The LIST That Can Save Your College Life:
429 Secret Ingredients for College Success
by Dr. Rob Gilbert, Ph.D. and Carl Galletti
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1. Show up.
As Woody Allen said: "Eighty percent of success is showing up."
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2. Pay attention.
Not paying attention gives you the same result as not being there. Not being there is the same as not showing up.
Recommended Internet reading on this subject:
SOME ATTENTION APOTHEGMS by Michael H. Goldhaber
http://www.well.com/user/mgoldh/apoth.html
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3. Ask questions.
Recommended Reading:
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
by M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley
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4. No matter what, don't quit.
Persistence
by Calvin Coolidge (30th President of The United States):
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not.
Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not.
The world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The key to success has always been and will always be...
PRESS ON"
Don't Quit
(Anonymous)
"When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must but don't you quit
Life is strange with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far
So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit."
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5. Be the first student to arrive at every one of your classes.
Recommended Reading:
The Ultimate College Survival Guide (4th Ed)
by Janet Farrar Worthington, Ronald T. Farrar
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6. Act as if you are the world's greatest student:
>>> Sit in the middle of the front row.
>>> Sit up straight.
>>> Ask questions.
>>> Answer questions.
>>> Laugh at the professor's dumb jokes.
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7. Visit each of your professors during their office hours ASAP!
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8. Work out at the gym, eat in the cafeteria, STUDY AT THE LIBRARY.
Recommended Reading:
A Guide to Library Research Methods
By Thomas Mann
The College Student's Guide to Eating Well on Campus
by Ann Selkowitz, M.S., R.D., L.D. Litt
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9. Keep asking the same question until TWO people give you the same answer.
Recommended Reading:
Critical Thinking: Building the Basics (Study Skills/Critical Thinking)
by Timothy L. Walter , Glenn M. Knudsvig, Donald E. P. Smith
Review by Marquita L. Byrd from San Jose State University:
"This book is short, but has high impact on the students. I used it in my college level Critical Thinking course. The greatest feature of the book is that it uses samples from actual text books across the university curriculum. The simple technique of identifying topic, class, relevance and description of a body of information provides an excellent framework for a beginning critical thinker. I used the text in a 12 day /complete semester course and had some excellent teaching-learning moments in the classroom working with the material. An excellent buy."
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10. NEVER buy any text book UNTIL the professor assigns it.
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