How to Win at College: Simple Rules for Success from Star Students
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The essential guide to getting ahead once you've gotten in--proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country's most successful students
"Highly recommended because it is full of practical tips that will help high school grads take the next step in life."--Money How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class. These often surprising strategies include: - Don't do all your reading
- Drop classes every term
- Become a club president
- Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA
- Never pull an all-nighter
- Take three days to write a paper
- Always be working on a "grand project"
- Do one thing better than anyone else you know Proving you can be successful and still have time for fun, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years--and getting and edge on life after graduation. "This deliberately provocative book is a good way for a smart student to see how out-of-the-box thinking can lead to success in college."--Seattle Times
"Highly recommended because it is full of practical tips that will help high school grads take the next step in life."--Money How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class. These often surprising strategies include: - Don't do all your reading
- Drop classes every term
- Become a club president
- Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA
- Never pull an all-nighter
- Take three days to write a paper
- Always be working on a "grand project"
- Do one thing better than anyone else you know Proving you can be successful and still have time for fun, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years--and getting and edge on life after graduation. "This deliberately provocative book is a good way for a smart student to see how out-of-the-box thinking can lead to success in college."--Seattle Times
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0767917871
ISBN13:9780767917872
Release Date:April 2005
Publisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Length:191 Pages
Weight:0.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 8.1"
Age Range:14 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Best book out there for college success!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is AMAZING! Cal Newport gives wonderful rules to live by while in college. If you follow his advice (collected from stand-out students around the country) I don't see how you can be anything but successful. His rules are simple and easy to understand. For each one, he explains not only how to implement them, but exactly why they are so important. If you're like me, and you've always envied those students seem to run on all cylinders all the time, excel in all areas, and get more done in a day then you can accomplish in a whole semester, you need this book. If you've had trouble balancing intense academics and a full social life, you need this book. If you want to quickly, and easily, change the way you think about succeeding as a student, you need this book! It will change your life if you let it. I can't stop reading it over and over. It's an easy read, and it will not only inspire you to aim higher, it will tell you how to reach your new goals. After reading it, I feel like the sky is the limit for what I can achieve. Now I see college as the staging ground for all my future successes. This book is directed at normal students who want to do WAY more than survive college, they want to win at it!
Wish I'd Known!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Wow, I just graduated from college and this book is full of little tidbits that I wish I'd known 4 years ago. The best part is that it is written by an actual student to students and contains bits of advice you won't get reading an ordinary college "How To" book. And with dozens of two or three page chapters highlighting specific points, it's an enjoyable read that will get anyone thinking critically about how to succeed in college.
A College Guide Actually About College...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I wish I'd had this book in college. There seem to be a million breezy, humorous books about college life on the shelves, but they're all about cooking, cleaning, reducing stress and buying futons. This one is better than most at breezy humor, but it gets five stars because it's about COLLEGE: the core tasks of getting good grades, an employable resume, and the critical thinking skills necessary for a richer appreciation of life. My little brother is starting Harvard next year, and I've bought him a copy. Hard to believe the college-survival genre has been around so long and this book is just being published now.
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