How to Become a Straight-A Student
The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
$42.87
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
26 December 2006
Summary
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 w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767922715 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0767922719 |
| Author: | Cal Newport |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 26 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 131mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“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!
Cal Newport
Cal Newport graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth in 2004, where, using the strategies outlined in this book, he earned thirty-six straight A’s in a row. He is also the author of “How to Win at College” and is studying for his Ph.D. in computer science at MIT.
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