The List That Can Save Your College Life

The LIST
That Can Save Your College Life:
429 Secret Ingredients for College Success
by Dr. Rob Gilbert, Ph.D. and Carl Galletti

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
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0137581866/carlgallettisrec

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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
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0768900107/carlgallettisrec

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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
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195049446/carlgallettisrec

The College Student's Guide to Eating Well on Campus
by Ann Selkowitz, M.S., R.D., L.D. Litt
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970013906/carlgallettisrec

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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
by Donald E. P. Smith
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/053419284X/carlgallettisrec
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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11. Buy a small dictionary. Keep it with you at all times. Look up every word you don't know.

This is the top selling dictionary on Amazon:
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
by Merriam-Webster
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0877797099/carlgallettisrec

For an online version:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

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12. Stop thinking like a STUDENT and start thinking like a TEACHER.

And if you're REALLY serious about it get this book:

Teaching Tips : Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers
by Wilbert J. McKeachie, Graham Gibbs
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395903459/carlgallettisrec

Or, this one:

The Craft of Teaching : A Guide to Mastering the Professor's Art
by Kenneth E. Eble
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555426646/carlgallettisrec

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13. The night before the exam, make up your own exam and answer it. Better yet, do this in a group where everyone brings his or her own exam.

Recommended reading:

Is This Going to Be on the Test? :
And 10 Other Questions That Can Save Your College Career
by Randall E. Majors, Joan Marie Yamasaki
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0137767412/carlgallettisrec

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14. Start a study group for your difficult courses.

Recommended reading:

B's and A's in 30 Days : Strategies for Better Grades in College
by Eric Jensen, Tom Kerr (Illustrator)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812095820/carlgallettisrec

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15. Stop whining and get back to work! Nobody wants to hear about your labor pains; they just want to see the baby.

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16. Required reading #1:
The Memory Book by Harry Lorrayne and Jerry Lucas.

If you can't find it locally, try here at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345410025/carlgallettisrec

You might also be interested in these selections:

Super-Memory-Super Student:
How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days
by Harry Lorayne
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316532681/carlgallettisrec

Memory Power for Exams
by William G. Browning
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822020599/carlgallettisrec

How to Remember Names and Faces:
Harry Lorayne's Proven, Easy-To-Use System Is Practiced All over the World (Cassette)
by Harry Lorayne (Reader)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394298306/carlgallettisrec

How to Improve Your Memory/Cassette
by Harry Lorayne
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394298322/carlgallettisrec

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17. Never miss a class.

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18. Get involved in an extracurricular activity that you have never done before.

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19. Read #17 again. (i.e., Never miss a class.)

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20. "College is a fountain of knowledge.
Some students come to drink.
More come to sip.
Most, unfortunately, come just to gargle."

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21. Learn to listen using the L.A.D.D.E.R. system:
>>> Look at the person speaking.
>>> Ask questions.
>>> Don't interrupt.
>>> Don't change the subject.
>>> Empathize.
>>> Respond verbally and nonverbally.

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22. Have a point of view, but DON'T BE your point of view.

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23. NO ALL-NIGHTERS!

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24. Procrastinate procrastinating: Put off putting things off.

Recommended reading:
Beat Procrastination and Make the Grade :
The Six Styles of Procrastination and How Students Can Overcome Them
by Linda Sapadin, Jack Maguire (Contributor), Stan Shaw (Illustrator)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014027801X/carlgallettisrec

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25. Confusion is good: It means you're on the brink of learning something new.

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26. For instant motivation, call Success Hotline at (973) 743-4690.

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27. Compete for knowledge, not for grades.

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28. Before you read another page in any textbook learn the SURVEY Q3R TECHNIQUE:

>>> SURVEY
the entire reading assignment
-give yourself a "preview of coming attractions."

>>> QUESTION.
After every couple of pages, ask yourself:
"What is the author trying to tell me?"

>>> READ actively by underlining key words, phrases, and main points.

>>> RECITE. Stop periodically and recite from memory the main points the author is making.

>>> REVIEW the reading assignment several times before the exam.

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29. Do not do your best-DO WHATEVER IT TAKES!

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30. Be intense without being tense. You have to care, but not tooooo much.

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31. Make friends with at least one person in each of your classes.

Recommended reading:
"How To Win Friends and Influence People"
by Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie, Arthur R. Pell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671027034/carlgallettisrec

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32. It's better to get an "F" than to cheat.
An "F" only signifies a lack of preparation.
Cheating signifies a lack of character.

If you lose your wealth, you've lost nothing.
If you lose your health, you've lost something.
But, if you lose your character or integrity,
you've lost everything.
-- Ancient proverb

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33. Get a mentor. A mentor is a person whose hindsight can become your foresight. Your "ideal" mentor would be a junior or senior in your major with a G.P.A. greater than 3.0.

