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Are you among the 22 million students now enrolled in college? Or a high school student thinking of joining them shortly? Or perhaps a parent of a college-bound junior or senior? Then this book is just for you. Written by college professors and successfully used by tens of thousands of students, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-use tips, techniques, and strategies with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to: pick courses and choose a major manage your time and develop college-level study skills get good grades and manage the "core" requirements get motivated and avoid stress interact effectively with the professor or TA prepare for a productive and lucrative career New to this third edition are high-value tips about: undergraduate and collaborative research summer internships staying safer on campus diversity and inclusion disabilities and accommodations ...with special tips for international students at US colleges. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success makes a wonderful back-to-college or high-school-graduation gift -or a smart investment in your own college success.
Preface to the Third Edition xiii Introduction xv Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book xvii The Professors’ Guide (TM) Icons xix 1This Is College 10 Things You Need to Know About College (But Probably Don’t) 3 The 15 Habits of Top College Students 7 The 10 Worst Self-Defeating Myths 11 10 Ways to Get Motivated at College 15 The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College 18 14 Ways to Ensure You Graduate in Four Years 22 Top 10 Tips for Community College Students 27 10 Best Tips for Engineering School 32 The College Student’s Bill of Rights 36 2 In The Beginning . . . 8 Things to Do the Summer Before College 40 15 Things to Do the Week Before College 45 Do’s and Don’ts for Picking Your Courses 49 Top 12 Tips for Picking a Major 53 Top 10 Secrets of the Syllabus 59 10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes 63 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Professor 66 Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Course Schedule 70 3 Skills 3.0 Top 10 Time-Management Tips 77 Top 10 Reasons Never to Procrastinate 82 The How Not to Study Guide 86 10 Must-Do’s in Lecture 91 10 Secrets of Taking Excellent Lecture Notes 95 15 Ways to Read Like a Pro 100 15 Strategies for Painless Presentations 105 15 Ways to Build Your Confidence 110 4 Specialties of The House 10 Ways to Whip the Freshman Comp Requirement 117 10 Tips for Taming the Math Requirement 122 Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Foreign (or World) Language Requirement 126 10 Ideas for Learning to Love the Lab 130 10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course 134 Facing Up to Remediation: Top 10 Strategies 137 10 Tips for Online Courses 142 5 It’s Showtime! 12 Tips for A+ Test Preparation 148 \"So What’s Going to Be on the Test Anyway?\" 153 Top 13 Test-Taking Tips 156 10 Tips for Constructing the Perfect Paper 161 10 Things Your Professor Won’t Tell You About Grading 167 How to Turn a B into an A 171 14 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor 172 Top 10 Tips for Doing E-Research 178 6 Overcoming Challenges 10 Strategies for Staying Safer on Campus 185 8 Strategies for Students from Underrepresented Populations 190 10 Tips for Dealing with Disabilities 195 Top 10 Tips for International Students 200 7 Interfacing with The Professor 15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You 209 10 Biggest Hesitations About Going to See the Professor-and How to Get Over Them 214 The 14 Secrets of Going to See the Professor 218 Etiquette for E-mailing Your Professor 223 10 Surefire Ways to Piss Off Your Professor 227 Top 10 Things Professors Never Want to Hear-and What They Think When They Do Hear Them 231 8 In Case of Emergency . . . 10 Things to Do When You Can’t Keep Up with the Lecture 235 8 Things to Do When There’s Too Much Reading 240 Top 10 Signs You’ve Been Cutting Too Many Classes 244 What to Do When You’ve Bombed the Midterm 245 7 Best Last-Minute Strategies for Saving Your Grade 248 10 Signs You’re in Real Trouble at College 253 What, Then, to Do? The 7-Step Approach 256 9 The Second Half 10 Must-Do’s At The Halfway Point of College 261 12 Skills You’ll Need for a Career-and How to Get Them at College 265 Top 10 Tips for Doing Undergraduate Research 269 10 Strategies for Women Considering a Career in STEM Fields 274 Do’s and Don’ts for a Summer Internship 278 Summer School Pros and Cons 281 Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad 285 10 Tips for the Senior Thesis 289 10 Moving On The 10-Step Program for Thinking About Grad School 296 Top 10 Tips for Getting Bang-Up Recommendations 301 8 Tips for Finding a Job 305 How to Ace the Job Interview 309 The End-And The Beginning The 3 Most Important Tips 315 Index 317 Notes 329
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