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The Secrets of College Success
"Picking a college is the something high school students and their parents spend a lot of time thinking about and researching. This helpful book will help them feel comfortable about the process. -Active authors. The authors maintain a web site, have an active speaking schedule, offer a popular...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2019.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Meet the Professors; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction; Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book; The Professors' Guide™ Icons; Chapter 1 This is College; 10 Things You Need to Know About College (But Probably Don't); The 15 Habits of Top College Students; The 10 Worst Self-Defeating Myths; 10 Ways to Get Motivated at College; The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College; 14 Ways to Ensure You Graduate in Four Years; Top 10 Tips for Community College Students; 10 Best Tips for Engineering School; The College Student's Bill of Rights
- Chapter 2 In the Beginning . . .8 Things to Do the Summer Before College; 15 Things to Do the Week Before College; Do's and Don'ts for Picking Your Courses; Top 12 Tips for Picking a Major; Top 10 Secrets of the Syllabus; 10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes; 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Professor; Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Course Schedule; Chapter 3 Skills 3.0; Top 10 Time-Management Tips; Top 10 Reasons Never to Procrastinate; The How Not to Study Guide; 10 Must-Do's in Lecture; 10 Secrets of Taking Excellent Lecture Notes; 15 Ways to Read Like a Pro
- 15 Strategies for Painless Presentations15 Ways to Build Your Confidence; Chapter 4 Specialties of the House; 10 Ways to Whip the Freshman Comp Requirement; 10 Tips for Taming the Math Requirement; Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Foreign (or World) Language Requirement; 10 Ideas for Learning to Love the Lab; 10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course; Facing Up to Remediation: Top 10 Strategies; 10 Tips for Online Courses; Chapter 5 It's Show time!; 12 Tips for A+ Test Preparation; So What's Going to Be on the Test Anyway?; Top 13 Test-Taking Tips; 10 Tips for Constructing the Perfect Paper
- 10 Things Your Professor Won't Tell You About GradingHow to Turn a B into an A; 14 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor; Top 10 Tips for Doing E-Research; Chapter 6 Overcoming Challenges; 10 Strategies for Staying Safer on Campus; 8 Strategies for Students from Underrepresented Populations; 10 Tips for Dealing With Disabilities; Top 10 Tips for International Students; Chapter 7 Interfacing With The Professor; 15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You; 10 Biggest Hesitations About Going to See the Professor-and How to Get Over Them; The 14 Secrets of Going to See the Professor
- Etiquette for E-mailing Your Professor10 Surefire Ways to Piss Off Your Professor; Top 10 Things Professors Never Want to Hear-and What They Think When They Do Hear Them; Chapter 8 In Case of Emergency . . .; 10 Things to Do When You Can't Keep Up with the Lecture; 8 Things to Do When There's Too Much Reading; Top 10 Signs You've Been Cutting Too Many Classes; What to Do When You've Bombed the Midterm; 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; Chapter 9 The Second Half