The Secrets Of Top Students

Author : Stefanie Weisman
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402280807
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Top Students written by Stefanie Weisman and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight talk and tips from top students to help make academic excellence a lifestyle. Getting a passing grade is one thing—cramming to memorize facts, knowing what's on the test, finishing a paper just before the deadline—but being a top student is something else entirely. So what makes the difference between a good student and a top student? Being a top student is a lifestyle, not just an A on your transcript. The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College offers advice from lifelong top student, Stefanie Weisman, to help you learn the keys to studying smart, staying motivated, and making academic excellence a part of your life. Tips from 45 Top Students Learn strategies on making the grade with first-hand advice from valedictorians, Rhodes scholars, Fulbright scholars, Intel Science Fair finalists, a National Spelling bee champion, and more! Lifestyle Tips and Techniques Discover tips and mantras that will keep you on the road to academic success. Helpful Exercises Practice makes perfect. Put what you've learned to the test with easy exercises on taking notes, staying motivated, and more.

Author : Cal Newport
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Win at College : Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students written by Cal Newport and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn F. Jacobs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470885610
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of College Success written by Lynn F. Jacobs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Kristin M. White
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615192387
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's the Student, Not the College: The Secrets of Succeeding at Any School - Without Going Broke or Crazy written by Kristin M. White and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future is in your hands—not Harvard’s TO: All students wondering “Can I get into my dream college?” CC: All parents wondering “Can we afford it?” FROM: Educational consultant Kristin M. White MEMO: COLLEGE RANKINGS DON’T MATTER. This claim might sound crazy, but it’s true: Research shows that where you go to school makes little difference to future financial success or quality of life—personal qualities such as ambition, perseverance, and a sense of purpose are all more important. Kristin M. White has helped hundreds of parents and students look beyond the dream-school hype and focus on what’s most important. Now, in It’s the Student, Not the College, she shows how to avoid unrepayable debt and set yourself up to grow, excel, and enjoy yourself at any school. Instead of obsessing over GPA cutoffs and SAT scores, students will learn how to build a personal “Success Profile”—by adopting the traits that help stellar students make the grade in school and life. Plus . . . Why what you do in school counts more than where you go 14 surefire ways to develop your Success Profile as a student and beyond Criteria to consider when choosing a college How to find a good fit for your family’s finances And tips for graduating career-ready and landing a great first job. Expensive, elite colleges have too much sway over the minds and bank accounts of students and parents. It’s the Student, Not the College breaks that stranglehold—and reveals the real secrets of success.

Author : Ken Bain
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674070380
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What the Best College Students Do written by Ken Bain and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college—and every other educational enterprise, too. The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. The creative, successful people profiled in this book—college graduates who went on to change the world we live in—aimed higher than straight A’s. They used their four years to cultivate habits of thought that would enable them to grow and adapt throughout their lives. Combining academic research on learning and motivation with insights drawn from interviews with people who have won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, fame, or the admiration of people in their field, Ken Bain identifies the key attitudes that distinguished the best college students from their peers. These individuals started out with the belief that intelligence and ability are expandable, not fixed. This led them to make connections across disciplines, to develop a “meta-cognitive” understanding of their own ways of thinking, and to find ways to negotiate ill-structured problems rather than simply looking for right answers. Intrinsically motivated by their own sense of purpose, they were not demoralized by failure nor overly impressed with conventional notions of success. These movers and shakers didn’t achieve success by making success their goal. For them, it was a byproduct of following their intellectual curiosity, solving useful problems, and taking risks in order to learn and grow.

Author : Soundarya Balasubramani
Publisher : PractiSc Labs
ISBN 13 : 9354073662
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Admitted written by Soundarya Balasubramani and published by PractiSc Labs. This book was released on 2020-09-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, hundreds of thousands of students embark on their journey to study abroad. According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, 753,000 Indian students were studying abroad in 2019. Studying abroad is a dream come true for many — yet, there is no all-encompassing resource available for aspirants today, that walks them through the step-by-step process to get their dream admit and prepare to study abroad. No more. Enter Admitted. Admitted is the brain-child of Soundarya Balasubramani, an Ivy League graduate from Columbia University, New York and a Gold Medalist from NIT Trichy, India. Soundarya wrote the book with contributions from two more Ivy League graduates, Saikishore Raju (Dartmouth College) and Rishabh Singh (Brown University). Admitted covers the end-to-end process of getting your dream admit: - Dive deep into a specific topic — such as writing your SOP, preparing for interviews, securing your visa — with actionable templates and personal stories in each chapter. - Read insights from 10+ past graduates sharing tips and tricks on the application process. - Get access to a Google Drive folder filled with resources: high-quality SOP and resume samples, list of scholarships, tracking tool, 400+ useful links, and more. - Immerse yourself in beautiful design with 75+ illustrations and other visual vignettes. Go ahead and take a look inside the book! - Learn concepts from psychology, history, and behavioral economics seamlessly weaved into the text. Admitted does not tell you what to do. Rather, it teaches you how to think and sets you up for success even after getting admitted. Save yourself countless hours spent finding the right resource by purchasing the book and begin your journey today!

Author : Karine Blackett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781593578534
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book College Success Guide written by Karine Blackett and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stop Trying So Hard and Start Achieving, No matter who you are-a teenager who's trying to find a career or an adult who's trying to change careers or anyone who's trying to juggle multiple responsibilities-earning a college degree is a challenge. But it doesn't have to be a struggle. Students across the nation and around the world have used the strategies in this book to accomplish their academic goals. But this is no one-size-fits-all approach. Whether you go to classes on campus or online, full-time or part-time, you can choose the strategies that fit the way you learn. This book presents proven methods to help you, Retain what you read, Handle test stress, Find your learning style, Study efficiently, Make the most of online classes, Stay positive, Accomplish your goals, Locate useful information, Write academic papers, Learn from and share with others, Focus on your work, Maintain school/life balance Book jacket.

Author : Cal Newport
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767922719
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Become a Straight-A Student written by Cal Newport and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452288546
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Colleges Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know) written by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schools Targeting the savvy parents of today's college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams. Did you know? -A child's guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral. -A parent can help get a child off a waiting list. -There is a way for students to back out of Early Decision once they've been accepted. Based on the controversial insider information Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation's top colleges, this book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.

Author : Pria Chatterjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 194139373X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting into a Top College written by Pria Chatterjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top college admissions insider exposes the never-before revealed secrets to getting into one of America’s elite colleges. Your child is smart. Your child is on the honor roll. Your child aced the SAT. But is it enough to get into a top-tier college? In the Dirty Little Secrets of Getting into a Top College, educational consultant Pria Chatterjee simplifies the complicated process of college admissions, providing parents and students with the tools needed to secure a spot at one of America’s most competitive colleges. In the spirit of Kitchen Confidential, Chatterjee gives readers an exclusive look inside the college admissions office—and the mind of a college admissions officer—and exposes just what elite schools look for in a potential student. Through a series of real-world case studies and with a store of deep insider knowledge, Chatterjee will help you navigate the thicket of college admissions and show parents and students what skills and attributes to stress (and what to downplay) when applying to your dream school. • 100% SUCCESS RATE: This is the bullet proof guide to getting into a top college from a consultant with a 100 percent success rate getting her clients into one of America’s best universities. • INSIDER KNOWLEDGE: Last year 35,000 students applied to Harvard. Only 6 percent were accepted. Chatterjee, a Harvard alum who interviews potential Harvard students as a member of the university’s schools committee, explains that you too can be a member of that elite group. But you must stress the right qualifications.