How to become a straight-A student : the unconventional strategies real college students use to score high while studying less

Newport, Cal.

How to become a straight-A student : the unconventional strategies real college students use to score high while studying less / Cal Newport. - 1st ed. - New York : Broadway Books, c2007. - vi, 217 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.



9780767922715

2006016081


Study skills.
College student orientation--United States.

LB2395 / .N515 2007

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