How to Win at College - Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students

The only 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.

What does it take to be a standout student? How can you make the most of your college years graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, and gain access to the best post-college opportunities? 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 the class. These college-tested and 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 that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years and getting an edge on life after graduation.

Paperback: 193 pages

Publisher: Three Rivers Press; unknown edition (April 12, 2005)

Language: English

Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

Reviews

“Every college student, or every parent of a college student, must buy this book!”

- Jeffrey J. Fox, author of How to Become CEO

"I like the author's realistic approach to being a successful college student. His advice is realistic,appropriate, and quite useful. I think it is excellent."

- N. S. Woman

"All college students must read this book! This will really enhance your college career! Please read, you won't regret it!"

- Jesse Erickson

"Great advice and very practical. Cal understands how to write for his actual audience, students bound for or already in college. His pro-tips are mostly spot on. I recommend students take what they want from it and leave the rest. It's full of a lot of information, so don't worry about trying to take it all on. Just grab what's for you and don't sweat the rest."

- Ivyxe

"Very goods tips for later in life, shows some new and innovative ways to truly win at college. Can't wait!"

- A. Goggins

"Very informative reading material about succeeding in college. A must read for all new and especially non traditional students such as myself, bravo sir."

- Nicholas J. Bernard

"Really useful tips combined with an engaging style makes this book a really good read for students who want to take full advantage of their college life."

- A. C.

About The Author

Cal Newport is a writer and a professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He is the author of five books and runs the popular advice blog, Study Hacks, which attempts to decode "patterns of success" in both school and the working world. His contrarian ideas on building a successful, meaningful life have been featured on TV, radio, and in many major publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Post.