How to Become a Straight-A Student
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- Author：Cal Newport
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Anabelle Amorim
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I'm going to start college in a short while， so I decided to read this book。 In all honesty， I've always been the student that never reviews anything and only studies one day before my tests。 That has worked 99% of the time， giving me good grades， but I know that it won't fly in college。 That's where this book comes in。Some stuff seems obvious and comes down to "Give yourself enough time to do a good job and don't pull all-nighters"， but the author gave a lot of step-by-step explanations that se I'm going to start college in a short while， so I decided to read this book。 In all honesty， I've always been the student that never reviews anything and only studies one day before my tests。 That has worked 99% of the time， giving me good grades， but I know that it won't fly in college。 That's where this book comes in。Some stuff seems obvious and comes down to "Give yourself enough time to do a good job and don't pull all-nighters"， but the author gave a lot of step-by-step explanations that seem useful。 The book was short and easy to read。 Can't really comment on its merits， but I think it might help me。 。。。more
Bullets BangBang
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This book changed my study habit and mindset in academics。 We were often told as kids， "You must be incredibly smart to achieve that excellent grade，" but never， "You must have worked really hard to obtain that excellent grade。" It had taught me to believe that "He was probably too intelligent for me to ever be like him，" when instead I should think， "That kid must have worked extremely hard to acquire that excellent grade， I can be like him。" I also applied the promodoro technique irl。 This book changed my study habit and mindset in academics。 We were often told as kids， "You must be incredibly smart to achieve that excellent grade，" but never， "You must have worked really hard to obtain that excellent grade。" It had taught me to believe that "He was probably too intelligent for me to ever be like him，" when instead I should think， "That kid must have worked extremely hard to acquire that excellent grade， I can be like him。" I also applied the promodoro technique irl。 。。。more
Theresa
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This book was a really easy read， packed with lots of helpful frameworks for getting different academic tasks done。 There were no world-changing strategies， but it was nice to read what high-achieving students do each day to ensure they get top grades。
Thomas Hansmeyer
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I really enjoyed reading this book。 I liked the book because it is straight forward， just like the tips Cal gives。 Every sentence has it's place， and every one is very clear。 I wouldn't expect anything else from the author of a book on becoming an effective student！ He gives concrete examples of how the advice given is applied， this helps so the reader can fully grasp it and see how easy it is。 I appreciated the Cheat Sheet sections after each parts， it was a great way of sticking it into our me I really enjoyed reading this book。 I liked the book because it is straight forward， just like the tips Cal gives。 Every sentence has it's place， and every one is very clear。 I wouldn't expect anything else from the author of a book on becoming an effective student！ He gives concrete examples of how the advice given is applied， this helps so the reader can fully grasp it and see how easy it is。 I appreciated the Cheat Sheet sections after each parts， it was a great way of sticking it into our memory and I would definitely come back to these during my school time， very useful。 I would recommend this book to anyone that wants some quick and easy tips to help you。 Any high school student would be lucky to get there hands on this one。 。。。more
Birry
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Pretty helpful but it addresses college students which is not really relatable at the moment。I will definitely reread it once I finish high school :）
Khadir
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Rainbowdracula
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The tone can be a little “how are you doing my fellow kids，” but its advice and guidance is useful for every kind of student， from freshmen in undergrad to PhD candidates。
Sarah Anne
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very helpful， need to take notes from it soon
Abin
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Very useful。 As This book is a bit old it doesn't really takes in consideration the possibilities of Internet much and how that could dramatically reduce the time and energy spent。 Even though this was a very useful book。 Each topic has tons of explanation and detailed examples。 Which is useful for some topics and just for skim read for another topics。 This book is written in Simple English which is very useful when skim reading some things。 Very useful。 As This book is a bit old it doesn't really takes in consideration the possibilities of Internet much and how that could dramatically reduce the time and energy spent。 Even though this was a very useful book。 Each topic has tons of explanation and detailed examples。 Which is useful for some topics and just for skim read for another topics。 This book is written in Simple English which is very useful when skim reading some things。 。。。more
Emmanuel Rodriguez Pacheco
