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How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students Audio CD – Unabridged, March 1, 2021
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● 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
Proving you can be successful and still have time for fun, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years—and getting and edge on life after graduation.
- Print length1 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTantor and Blackstone Publishing
- Publication dateMarch 1, 2021
- Reading age14 - 17 years
- Dimensions5.2 x 5.7 inches
- ISBN-13979-8200262892
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About the Author
Cal Newport, PhD, is a writer and an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He also runs the popular website Study Hacks: Decoding Patterns of Success.
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- ASIN : B08ZBJQV6F
- Publisher : Tantor and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition (March 1, 2021)
- Language : English
- Audio CD : 1 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8200262892
- Reading age : 14 - 17 years
- Item Weight : 8.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.2 x 5.7 inches
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About the author
Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University who writes for general audiences about the intersections of culture and technology. He is the author of eight books, including, most recently, Slow Productivity, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. These titles include multiple New York Times bestsellers and have been published in over 40 languages. Newport is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.
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Customers find the book offers useful advice and practical ideas for staying organized. They describe it as a concise, easy read that makes sense. Readers find the content interesting and profound, making it an excellent graduation gift. The chapters are short, making them convenient for busy students.
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Customers find the book provides useful advice and ideas for college. They say it serves as a quick reference guide for some of the more challenging aspects of studying, balancing work and personal life, and getting through exams. The book provides detailed explanations behind each tip, which can lead to more success in college.
"...It has countless (actually 75) useful ideas throughout, too, if you worry it has only one or two pieces of useful advice and that's it...." Read more
"...As much as it's helpful on a practical level, it's helped me in another way, too. I went looking for books because I was nervous about next year...." Read more
"...But the reason this book is effective is that it serves as a quick-reference manifesto for some of the more important (to me) advice...." Read more
"...In short, they are both indespensible, easy reads, hard to put down, and completely different from any other "study skills" books you might read...." Read more
Customers find the book's organization helpful. They find it concise and practical, with useful takeaways. The advice is believable without being preachy or perfect.
"...Also, the writing style is not annoying like a lot of books are...." Read more
"...Books like this book are the reason I do that. It's clear and easy to read, it's direct, it's straightforward, and best of all, it's full of simple..." Read more
"...In short, they are both indespensible, easy reads, hard to put down, and completely different from any other "study skills" books you might read...." Read more
"...The advice is down to earth and believable without being preachy or perfect...." Read more
Customers find the book engaging and insightful. They say it's profound, interesting, and a great reminder. The book provides useful tips and insights with an engaging style.
"Mesmerizing, profound, even for a study machine such as myself...." Read more
"...but for the most part it was full of juicy tid bits on how to get through exams, studying, organizing your time and..." Read more
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Customers appreciate the book's value for money. They say it's worth the price and has excellent quality for the price.
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Customers appreciate the short chapters and tips. They find it easy to understand and packed with useful advice.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014Quick review: if you're about to go into college, BUY THIS. If you're already in college, STILL BUY THIS.
This great book has conventional and unconventional advice. I'm already a fan of Cal Newport's advice and blog, but this book condenses his ideas that are most relevant to me (since I will be going to college in the fall of '15).
It isn't a typical 'how to do well in college' book whatsoever. This truly gives you the truth of what needs to happen to become a part of the exceptional. And he isn't writing it with the assumed purpose of impressing everybody or becoming a mega-successful overlord; he writes with the tone that leaves up the ultimate goals you have up to you. Also, the writing style is not annoying like a lot of books are.
Personally, I just want to optimize my college experience, leave my comfort zone, and get into grad school. This book will help me.
If you want to start the track of becoming a super-rich, art-gallery-going, Bentley-driving, awe-inspiring successful person, this book will still be very worth your time.
It's absolutely worth the money if that's what is keeping you on the edge of buying this.
It has countless (actually 75) useful ideas throughout, too, if you worry it has only one or two pieces of useful advice and that's it.
Bonus: if you like what you read, he has a blog with even more stuff to learn.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2008If you're looking at reviews for this book then you're likely looking for some insight into the college process on a deeper level than surface-level advice. In that case, you should undoubtedly get this book.
