How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

by Newport, Cal
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ISBN: 9780767922715
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Overview

Looking 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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Newport, Cal
  • ISBN: 9780767922715
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 224
  • Publication Year: 2007

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