The Secrets of College Success (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-56186-6 (ISBN)
Are you among the 22 million students now enrolled in college? Or a high school student thinking of joining them shortly? Or perhaps a parent of a college-bound junior or senior? Then this book is just for you. Written by college professors and successfully used by tens of thousands of students, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-use tips, techniques, and strategies with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to:
- pick courses and choose a major
- manage your time and develop college-level study skills
- get good grades and manage the 'core' requirements
- get motivated and avoid stress
- interact effectively with the professor or TA
- prepare for a productive and lucrative career
New to this third edition are high-value tips about:
- undergraduate and collaborative research
- summer internships
- staying safer on campus
- diversity and inclusion
- disabilities and accommodations
...with special tips for international students at US colleges.
Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success makes a wonderful back-to-college or high-school-graduation gift -or a smart investment in your own college success.
LYNN F. JACOBS and JEREMY S. HYMAN are college professors with a combined 50-plus years of teaching experience at eight different colleges, including the University of Arkansas, MIT, Princeton, UCLA, Vanderbilt University, and California State University, Northridge. They maintain a website at www.professorsguide.com, blog for U.S. News & World Report, and have contributed to blogs at The New York Times, Chegg, and Reader's Digest.
Are you among the 22 million students now enrolled in college? Or a high school student thinking of joining them shortly? Or perhaps a parent of a college-bound junior or senior? Then this book is just for you. Written by college professors and successfully used by tens of thousands of students, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-use tips, techniques, and strategies with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to: pick courses and choose a major manage your time and develop college-level study skills get good grades and manage the core requirements get motivated and avoid stress interact effectively with the professor or TA prepare for a productive and lucrative career New to this third edition are high-value tips about: undergraduate and collaborative research summer internships staying safer on campus diversity and inclusion disabilities and accommodations with special tips for international students at US colleges. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success makes a wonderful back-to-college or high-school-graduation gift or a smart investment in your own college success.
LYNN F. JACOBS and JEREMY S. HYMAN are college professors with a combined 50-plus years of teaching experience at eight different colleges, including the University of Arkansas, MIT, Princeton, UCLA, Vanderbilt University, and California State University, Northridge. They maintain a website at www.professorsguide.com, blog for U.S. News & World Report, and have contributed to blogs at The New York Times, Chegg, and Reader's Digest.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.3.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik | |
| Schlagworte | Bildungswesen • choosing a major • choosing courses • College • college advice • college courses • College freshmen • college major • College professors • College Success • college tips • Education • First-year college students • freshman comp • grad school • Graduate school • High School • high school graduates • lab science • picking a major • Study Habits • succeed at university • succeed in college • time budgeting • transitioning to college • University • university professors • University Students • university success |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-56186-8 / 1119561868 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-56186-6 / 9781119561866 |
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