Recommended Reading:
My Say : A Mentor's Guide to Success
by Edwin E. Bobrow
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886284369/carlgallettisrec

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34. Get an education, not just a degree, because 20 years from now you will have a job that doesn't exist yet.

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35. Work smart, not hard.

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36. "Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." Walter Bagehot (Physics and Politics, 1879)

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37. Practice time management
"If you fail to plan, you're planning to fail."

Recommended reading:

What Smart Students Know : Maximum Grades, Optimum Learning, Minimum Time
by Adam Robinson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517880857/carlgallettisrec

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38. Leave school. Spend your junior year abroad or go on an exchange program.

Recommended reading:

The Exchange Student Survival Kit
by Bettina Hansel, Bettina Gregory (Designer)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/187786417X/carlgallettisrec

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39. College is hard. If it were easy everyone would have a college degree. To become a college graduate, you'll experience a certain amount of pain. You have a choice: Either you can experience the PAIN OF DISCIPLINE or you can experience the PAIN OF REGRET.

"Discipline is not a nasty word." - Pat Riley (American Basketball coach)

"It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets... My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces." -- Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994, American Track Athlete

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40. Don't do it all by yourself. Learn how to ask for help. No one ever made it through college alone.

"Every great man is always being helped by everybody; ...his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons." John Ruskin, 1819-1900, British Critic, Social Theorist

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41. Don't go to class.
Don't do the assignments.
Don't take the tests.
Don't graduate.
BUT, be ready to ask people,
"Do you want fries with that?" for the next 40 years.

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42. The one biggest mistake you can make in college is to drop out.
HANG IN THERE!
Your college degree will change your life.

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43. Luck follows preparation.

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44. If you think education is expensive-try ignorance.

Recommended reading:
Major in Success : Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, & Get A Very Cool Job
by Patrick Combs, Jack Canfield
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580082092/carlgallettisrec

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45. Do a little every day.
"Inch by inch, it's a cinch, but yard by yard, it might be hard."

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46. Write in simple sentences. Sentences shouldn't be more than 16-20 words.

Recommended reading:
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell (Afterword)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020530902X/carlgallettisrec

For an online, searchable version:
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

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47. Photocopy your student ID, your credit cards and everything else that's important in your wallet, and leave them in a safe place.

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48. Do #47 TODAY.

(47. Photocopy your student ID, your credit cards and everything else that's important in your wallet, and leave them in a safe place.)

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49. Every semester take one course you know nothing about and you assume you're not interested in and that DOES NOT fulfill a requirement.

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50. The best tip you'll ever receive about gambling: DON'T.

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51. Never call your professors by their first names without their permission.

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52. Don't quit. More students drop out of college during the first six weeks of the first semester than the rest of the year combined.

Recommended reading:
Student Success Secrets (4th Ed)
by Eric Jensen, Tom Kerr (Illustrator)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812094883/carlgallettisrec

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53. Give blood at the blood drive every semester.

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54. Start eating right-right now.

Recommended reading:

Integrity
by Stephen L. Carter
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060928077/carlgallettisrec

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60. Don't be intimidated by grad students. They're probably more nervous than you are.

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61. If you're scared to death when you have to give a talk or oral presentation-don't worry. It's proof that you're human. The secret: Feel the fear and do it anyway!

Recommended reading:

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
by Susan Jeffers
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449902927/carlgallettisrec

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62. Call your professors "Dr." even if they don't have a doctorate.

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63. Join a volunteer organization.

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64. Travel around the world on a cruise ship and get college credit. For information call the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea Program at 1(800) 854-0195.

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65. For the answer to any research question, call NJ Nightline at 1(800) 922-2233. (Monday through Thursday, 9:00 p.m. to midnight.
Friday to Sunday, 6:00 p.m. to midnight, NJ residents only.)

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66. For writing, spelling and grammar problems, call Grammar Hotline (Monday through Friday during business hours.)
NJ residents call: (973) 200-3337.
A grammar hotline is a list of phone numbers or e-mail addresses you can contact for answers to short questions about writing. Tidewater Community College founded one of the first grammar hotlines in the country and publishes an annual compilation of grammar hotlines in the United States and Canada. TCC is pleased to offer its directory to Web users everywhere.

For a list of phone numbers and email addresses, click here:
http://www.tc.cc.va.us/writcent/gh/hotlinol.htm

Or, by mail, send a SASE to:
Grammar Hotline Directory
Tidewater Community College
1700 College Crescent
Virginia Beach, VA 23456

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67. Visit your advisor and ask for advice even if you think you don't need it.

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68. Don't worry about how smart you are. The smartest students won't do as well as the best students.

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69. "And what do we teach our children in school? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed there has never been another child like you. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel." Pablo Casals.

