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

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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.

Length: 224 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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"A smart, concise, fun, and above all informative guide on how to ace college by being smarter about how to work . . . This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to do well at college and enjoy it too." --M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Assistant Dean of Faculty for PreMajor Advising, Dartmouth College

"This book delivers on its title 100 Percent. I wish I'd had a copy when I was in college--I would have had a better GPA and a better social life!" --Jason Ryan Dorsey, author of My Reality Check Bounced! --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Cal Newport graduated from Dartmouth College, earned a Ph.D. from MIT, and is now an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He's the author of five books, including most recently the Wall Street Journal business bestseller Deep Work. He also runs the popular blog Study Hacks, which explores the impact of technology on our ability to perform productive work and lead satisfying lives. His contrarian ideas have been featured on many major media platforms, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Economist and NPR. Visit him online at calnewport.com. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B000MAHBYQ
Publisher : Crown (26 December 2006)
Language : English
File size : 2448 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 224 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0767922719

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Richa.gautam

Not for indian students.

Reviewed in India on 4 July 2019

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This book covers the US exam patterns which is far different from the indian exams, and the rest of the advice you can get easily on YouTube or your teacher or topper would give much better tips or advice.
I won't recommend this book for students in india.

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SF Fan

Nothing astonishing, but useful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2018

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I bought this to help a first-year Physic student, who I thought could benefit from some enhancements to his "Personal System". The book is fairly straightforward, nothing amazing, but we picked up a few useful tips.

The book treats technical and non-technical courses separately for much of the content, which will be useful for the time-poor students who are the target audience - you can skip large chunks that are not relevant to you.

I thought the approach to a writing assignment was excellent. The emphasis on letting your unconscious do some of the hard work is appropriate I think. And having a "System" will help students overcome procrastination.

Worth a look for anyone finding the going in college difficult.

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Chris Downing

A Great Book on Study - and another on careers was to follow his first

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2014

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I think if you are studing anything, this book would be a great help to increasing your effectiveness. Most of the other reviewers comments cover all the things you need to know about this book. But I would say, since teaching the guitar and bass for ten years I was always looking for books to help students learn how to learn - or parents wanting books on helping their children/teenager learn - well this would have been the book I would have recommended if t had existsed back then. A thoroughly easy book to work through - not huge like some study guides - well though through - and written by someone in the business, a college professor.

I can also thoroughly recommend you also listen to or read Cal's other book about competence and finding your way in life. I love the idea you should be focused on ability and competence rather than all that guff about tricking your way through interviews, networking, and all that stuff those looking for work are told to do. You know what? Those tricks and scams just don't work. Read Cal Newports book "So Good They Can't Ignore You" for a whole new ethical appraoch to getting the right jobs for you.

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Reader 2011

Good advice.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2018

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The book offers a good range of advice on how to get the most out of your time, it doesn’t teach you how to work harder, but it has a lot of good tips on how to work smarter. It is worth reading and should really be a staple book for those going off to college or university.

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Sku'nu

Awesome Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 March 2016

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I am IT student in my final year at university and I stumbled into this book just before starting the academic year.

This book has done wonders for me. I was your average laid back student, averaging mediocre grades (50%) in most modules. After applying the methodology outline from this book I managed to score 68% and 69% in my January exams - and they were tough modules!

The beauty in this book is its efficiency and the insight of how academics actually think.

I'd highly recommend this book.

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