I'm going to college next year, and I'm the type of person who copes with things by reading about them. Books like this book are the reason I do that. It's clear and easy to read, it's direct, it's straightforward, and best of all, it's full of simple advice that can dramatically improve one's college experience. It provides this advice without being pretentious- the book's title turned me off at first, and while the author certainly has a very pragmatic approach to college life, he decries resume-padding and the like.
I've recommended it to many of my classmates, and it will serve as a sort of bible for me next year. As much as it's helpful on a practical level, it's helped me in another way, too. I went looking for books because I was nervous about next year. This book helped reassure me by encouraging me to focus on the exciting aspects rather than the unnerving ones. If only I could get such a powerful effect every time I spent ten dollars.
A few years later:
This review actually was written by my then high-school-age son, and I have to tell you that he went on to have an absolutely stellar, meaningful career at an Ivy League college. During those four years, and since, he has frequently referenced this book, and its author, whose other books he later read, as having been his primary source of guidance about how to handle his undergraduate life.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2010To be honest, if I had just graduated high school and someone gave me this book as a gift, I would roll my eyes and never open it. I picked it up a week ago, however, now that I am almost done with my second year of university, and I really do wish that I had had it (and cared to read it) two years ago.
The book is seventy-five pieces of advice, each with about two pages of explanation. The advice is pretty simple, as you can see from looking at the table of contents ("Dress Nicely for Class," "Never Nap," "Eat Healthy," "Always Go to Class"). But the reason this book is effective is that it serves as a quick-reference manifesto for some of the more important (to me) advice.
For example, I'm taking a grad-level fiction writing class. No due dates (except the final deadline at the end of the semester) and no class. You just write at your own pace and turn in a portfolio. This is incredibly difficult for me to do, and I'm unbelievably far behind in the work for the class. I was really quite worried about how I would ever pull it off. The whole semester, my fiction work has been priority #75, and I usually crash between priorities #14 and #20. But with some of the advice in this book ("Keep a Work Progress Journal," "Set Arbitrary Deadlines," "Avoid Daily To-Do Lists," "Don't Take Breaks Between Classes"), I actually feel pretty confident about being able to finish on time. By reading this book (and [...] and Newport's more recent book, How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less) I've adopted some strategies and habits that have actually yielded results.
Before Cal Newport, I was up late every night, angrily doing my homework until I couldn't drink any more tea, without any free time. Now, I'm getting my homework done before sundown (for the most part), feeling enormously more relaxed, and regaining a good amount of the excitement that I had about college before I got here.
If you're on your way to college, and you're the sort of person who can stomach (and listen to) advice, do yourself a favor and read this book. Newport admits in the introduction that not every piece of advice will be for you (for me: "Exercise Five Days a Week" and "Use a Filing Cabinet"). If you want to be more than an average student without being a "grind," this book has a good deal of solid advice.
If you're already in college, and you're looking for more in-depth and practical advice, I recommend also reading How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less. It has more thorough advice for confronting the terrors that you have come to know in college.
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EdenReviewed in France on August 26, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Livraison rapide !
Commandé le 20 août, reçu le 6 août en excellent état ! Très hâte d'entamer la lecture ! Merci !
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remoReviewed in Italy on December 8, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars molto americano
Ovviamente è molto americano. Il testo è (per il mio livello) un po' difficile da capire sia per parole gergali che per riferimenti sconosciuti. Necessita di una lettura lenta per adattarlo all'Italia. Certamente utile per coloro che vanno ha studiare negli Stati Uniti. Atmosfera un po' "Happy Days".
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IgnacioReviewed in Spain on August 27, 2020
4.0 out of 5 stars Llegó a tiempo
Todavía no lo lei completo pero parece un libro genial!
Ignacio
Reviewed in Spain on August 27, 2020
Images in this review - Karen KehoeReviewed in Canada on January 10, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect. That dawning recognition that his parents have it ...
That look you get when your child unwraps that book you've been talking about: perfect. That dawning recognition that his parents have it all planned out for him, well-ahead of time, coupled by the slightly-sinking feeling he has as he realizes that re-enacting the voyage of the Kon-Tiki next year will probably be postponed: Parenting Level 100.
- Shubham YadavReviewed in India on July 19, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Today's reader
It's amazing