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70. Make friends with a research librarian.

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71. Help the custodian in your dorm.

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72. Required reading #3:
How to Gain Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451167724/carlgallettisrec

Working Smart : How to Accomplish More in Half the Time
by Michael Leboeuf
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446353566/carlgallettisrec

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73. Discouraged? Remember that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team in the 10th grade.

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74. GUARANTEE: The easiest way to get to know a professor is to get to class early.

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75. Learn how to read The Wall Street Journal.

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76. Many rip-offs happen in dorms during the first two weeks of the semester. Keep your door locked!

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77. Don't oversleep: You snooze, you lose.

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78. When you're totally bored in class, act as if you're interested.

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79. Write down your locker combination and put it in a secret place.

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80. Start to worry when the best parties are the ones you don't remember.

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81. Never forget that you have the world's most powerful computer sitting on top of your shoulders.

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82. Getting through college is not a sprint, it's a marathon.
And you'll get the best results if you're part of a relay team.

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83. Treat your roommates as if they were your best friends even if they aren't.

"With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see." Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1855-1919, American Poet, Journalist

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84. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

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85. Here's a good gauge to tell whether you'll graduate: If you play cards more than you study, you won't.

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86. Students like interesting professors. Professors like interesting students. Be an interesting student.

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87. The very first step to becoming an interesting student is to act interested.

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88. Buy a time management organizer. Use it!

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89. Never forget Mother's Day.

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90. Habits start out as tiny threads and end up as strong cables.

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91. The most exciting thing in education is discovering how much you don't know you don't know.

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92. Observe your religious holidays.

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93. Don't go to class.
Don't do the assignments.
Don't take the tests.
Don't graduate.
BUT, be ready to say,
"Attention, Shoppers!" for the next 40 years.

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94. Don't stay in your dorm room on Friday nights.

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95. Do not sell out! Become the person you want to be.

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96. Choose your courses based on the professors with the best reputation, not based on when the course meets.

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97. Talk in class but don't socialize in class.

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98. Never read a newspaper in class.

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99. Watch "Booknotes" on C-SPAN.

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100. Eat less fat.

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101. Remember: If Forrest Gump graduated, so can you!

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102. Never cheat.

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103. Don't plagiarize.

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104. Ask for help.

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105. If you have access to E-Mail-use it.

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106. Hang out with people who are smarter than you.

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107. Take a ten-minute break for every 40 to 45 minutes of studying.

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108. Of all the things your professors know about you, the one most important thing is that they know you're a hard worker.

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109. Aim for excellence not perfection.
(Some students get an "A" and still aren't happy if they don't get the highest grade in the class. This is a big mistake.)

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110. Take a speech class during your first year.
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111. If you don't rite good, find the writing clinic on campus that will teach you to write well.

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112. Realize there are staff members on campus who can help you solve your biggest problems.

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113. Don't hitchhike.

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114. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

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115. Your higher education should not include getting "high." Don't take recreational drugs.

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116. The most interesting people are rarely the best looking.

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117. Don't take the campus bus-walk!

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118. Go to the first home football game . . . even if you hate football.

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119. The most important thing is to make the most important thing, the most important thing.

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120. Take a course (or workshop) in sex education.

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121. Make your daily study time a planned occurrence, not a chance happening.

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122. If you live on a co-ed floor, don't have a sexual relationship with any of your floormates.

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123. The first rule of computers: Never drink anything when you're working on a computer.

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124. The second rule of computers: Save your work every fifteen minutes.

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125. The second rule of computers: Make back-up copies of your files.

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126. Re-read #124.

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127. Make learning more important than grades.

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128. "Be PRESENT-minded, not absent-minded." Harry Lorrayne, world's greatest memory expert. (See #16.)

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129. The biggest question of your entire college career:
"Can you survive the first six weeks?"
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130. Shock your parents: Write them a sincere letter thanking them for all they've done for you.

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131. Borrowing without permission is stealing.

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132. Listen to the college radio station.

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133. Read the college newspaper.

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134. Ask older people, whom you respect, what they know now that they wished they knew when they were in college.

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135. You've been studying all night. You're exhausted and you have that important exam in less than an hour. Take a shower and get dressed in your best.

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136. Learn about birth control.

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137. Practice birth control.

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138. Learn about AIDS.

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139. Practice safe sex.

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140. Date.

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141. Watch Woody Allen films.

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142. Take a course at another college.

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143. Go to summer school.

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144. The Golden Rule is wrong.
Don't treat others the way YOU want to be treated.
Treat others the way THEY want to be treated.

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145. Keep your dorm room locked when you're not there.

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146. Be sexually discreet.

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147. Often your professors are more interested in your knowing "their" answers than the "right" answer.

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148. Learn about the major religions.

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149. Be aware of cult groups on campus. Avoid them.
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150. Never eat pizza after 10:00 p.m.

