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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.

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Really good book

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I am a part-time student and I also gained a lot from this book. Some of the main points: - Smart students used their time wisely and don't spend hours per day madly cramming for tests but instead study a little bit per day. Smart students think about what they want to cover in a study session and stop when they've covered what they intended to cover. - Smart students plan their day by tracking in a Daily To List spending 5 mins per day creating a daily schedule. - By using smarter studying techniques, most people can spend less time and achieve better results. Book covers different class types and how to study for each. Attend class and pay attention during class are discussed. Ask questions when things are not clear. Use your classmates to help you understand rough spots. Excellent discussion of test taking strategies as well. Also, advice on paper writing. The format of this book -- interviewing straight A students and getting directly from them their study habits and test taking strategies made me really pay attention to what the author writes. I thought interviewing successful students was great strategy in writing the book. Adds much more creditability. Plus, the author has achieved something like 30 straight A's. Overall, I got a lot of value and tips from this book; well worth the ten dollars!!

Excellent	Customer Rating:
Clear, concise, and effective. The other positive reviews are right on with this book. I recommend it to anyone in college, and I wish I had known some of these tips in high school.

Amazing!

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This is an amazing book that gives real techniques and tricks to optimize your time spent studying. The author's techniques, ranging from time management to notes-taking, are extremely efficient and thoroughly explained. The time management technique itself is worth the books price: it is so useful that I use it for everything, even if it is not related to my studies. Unlike most theoretical study-methods, the one taught in this book was devised and used by real outstanding students.

Fantastic Motivational Tool

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This book is one of the best I have read in regards to university education. It eliminates all the guru ideas, and only gives advice that truly works. I have attempted to follow this advice for the past few months, and I can honestly say that I have learnt more through less studying, and I now have a lot more free time than before. I recommend this book to any university students, however it is aimed more towards non-technical courses (eg. arts, law...). This would really benefit you if you have to write long essays and reports at short notice.

Good book...

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It is a really good starting point for traditional incoming college students going to school full time. Though I'm a full time working professional and trying to balance night classes, it still gave me great insight as to how to manage my time more wisely in between work and personal errands. It gave a pretty good foundation as to how to spread out your time when it comes to studying, the difference between a research paper and critical analysis paper. Overall, good book... it's a fast read and you'll walk away gaining at least a few things.