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How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students
Written by Cal Newport
Narrated by Roger Wayne
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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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:
#9679 Don't do all your reading
#9679 Drop classes every term
#9679 Become a club president
#9679 Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA
#9679 Never pull an all-nighter
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.
#9679 Don't do all your reading
#9679 Drop classes every term
#9679 Become a club president
#9679 Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA
#9679 Never pull an all-nighter
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.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic quick and easy book from a great author. I wish I'd read this years ago before I started college!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well, this was a great listen. The short snippets of advice were a good format for such a book. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to improve some of their habits for studying and even research.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It has The key insights to a winning college student life.