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151. Drink eight, eight-ounce glasses of water every day.

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152. Learn mindmapping (start with the book Mindmapping by Joyce Wykoff.)

Mindmapping:
Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving
by Joyce Wycoff
is available at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/042512780X/carlgallettisrec

Also of interest:
The Mind Map Book:
How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential
by Tony Buzan, Barry Buzan (Contributor)
is available at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452273226/carlgallettisrec

Use Both Sides of Your Brain
by Tony Buzan
is available at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452266033/carlgallettisrec

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153. Don't be M.I.A. Never cut a class.

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154. Make friends with your department's secretary.

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155. Don't smoke. If you do smoke, STOP!

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156. "The harder you work, the more you accomplish.
The more you accomplish, the better you feel.
The better you feel, the more you like it.
The more you like it, the harder you work."
Michael Case, professional speaker

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157. Meet your heroes who are still alive.

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158. You"re much much smarter than you think you are.

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159. Just because a class is boring doesn't give you the right to act bored.

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160. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

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161. NEVER flirt with your boyfriend's/girlfriend' roommate and
NEVER flirt with your roommate's boyfriend/girlfriend.

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162. If you goal is to graduate, you're aiming too low.

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163. AIM HIGH: Win a Rhodes Scholarship.

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164. If you shoot for the moon and miss, at least you'll be one of the stars.

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165. The great thing about college is that there is no profit motive.
Most of your teachers teach because they love teaching.
Take advantage of this.

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166. When you ask a professor for a letter of recommendation, say,
"Can you write me a GREAT letter of recommendation?"
If they say "No," be thankful.
You wouldn't want their letter in your file anyway.
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167. Learn how to listen. Listen so you can learn.

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168. In writing and speaking: Avoid cliches like the plague.

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169. Required reading #4:
Elements of Style by Strunk and White.

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170. Ask someone who intimidates you out for coffee.

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171. "The more you sweat in the gym, the less you'll bleed on the street."
(Found on the walls of the gyms of State Police Training Academies around the country.)

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172. Get in the habit of saying "you" and "your" more than "I" and "my."

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173. "There ain"t no such thing as a free lunch."

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174. When you take notes, circle and put stars around everything the professor writes on the board.

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175. Most students only visit their professors to complain about grades.
DON'T DO THIS!

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176. When you're at he library feeling down and discouraged, go to the encyclopedia and read the biographies of Helen Keller and Abraham Lincoln.

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177. Be careful of people who think they have all the right answers.

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178. Plan to live in the dorms for at least two years.

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179. The most important question you can ask a fraternity or sorority you're thinking of joining: "How many of your brothers/sisters who graduated last spring went on to medical school, law school, MBA programs or grad school?"

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180. If you think a particular class is great, tell the professor.

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181. You have great things to do today!

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182. Learn how to spell. Don't depend on a spellchecker.

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183. Spend the extra money and have your assignments printed on Crane's paper.

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184. Take a yoga class.
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185. Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, former president of the University of Notre Dame, said to his athletes, "Twenty years from now, people will not remember what sport you played. Twenty years from now, people will not remember if you were any good or not. But twenty years from now, as soon as you open your mouth, people will know whether or not you got an education."

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186. Don't go to class.
Don't do the assignments.
Don't take the tests.
Don't graduate.
BUT, be ready to ask people.
"Do you want that here or to go?" for the next 40 years.

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187. Your college degree will change your life.

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188. Attend professional conferences and read professional journals in the field of your major.

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189. Be careful whom you tell your secrets to because you might not be your best friend's friend.

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190. Don't have a television in your dorm room.

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191. Never sleep with anyone on a first date.

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192. Be careful when making long-distance calls or your phone bill will become higher than your tuition.

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193. You're never too old to feel homesick.

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194. Ask someone from a foreign country home for Thanksgiving.

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195. When you don't know what you want to do for a career, think about how you would spend your time if you had all the money in the world.

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196. Never look for a job. Always think in terms of a career.

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197. For you most difficult classes, join or start a study group.

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198. Don't go looking for that perfect person because that perfect person might be looking for the perfect person.

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199. "You become as happy as you make up your mind to be."
Abraham Lincoln.
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200. If your mission is to change the world, you'll never be bored.

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201. Take record your most difficult lectures.

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202. Always ask your professor's permission to tape their lectures. (They'll be flattered.)

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203. The ten most powerful two-letter words:
If it is to be, it is up to me!

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204. Don't even think of stealing something from the college bookstore.

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205. The First Rule of Retention: Pay Attention!

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206. BUILD YOUR MENTAL MUSCLES.
Exercise #1: By moving one digit make this equation correct:
101 - 102 = 1
(See #397 for the answer.)

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207. Keep a diary.

