How to Win at College
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How to Win at College by Cal Newport
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
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the author of seven New York Times best-selling books, including A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, So Excellent They Can't Ignore You, and Deep Work, which have been translated into more than 35 languages. He is a frequent guest on NPR and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Times, and WIRED.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780767917872 |
| ISBN 10 | 0767917871 |
| Title | How to Win at College |
| Author | Cal Newport |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2005-04-12 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2006 |
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