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This is an amazing book ， that gives you a detailed plan to work on when it comes to time management as a student ， how to study for quizzes and tests and how to choose the important things to be aware of。 Also its a simple process to enjoy the best of the two sides of college - Learning and Socializing。
Georgia
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This book is worth it just for the section on how to plan your days as a college student。 It is a quick and easy read and i would highly recommend it for any student， new or old！
cQ
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will see if this works。
Giao Le
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I haven't read part III yet， since I'm freshman。 But this book provided a lot of interesting tips for college students。 For me， it was the spirit of organizing things in college and high concentration for study that embedded I haven't read part III yet， since I'm freshman。 But this book provided a lot of interesting tips for college students。 For me， it was the spirit of organizing things in college and high concentration for study that embedded 。。。more
Kaushik Sharma
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This is actually an amazing book， helped me develop a system that makes me do my stuff finished up even If I'm procastinating， since the system and tips in this book are so flexible and easy to use。 You can easily implement this system in your daily student life。 Loved the book。 This is actually an amazing book， helped me develop a system that makes me do my stuff finished up even If I'm procastinating， since the system and tips in this book are so flexible and easy to use。 You can easily implement this system in your daily student life。 Loved the book。 。。。more
Olivia ☕️
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Nerd alert！！！！！！！！！
Joseph
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VERY nice concept to interview straight A students and use their tested techniques to get better grades。 The scheduling component of the program comes at the beginning of the book and it is important that the schedule techniques be learned first。 This allows for the time necessary to do all of the studying laid out in the rest of the book。
Quote
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Probably the best book you could buy if you want techniques to improve your grades （the actual improvement starts with you！）。 An insightful read without any fluff。
Laura Emerim Silva
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esses livros meio desenvolvimento pessoal assim são meu guilty pleasure demais
Juan Cruz Gomez Seeber
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Picking up this book was my way to take responsibility for my grades。 I has always been hard for me to study， I only enjoyed it on some random， specific occasions。 This book showed me exactly the life I would like to have while studying， not grinding 24/7， but having a perfect balance between my responsibilities and the things I want to do。 I will begin using the techniques for this semester I'm starting， I'm hopeful， I believe this book delivered every tool I require， now it's up to me to use t Picking up this book was my way to take responsibility for my grades。 I has always been hard for me to study， I only enjoyed it on some random， specific occasions。 This book showed me exactly the life I would like to have while studying， not grinding 24/7， but having a perfect balance between my responsibilities and the things I want to do。 I will begin using the techniques for this semester I'm starting， I'm hopeful， I believe this book delivered every tool I require， now it's up to me to use them。I really appreciate this types of books， it was practical， interesting and surprising too。 A great read for any and all students， at least to shed a light on different ways to study that noone has ever told us about。 。。。more
Amaan
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# 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences1。 Short tips are given for more productivity in daily student life。2。 everything given in this book is practical for all the Indian students3。 The only key habit that will change your life is time management。。。# 🎨 ImpressionsThis book was written by a guy who lives in America a guy who is really familiar with the education policies of his country because he is also a professor there， now when I first started reading this book I thought this book might not be that prac # 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences1。 Short tips are given for more productivity in daily student life。2。 everything given in this book is practical for all the Indian students3。 The only key habit that will change your life is time management。。。# 🎨 ImpressionsThis book was written by a guy who lives in America a guy who is really familiar with the education policies of his country because he is also a professor there， now when I first started reading this book I thought this book might not be that practical to me because me being an Indian our policies and systems are different but i was completely wrong。。。this book is 100% practical for a Indian student。## How I Discovered ItYouTube referred by Thomas Frank。## Who Should Read It？All the students every single one of them who are working hard instead of working smart should try this book。 And if your grades don't change after reading and following this book then I will personally lend u 2000rs。# ☘️ How the Book Changed Me💡 How my life / behaviour / thoughts / ideas have changed as a result of reading the book。- My grades improved a lot like 90% better than last year。。。I scored 90% whereas previously in 2nd PU it was 70% and believe me， I used to fail in chemistry now I scored 90/100。- and I studied very little# ✍️ My Top 3 Quotes- Lynda， explains if you skip your class" it'll take twice as long studying to make up for what you have missed"- Doris says about time management that "Time-management is a critical skill that you have to develop throughout the college time。- Without some control over your schedule， you will never become a Straight-A student no matter how good u are。 - Cal Newport 。。。more