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208. There are three types of students:
>>> those who are in the parade
>>> those who are watching the parade
>>> those who are wondering "What parade?"
Participate, don't spectate.

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209. Never tell a racist, sexist, or anti-gay joke.

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210. Don't laugh at or encourage racist, sexist or anti-gay jokes.

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211. Don't sleep late-even on Sundays.

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212. You have a great memory, but you might not have a well-trained memory.

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213. Required reading #4:
Do It! by Jon-Roger and Peter McWilliams

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214. Quitting school is not an option.

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215. Don't say "I can't when you really mean "I don't want to."

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216. Don't underestimate your unlimited mental resources. The storage capacity of your brain is greater than that of all of the libraries in the world put together.
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217. Eat less red meat.

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218. If you really want to be a doctor (or a lawyer or a clinical psychologist) then the work will be no problem.

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219. Avoid writing in the passive voice. It should not be used by you. (Doesn't "You should not use it" sound better?)

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220. "Never, never, never quit!" Winston Churchill.

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221. No matter how complex the math or computer problem, it will eventually yield to the persistence of your mind.

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul." -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1855-1919, American Poet, Journalist

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222. Your mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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223. Learn how to meditate.

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224. When you feel frustrated, depressed, or unmotivated, think about your long-term goal.

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225. If you really want to be a doctor, you don't have to like organic chemistry. You just have to get an "A" or "B" in it.

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226. Don't borrow money. Lend.

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227. Learn to play golf (for business majors, this is a requirement.)

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228. Disagree without being disagreeable.

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229. Learn from the experience of others. You don't have to re-experience their mistakes.

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230. Flash cards are great study aids.

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231. Concentrate.

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232. Always talk to your professors if you see them on campus.

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233. Get career experience by doing an internship or co-op.

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234. If you don't know what #233 refers to, find the office on campus that can explain it to you.

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235. Get a tutor before you REALLY need one.

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236. "How smart you are is not the point. What counts is how smart you study." Ron Fry (from required reading #2.)

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237. Dr. William James' three steps to habit formation:

#1. Start immediately.
#2. Do it flamboyantly.
#3. No exceptions.

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238. If you have a drinking problem (or if you think you have a drinking problem), go to Alcoholics Anonymous.

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239. You are required to do well in your required courses. However, you are not required to like them.

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240. The worst type of prejudice is the prejudice you have against yourself. Don't pre-judge yourself.

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241. Keep your priorities straight.

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242. "The secret to a good college education: Ask good questions." Dr. John Barell

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243. Don't hang around the dorm between 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Go out for an athletic team, work out, go to the library-just don't "veg out."

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244. All the strategies you need to know to become outrageously successful in any career can be found right on campus.

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245. "Know when to say 'when'."

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246. Winners never quit and quitters never win.

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247. "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." Benjamin Disraeli

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248. N.S.A.Q. = Never Stop Asking Questions.

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249. Question your answers.

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250. K - A = 0 (Knowledge without Action is Nothing.)

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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251. Where is your mind right now? It should be here. PAY ATTENTION.

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252. Take courses with the best professors, not the easiest.

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253. Take the most interesting courses, not the easiest.

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254. Get study partners.

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255. You're in college to DEVELOP your mind, not just USE it.

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256. Be open-minded.

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257. It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you do "know" that isn't true.

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258. The only stupid question is the one not asked.

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259. When you "assume"-you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me."

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260. Get everything any academic advisor tells you in writing.

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261. Get academic advisement every semester.

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262. Get to know the non-print media resources in the library.

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263. Don't wait until senior year to go to Career Services.

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264. Make sure your professors get to know you by name.

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265. Organic Chemistry is like a sewer. What you put into it is what you'll get out of it and it usually smells bad.

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266. "Be quick, but don't hurry." Coach John Wooden

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." Coach John Wooden

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267. Concentrate on learning and the grades will take care of themselves.

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268. You can get good grades without learning much. So what!

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269. What's your compelling reason for being in college?

The secret to motivating yourself:
When you have a big enough "why," you'll always discover the "how." (See #163 and #164.)

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270. Don't hang around with your high school acquaintances during the first two weeks of college.

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271. Don't watch soap operas until June.

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272. Don't eat at the same place with the same people every day.

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273. Every semester take one course that interests you and that does not fulfill a requirement.

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274. Make at least one friend in each of your classes.

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275. The most important thing you can learn in college is to learn how to learn.

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276. Don't be taught-learn.

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277. Required reading #5:
Mastery by George Leonard.

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278. "Stupid is as stupid does." Forrest Gump

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279. The #1 most important thing your teachers never taught you about learning: You don't remember words and numbers, you DO remember pictures and visual images. To memorize material, paint word-pictures in your mind.

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280. First-year students study the most and get the lowest grades. Seniors study the least and get the highest grades.

