How to win at college - Cal Newport

The only guide to getting ahead once you've gotten in-proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country's most successful students

What does it take to be a standout student? How can you make the most of your college years-graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, and gain access to the best post-college opportunities? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of the class. These college-tested-and often surprising-strategies include:

Don't do all your reading
Drop classes every term
Become a club president
Care about your grades, Ignore your GPA
Never pull an all-nighter
Take three days to write a paper
Always be working on a "grand project"
Do one thing better than anyone else you know

Proving that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years-and getting an edge on life after graduation.