day of a semester a student can sign up for
a class to take in that same semester.
• Last day to drop a class or withdraw from University without a W: Once a class is dropped,
it is never seen on the transcript. If the class is properly withdrawn by the last day to drop
without a W, no grade calculation or grade point is impacted.
• Last day to drop a class or withdraw from University without final grades: Dropping a class
after the last day to drop will result in a W noted on the transcript with the course title, but
no grade calculation will be completed.
Bill Paying Deadlines
There are separate deadlines outside of the academic calendar that need to be followed, such
as submitting a student’s payment of tuition and fees. It is vital to meet these deadlines, so
your student does not incur late fees or have classes dropped from their schedule. Please
see the financial section on or more in-depth information on college finances and
financial deadlines.
MIDTERM PROGRESS ALERTS
Each fall and spring semester, instructors are asked to submit midterm academic progress
reports via CU Navigate for first-year students enrolled in courses. As instructors enter
data into CU Navigate, students will receive an email with the grade and any comments
the instructor provided.
Students are encouraged to reach out to their adviser if they are struggling in any of their
classes for further guidance on how to proceed. Academic advisers will also reach out, via
Clemson email, to any of their assigned students with two or more D’s or F’s. Although
instructors are encouraged to put grade information in the system, some will provide it
through Canvas or another forum they utilize for their courses.
If a student does not receive midterm grade feedback for a course, the student is strongly
encouraged to contact their instructor directly to request this feedback. It is the student’s
responsibility to know how they are performing in a course. It is also important to know the
final date to withdraw from a course without a failing grade for the semester. This date can be
found on the academic calendar. If a student is considering withdrawing from a course, they
should consult their adviser.
PARENT TESTIMONIAL
“The transition to college is often difficult
with students having to manage being
away from home for the first time.
The academic challenges can seem
overwhelming for many. The Academic
Success Center is a wonderful resource
to encourage students who just need
some confidence and aid those students
who need to develop good study habits
and time management. My two children
both took advantage of the expertise
offered by the Academic Success
Center and have been on the Dean’s
List several times.”
Cindy Parler
North Augusta, S.C.
PARENT TESTIMONIAL
“Our son’s acceptance into Clemson was
the culmination of four years of hard
work during high school. We wanted
him to learn to succeed at this next
level on his own. We suggested he get
to know his professors and utilize the
Academic Success Center and Student
Accessibility Services. His first year was
a learning process. He studied vigorously
and made the Dean’s List, but he worked
so hard he rarely left the library and his
health suffered. By his sophomore year,
he learned how to balance his studies
and get some exercise — still make the
Dean’s List but have some fun as well.
College is definitely a journey, both
through academics and growing into an
adult. Clemson is such a wonderful place
for this to happen.”
Nomi and John Russi
North Charleston, S.C.