How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

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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.

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4.6
119 reviews
sarwar hussain dinar
September 1, 2023
Nobody buy this. Just waste money and times. This which review positive show thats all i sure they buy it. My suggested nobody try this......😡😡😡waste time and money. Bored written.
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Shelbourne R
February 5, 2015
This book has opened my eyes to a new approach on academics. Rich in information and precise by giving a step-by-step plan to accomplish the most complex writing assignments from professors. This book is for anyone that desires to improve their potential in their life of academia.
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A Google user
May 19, 2011
I think this sample is very good. I can see were it will help people, I will for sure use the ideas.
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About the author

Cal Newport graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth in 2004, where, using the strategies outlined in this book, he earned thirty-six straight A’s in a row. Also the author of How to Win at College, he is studying for his Ph.D. in computer science at MIT.

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