Bianca A。
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This has been lingering in my playlist for a while， so I'm happy to have knocked it out of the way。 A short and sweet audiobook on studying techniques specifically taylored for college students （but I find it can be adapted in other scenarios as well）。 It does the mistake of promising the world in the beginning while simultaneously putting down competition， but doesn't exactly deliver。 Majority of techniques are known for those who are familiar with studying or memorization techniques in general This has been lingering in my playlist for a while， so I'm happy to have knocked it out of the way。 A short and sweet audiobook on studying techniques specifically taylored for college students （but I find it can be adapted in other scenarios as well）。 It does the mistake of promising the world in the beginning while simultaneously putting down competition， but doesn't exactly deliver。 Majority of techniques are known for those who are familiar with studying or memorization techniques in general， as well as to those who have mastered their schedule and organization skills enough to realize its importance。 I didn't completely dislike the book due to a number of reasons: size was acceptable， it was concise and an useful revision despite regurgitation， it offered good examples and I definitely think it can be very useful for beginners and freshmen who never touched similar material。 This was just my personal rating。 。。。more
Kay Em
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it's hard out here。 it's hard out here。 。。。more
Linda
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The reason I read this book was because I‘m interested in spending less time and score higher in school and it did not disappoint。Im still in highschool so i cant make use of everything he said but it was worth reading for the advice he gave that I can apply。 But I’ll reread it for sure if I‘ll go to college。
Faye
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This book helped me so much over college and organizing my to-do list。 For years， my assignment list has evolved and now I love my calendar/todo list system。 It’s also given me some very practical tips on how to beat/overcome procrastination， one of my worst enemies that I like to say is one of my strengths。 More importantly， it reinforced my mindset that I can achieve good grades without sacrificing social life， extracurriculars， or sleep by implementing smart study strategies and time manageme This book helped me so much over college and organizing my to-do list。 For years， my assignment list has evolved and now I love my calendar/todo list system。 It’s also given me some very practical tips on how to beat/overcome procrastination， one of my worst enemies that I like to say is one of my strengths。 More importantly， it reinforced my mindset that I can achieve good grades without sacrificing social life， extracurriculars， or sleep by implementing smart study strategies and time management。 It fits perfectly into my identity of always wanting to improve myself， and I will use the knowledge gained from this book to improve my academic life at Umich。 。。。more
Nandini
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lots of good stuff in here！
MarinaR
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Really interesting。
cam_omile
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3。5 rounded downGood but a bit basic。 Great suggestions for time management。my notes:- Time-label to-do list- ~~Procrastination~~ - Keep track of *why* you didn’t do something - Make hard things an event - Routines — time slots for certain work - Plan hard days- Use small chunks of time during the day- Study for ~1 hour， then take a （short） break- Question/Evidence/Conclusion in notes for nontechnical courses- Focus on problem sets for technical courses- Prioritize reading 1。 Favored sources （te 3。5 rounded downGood but a bit basic。 Great suggestions for time management。my notes:- Time-label to-do list- ~~Procrastination~~ - Keep track of *why* you didn’t do something - Make hard things an event - Routines — time slots for certain work - Plan hard days- Use small chunks of time during the day- Study for ~1 hour， then take a （short） break- Question/Evidence/Conclusion in notes for nontechnical courses- Focus on problem sets for technical courses- Prioritize reading 1。 Favored sources （textbook） 2。 Arguments 3。 Descriptions 4。 Context- Reading notes — thesis + conclusion， fill in evidence- For exams， make problem sets or study guides （include technical explanation problems）- Quiz → mark hard probs → review notes → break → repeat （just hard probs）- Eliminate ？’s — ask questions， talk to prof， classmates， review sess- Review out lout — pretend to give a lecture- During exam 1。 Read through everything （skim） 2。 Time budget — （total time - 10）/# q’s， write down where you should be at what time （q’s or chunks） 3。 Easy → hard 4。 Outline essays 5。 Check work- Be on the lookout for research paper topics - For theses， start general， then get specific - Sources-of-sources - Provocative， nuanced， direct， inclusive - Talk to prof — appropriate？ too much？ too simple？- Sources → personal copies → annotate → done？ - hard copies of sources！- editing: 1 argument， 2 out loud， 3 typos/sanity 。。。more
Shane
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Outdated。
Erin
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