The Secrets of College Success

by Lynn F. Jacobs (University of Arkansas ); Jeremy S. Hyman (University of Arkansas )

• ISBN13: 9780470884638
• ISBN10: 0470884630
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

If you're currently a college student, or plan on being one, you need to check out this book. Written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, it's loaded with insider information that only professors know--but few are willing to reveal. The over 600 tips in this book will show you: How to pick good courses and avoid bad professors How to develop "college-level" skills and habits that'll put you ahead of the pack How to get through the freshman comp, math, language, and lab science requirements--in one try How to figure out what's going to be on the tests, and what professors are looking for in papers and presentations How to pick a major you'll really like--and be good at How to get the edge for graduate school--or the inside track to a really good job And much more The tips are quick and easy-to-use, and the advice is friendly and supportive. It's as if you had your own personal professor guiding you on the path to college success.

Table of Contents

Introduction

This Is College

10 Things You Need to Know About College (but Probably Don't)

What's New at College? Fun Facts

The 14 Habits of Top College Students

The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College

6 Things You Didn't Know About Grading (but Really Should)

12 Ways to Get Your Money's Worth out of College

The College Student's Bill of Rights

In the Beginning . ..

7 Things to Do the Summer Before College

15 Things to Do the Week Before College

Do's and Don'ts for Picking Your Courses

No Room at the Inn? What to Do When You're Closed out of a Course

10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes

The 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Professor

Skills 3.0

Top 10 Time-Management Tips

Why It's Never Good to Procrastinate

The How Not to Study Guide

10 Secrets of Taking Excellent Lecture Notes

15 Ways to Read Like a Pro

15 Strategies for Painless Presentations

Running Scared? How to Build Your Confidence

Forced Labor

10 Ways to Whip the Freshman Comp Requirement

10 Tips for Taming the Math Requirement

Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Foreign Language Requirement

10 Ideas for Learning to Love the Lab

10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course

How to Take Courses on the 'Net-for Free

It's Showtime!

12 Tips for A+ Test Preparation

"So What's Going to Be on the Test Anyway?"

Top 13 Test-Taking Tips

10 Tips for Writing the Perfect Paper

Top 10 Ways of Making the Leap from a B to an A

16 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor

Partnering with Your Professor

15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You

The 15 Secrets of Going to See the Professor

Etiquette for E-mailing Your Professor

10 Surefire Ways to Piss Off Your Professor

10 Things Professors Never Want to Hear (and What They Think When They Do Hear Them)

Emergency 9-1-1

10 Things to Do When You Can't Keep Up with the Lecture

Top 10 Signs You've Been Cutting Too Many Classes

Bombed the Midterm: Now What?

7 Best Last-Minute Strategies for Saving Your Grade

10 Signs You're in Real Trouble at College

What, Then, to Do? The 7-Step Approach

The Second Half of College

How Not to Pick a Major

13 Skills You'll Need for a Career-and How to Get Them at College

Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad

Transfer Tips-from Community College to 4-Year College

Thinking About Grad School? The 10-Step Program

10 Tips for Finding a Job

The End-and the Beginning

Got a Tip? Join the Community!

Acknowledgments

Web Resources

Index

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