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281. The two-step formula for academic excellence:
Step #1: Do more of what does work.
Step #2: Do less of what doesn't work.

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282. Get the book First Things First by Dr. Steven Covey and learn the difference between doing what is important and doing what is urgent.

First Things First:
To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy
by Stephen R. Covey
Hardback available at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671864416/carlgallettisrec
Paperback available at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684802031/carlgallettisrec

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283. If you've read this far you've shown persistence. You're a winner!

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284. Make ritual of studying. Study at the same time and at the same place every day.

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285. Use a study hat. Every time you sit down to study, wear your study hat.

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286. The best place to study is where you won't be disturbed.

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287. The worst place to study is where you sleep.

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288. "Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body." Seneca

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289. If you don't have time to do the assignment right, when are you going to find the time to take the course over?

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290. "If you think you can-you can. If you think you can't-you're right!"

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291. Avoid sexist language when you write. For example, "A student must do his assignment," can be easily changed to "Students must do their assignments."

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292. The biggest mistake most students make when they go to class is that they are there physically, but they are not there mentally.

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293. Depressed??? Rent the video "Rudy." Really depressed??? See a counselor at psychological services.

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294. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Break large amounts of information into small bite-sized chunks. What's easier for you to remember, 9,737,434,690 or the phone number (973) 743-4690?

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295. FLEX YOUR MENTAL MUSCLES. Exercise #2:
Turn the Roman number IX into a 6 by using just one line.
(See #398 for the answer.)

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296. You have no competition in the classroom if you are competing for knowledge.

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297. The most important skill you can develop in college is B.Y.O.B. Be your Own Boss. Get yourself to do the things you have to do when they have to be done whether you like it or not . . . no matter what.

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298. You don't have to like it. You just have to do it.

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299. If you're waiting to get inspired to write that big paper, you'll wait forever. Schedule the time and just do it.

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300. If you don't understand ONE WORD, you won't understand the sentence it's in.
If you don't understand the sentence, you won't understand the paragraph.
If you don't understand the paragraph, you won't understand the page.
If you don't understand the page, you won't understand the chapter.
If you don't understand the chapter, you won't understand the book.
If you don't understand the book, you'll flunk the test.
If you flunk the test, you'll get an "F" in the course.
Realize that you got an 'F" all because you were too lazy to look up one little word.

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301. Read your notes before the next class.

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302. BUILD YOUR MENTAL MUSCLES. Exercise #3:
OTTFFSSEN-what letter comes next in the sequence.
(See #399 for the answer.)

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303. Your best professors will not give you something to drink. They will make you thirsty.

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304. Don't walk alone at night on poorly lit sections of the campus.

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305. "If you're an athlete, the most important line-up you can make in college is the one at graduation" Coach Oliver Gelston

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306. Myth: It's not what you know, it's who you know.
Truth: It's what you know, it's who you know, and it's who knows you.

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307. Required reading for women: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf.

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308. "Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in." Leonardo da Vinci

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309. "Your memory is made of paper; keep great notes." John M. Capozzi

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310. Remember important birthdays.

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311. If you really want to see if you know something, teach it to someone else.

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312. It's okay to be scared to death.

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313. The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

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314. "The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." Muhammad Ali

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315. Every time you don't want to do something on this list, remember the six motivational words,
"DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?"

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316. Write your resume well before you're going to need it because you're going to need it well before you think you will.

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317. Get all your assignments in on time.

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318. There are no excuses.

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319. "I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." Michael Jordan

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320. If you were smart enough to be admitted to college, you're smart enough to graduate WITH HONORS.
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321. "For all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest of these:
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." Whittier

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322. Never wear t-shirts with offensive messages.

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323. Mnemonic techniques will turn your brain from teflon to velcro.

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324. Study as hard the first two weeks of the semester as you usually study the last two weeks of the semester.

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325. If you steal one source, it's called "plagiarism."
If you steal from eight to ten sources, it's called "research."
If you steal from hundreds of sources, you're called "A GENIUS."

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326. Learn to spell words like "prerogative," accommodations," and "occurrance." Which one of these is wrong?

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327. There is no such word as "irregardless."

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328. Your goals are meaningless without a purpose.

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329. Don't expect scholarships and awards to beg you to apply for them.

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330. You'll never find the time, but you can always make the time.

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331. If you ever miss a class, find out what happened; get the notes and do the assignment.

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332. Do assigned readings before class.

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333. The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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334. If your roommate smell, don't suffer. Tell him or her.

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335. To proofread your paper for typos and misspellings, read your paper backwards (that's right, sdrawkcab!) Obviously, I didn't do this for #334.

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336. Use a spellchecker, calculator, etc. but don't become dependent upon them. Don't be computer literate without being literate.!

