If you're a college student--or planning to become one--you need this book. Written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, it's loaded with insider information that only professors know--but few are willing to reveal. The over 600 tips in this book will show you:
- How to pick good courses and avoid bad professors
- How to develop "college-level" skills and habits that'll put you ahead of the pack
- How to get through the freshman comp, math, language, and lab science requirements--in one try
- How to figure out what's going to be on the tests, and what professors are looking for in papers and presentations
- How to do e-research, take courses on the Web, and communicate with your professor--electronically
- How to protect that all-important GPA--and what to do when it's not where you want it to be
- How to pick a major you'll really like--and be good at
- How to get the edge for graduate school--or the inside track to a really good job.
- And much more.
The tips are quick and easy-to-use, the advice friendly and supportive. It's as if you had your own personal professor guiding you on the path to college success.
Product Details
- Publish Date: July 26, 2010
- Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 208pp
- Series: Professors' Guide Series
- ISBN-13: 9780470874660
- ISBN: 047087466X
