How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying LessLooking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master. You will learn how to: • Streamline and maximize your study time • Conquer procrastination • Absorb the material quickly and effectively • Know which reading assignments are critical—and which are not • Target the paper topics that wow professors • Provide A+ answers on exams • Write stellar prose without the agony A strategic blueprint for success that promises more free time, more fun, and top-tier results, How to Become a Straight-A Student is the only study guide written by students for students—with the insider knowledge and real-world methods to help you master the college system and rise to the top of the class. |
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User Review - berezovskyi - LibraryThingI read the book quickly today as am finishing my master's to check if I learned what I should have learned during my studies and it seems fairly consistent. Some of those lessons I learned the hard ... Read full review
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User Review - Alice210 - LibraryThingI got a lot out of this book, especially the first part on time management which is invaluable. I am so much more productive now that I can identify "pseudowork" and avoid it. Life. Changing. Read full review
Contents
Study Basics | 11 |
Quizzes and Exams | 65 |
Step 1 | 159 |
Step 4 | 184 |
Step 6 | 196 |
Step7 | 208 |
Acknowledgments | 217 |
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| Title | How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less |
| Author | Cal Newport |
| Publisher | Crown, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0767927192, 9780767927192 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Reference / Personal & Practical Guides Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success Study Aids / Study & Test-Taking Skills |
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