- How to become a straight A student

- The unconventional strategies real college students use to score high while studying less

- Auteur: Cal Newport
- Paperback
- Uitgever: Three Rivers Press
- 214 pagina's
- Engelstalig

- Author of How to win at college and How to be a High School superstar

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- Tekst achterkant boek:
- M. CECILIA GAPOSCHKIN, assistant dean of faculty for pre-major advising, Dartmouth College :
- "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."

- Most college students believe that straight A's can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters. But Oal Newport knows that 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 the study secrets of straight_A students across the country.

You will learn how to:
- STREAMLINE YOUR STUDY HABITS TO LEARN MORE IN LESS TIME
- KNOW WHICH READING ASSIGNMENTS ARE CRITICAL-AND WHICH YOU CAN SKIP
- TAKE SMARTER NOTES (HINT: LESS IS MORE)
- CHOOSE A POWERFUL PAPER TOPIC
PROVIDE A+ ANSWERS ON QUIZZES AND EXAMS
- WRITE STELLAR PROSE WITHOUT THE AGONY

- A strategic blueprint for success that promises both top-tier results and more free time, How to Become a Straight_A Student is the only study guide with the insider knowledge and real-world methods to help you master the college system

- Cal Newport graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth, where, using the strategies outlined in this book, the earted twenty-six straight A's in a row and went on to receive a PhD from MIT. Now a professor of computer solence at Georgetown University, he runs the popular advice blog Stupy Hacks, which explores the impact of technology on our ability to perform productive work and lead satisfying lives