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337. Keep a list of the words you use that spellchecker corrects.
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338. Use acronyms as memory aids.
Ex: HOMES = The Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Roy G. Biv = the colors of the spectrum: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

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339. Nothing positive will ever come from being negative and nothing negative will ever come from being positive.

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340. "To make your writing less wordy, eliminate as many pronouns as possible from your text." Dr. Karen Finberg

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341. Don't chew loudly, especially in movie theaters.

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342. When you think you have all your spelling and grammar perfect, have an English major proofread your paper and pay $1.00 for every mistake he or she finds.

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343. The problem with lying is that you have to remember your lies.

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344. To communicate better: Be specific.

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345. Some time in the first three weeks of school, spend twelve hours straight in a room with your text books and notebooks. Take bathroom and food breaks only-no phone calls, radio, TV, or friends.

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346. Poor study habits turn into poor grades.
Good study habits turn into good grades.
Great study habits turn into great grades.

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347. On multiple choice exams, read the question and cover the answers and see if you can come up with the right answer.

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348. On essay exams, turn up the volume: Write more, not less. And be neat.

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349. On any type of exam, answer the easy questions first.

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350. When taking an exam, don't spend too much time on any one question.

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351. Before any job interview, be able to answer these questions:
>>> Why should we hire you?
>>> What is your greatest strength?
>>> What is your greatest weakness?
>>> What do you think might differentiate you from other applicants?

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352. During the job interview, answer every question in less than 60 seconds.
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353. Don't be surprised if, in the end, your biggest weakness becomes your biggest strength.

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354. Anyone can handle success. The real winners learn how to handle failure.

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355. Be tolerant. If you're straight-don't be narrow.

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356. Your brain has unlimited capacities for learning, memorization and creativity. It has been estimated that your brain's potential for different thought patterns is 1 followed by 10.5 million kilometers of zeros.

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357. Do what you're doing while you're doing it.

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358. "Listen as if you are the only one at the lecture." J.J. Gibbs, author of Dancing with Your Books: The Zen Way of Studying

Dancing With Your Books:
The Zen Way of Studying
by J. J. Gibbs
Available in paperback at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452264960/carlgallettisrec

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359. The most important $5.99 you will spend in college will be for Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis.

Word Power Made Easy
by Norman Lewis
Available in hardback at a discount from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0883659255/carlgallettisrec
Or paperback from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067174190X/carlgallettisrec

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360. "A man's command of language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication mankind has evolved."
Oren Arnold

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361. Learn to kiss.

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362. A lot of people make the mistake of using "alot."

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363. As far as sex is concerned, if you don't want to do it, DON'T!

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364. Never ever correct professors in a way that they will find embarrassing.

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365. The Golden Rule of Partial Credit: Never leave any exam question unanswered.

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366. Be wary of professors who read exclusively from their notes, because they'll expect you to remember things that they don't.

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367. Twenty years from now, the one thing you'll look back on and hate most about college: YOURSELF for not making the most of the opportunity.

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368. If you have an idea that could be added to this list, please call me at (973) 743-4428.

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369. Study the most difficult material first.
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370. Let at least 24 hours pass after you get your test back before you argue with your professor about the grade.

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371. You only need one credit card.

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372. "I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way." Franklin P. Adams

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373. A book that has gotten many people through some very tough times is How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Colgrove, Bloomfield and McWilliams.

When this was written the publisher was out of stock on this book but you can check here periodically for a reprint notice:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0931580439/carlgallettisrec

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374. If you really have to miss an exam, tell your professor beforehand.

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375. If you follow the advice on these pages-FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

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376. One of the best experiences you can have is to become an R.A.

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377. Know the difference between "discrete" and "discreet."

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378. In writing and speaking, don't use the word "so" so much.

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379. Study at least two hours every single day NO MATTER WHAT.

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380. When you don't want to study for two hours, apply the Fifteen-Minute Rule-study for fifteen minutes and then see how you feel.

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381. The ultimate secret to creativity:
C = M.S.U.
(Creativity = Making Stuff Up)

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382. People of high intelligence talk about ideas.
People of average intelligence talk about things.
People of low intelligence talk about other people.

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383. Learn to juggle.

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384. Learn one great card trick.

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385. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King

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386. Plan your work, then work your plan.
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387. Become incredibly interested in the future because you're going to spend the rest of your life there.

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388. Don't thing you have all the answers.

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389. The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

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390. Curiosity always beats intelligence.

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391. Don't use "it's" when you mean "its."

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392. If you think you don't belong in college-YOU'RE WRONG!

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393. If you think you don't have the ability to be successful in college-YOU'RE WRONG!

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394. Learn how to pause when you speak. Figure out how to use a pause to get two totally different meanings from this sentence:
"Woman without her man is miserable."

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395. If you are anorexic or bulimic-GET HELP IMMEDIATELY!

