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How to Win at College: Simple Rules for Success from Star Students

by Cal Newport

A rule-based approach to making the most of college

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    Praised by the Seattle Times

    The Seattle Times describes the book as a useful way for a smart student to see how out-of-the-box thinking can ...

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A rule-based approach to making the most of college

Drawing on interviews with high-achieving students at universities across the country, Cal Newport organizes this college guide into 75 practical rules. Its advice ranges from choosing activities and managing coursework to building a résumé and keeping time for life beyond academics. Some recommendations are deliberately counterintuitive, including suggestions about reading, grades, and writing papers, so the book presents college success as a set of choices and habits—not simply a matter of studying more. The scope also reaches beyond campus, connecting students’ decisions during college with opportunities after graduation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • College students seeking practical guidance on academics, extracurricular activities, and time use
  • Students interested in strategies for strengthening a résumé and preparing for post-college opportunities
  • Readers who prefer advice arranged as concise rules and recommendations

Themes

College success strategiesAcademic and extracurricular choicesTime managementRésumé building and post-college opportunities

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Book overview

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
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