How to Win at College by Cal Newport

How to Win at College by Cal Newport

The only 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
What does it take to be a standout student? How can you make the most of your college years--graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, and gain access to the best post-college opportunities? 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 the class. These college-tested--and 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 that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years--and getting an edge on life after graduation.

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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