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396. Once you get your degree, no one will ever be able to take it away from you.

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397. ANSWER FOR #206: 101 - 102 = 1

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398. ANSWER FOR #295: SIX

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399. ANSWER FOR #302: T (each letter stands for the first letter of the numbers One to Ten)

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400. When you are dealing with a professor or school administrator and are being given the run-around, ask them this question: "What would you do if you were in my situation?"

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401. The Two Rules that will help you keep your sanity (and sense of humor):
Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule #2: Realize it's all small stuff.

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402. The most difficult part of any assignment is how difficult you make it for yourself.

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403. If you think it's going to be tough to graduate, think how tough it will be to compete against someone who has graduated if you don't.
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404. "Those of you who do not find time for exercise sooner or later will have to find time for illness." The Earl of Derby (1799-1869)

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405. Do you really believe that if you have already learned such difficult skills as how to walk, talk and read, that you'll have trouble learning such easy skills as computers, Spanish or tennis? Get out of your own way.

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406. What's the best thing that can happen to you this school year?
What's the worst thing that can happen to you this school year?
What can you do to make sure that the best thing does happen and the worst thing doesn't happen?

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407. Put this quote on an index card and tape it to your desk:

"THE THING I HATE TO DO MOST
IS
THE THING I NEED TO DO MOST."

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408. "Do the thing that is hard to do and the power will come." Stan Kellner

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409. "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein

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410. What's the best use of your time right now?

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411. Before you have that important job interview do some research. Learn about the company and, if possible, learn about the interviewer.

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412. Einstein's formula for success:
A = X + Y + Z:A = success
X = work
Y = play
Z = keeping your mouth shut

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413. A short course in oxymorons. Definition: An oxymoron is two words that do not go together but are used together and make sense.
Five memorable oxymorons:
>>> plastic silverware
>>> jumbo shrimp
>>> civil war
>>> student teacher
>>> permanent substitute

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414. Of all the things you can discover in college, the most important is your passion.
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415. You wouldn't buy a pair of shoes without trying them on, but many students go into a profession without "trying it on." For example, if you want to become an accountant, do an internship or co-op in an accounting firm. Get a part-time job with an accountant. If nothing else, volunteer to work in the field.

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416. When you're taking an exam and you can't remember something-Don't Panic! Take a deep breath and repeat this phrase three times:
"It will come to me."

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417. "An education is not how much you have memorized, or even how much you know. It's being able to tell the difference between what you do know and what you don't." Anatole France

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418. Don't forget your H.T.H. (Home Town Honey)

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419. Attend graduation.

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420. Read THE LIST at least two more times and keep it with your textbooks.

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421. "Planning to write is not writing. Outlining . . . researching . . . talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing."

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422. The five ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALS that you must learn in college:
#1. It's absolutely essential that you learn to write well.
#2. It's absolutely essential that you learn to speak well in front of a group.
#3. It's absolutely essential that you learn to get along with others and become a great team player.
#4. It's absolutely essential that you learn to access/research information quickly via computers (the Internet, InfoTrac, CD ROMs, etc.) and by contacting experts over the phone.
#5. It's absolutely essential that you learn to B.Y.O.B.

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423. If you always need a boss, you'll always have a boss. The ultimate absolute essential is for you to B.Y.O.B.
BE YOUR OWN BOSS
In other words, you have to get yourself to do what you have to do, when you have to do it, whether you like it or not . . . no matter what!

In other words, it's all right to say, "Do you want fries with that?" . . . if you own the McDonald's.
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424. How you spend your four (or five) years in college, will determine how you spend your next forty (or fifty) years after college.

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425. Help others. You won't succeed because others fail.
"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

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426. GUARANTEE #1:College will not be easy.
GUARANTEE #2:It will be worth it.

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427. You already have all the ingredients you need to be a successful college student. This book is your recipe.

428. If you've read this far and this book hasn't helped. . . check your pulse!

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429. Call Success Hotline right now-(973) 743-4690.

Oh, one last thing . . .

This book can not become successful
unless you become successful.
If there is any way I can help you,
give me a call at (973) 743-4428

by Carl Galletti, Top Internet Marketer

The LIST That Can Save Your College Life: 429 Secret Ingredients for College Success by Dr. Rob Gilbert, Ph.D. and Carl Galletti

Copyright © 2000-2007 by: Carl Galletti PO Box 3934; Sedona, AZ 86340 Phone: (928) 203-4671; FAX: (928) 203-0603

The LIST
That Can Save Your College Life:
429 Secret Ingredients for College Success
by Dr. Rob Gilbert, Ph.D. and Carl Galletti

Copyright © 2000-2007 by:
Carl Galletti
PO Box 3934; Sedona, AZ 86340
Phone: (928) 203-4671; FAX: (928) 203-0603