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The Secrets of College Success
Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman
ISBN: 978-0-470-87466-0
Paperback
224 pages
July 2010
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Introduction.

Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book.

The Professors’ Guide™ Icons. 

1 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 CollegeTM.

The College Student's Bill of Rights.

2 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.

Warning Bad Professor Ahead.

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.

6 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).

7 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.

8 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.

9 The End—and the Beginning.

Got a Tip? Join the Community!

Acknowledgments.

Web Resources.

Index.

 
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