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| Introduction | |
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| Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book | |
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| The Professors' Guide<sup>™</sup> Icons | |
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| This is College | |
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| 10 Things You Need to Know About College (but Probably Don't) | |
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| What's New at College? Fun Facts | |
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| The 14 Habits of Top College Students | |
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| The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College | |
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| 6 Things You Didn't Know About Grading (but Really Should) | |
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| 12 Ways to Get Your Money's Worth out of College | |
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| The College Student's Bill of Rights | |
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| In the Beginning... | |
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| 7 Things to Do the Summer Before College | |
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| 15 Things to Do the Week Before College | |
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| Do's and Don'ts for Picking Your Courses | |
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| No Room at the Inn? What to Do When You're Closed out of a Course | |
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| 10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes | |
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| Warning! Bad Professor Ahead | |
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| Skills 3.0 | |
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| Top 10 Time-Management Tips | |
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| Why It's Never Good to Procrastinate | |
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| The How Not to Study Guide | |
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| 10 Secrets of Taking Excellent Lecture Notes | |
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| 15 Ways to Read Like a Pro | |
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| 15 Strategies for Painless Presentations | |
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| Running Scared? How to Build Your Confidence | |
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| Forced Labor | |
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| 10 Ways to Whip the Freshman Comp Requirement | |
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| 10 Tips for Taming the Math Requirement | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Foreign Language Requirement | |
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| 10 Ideas for Learning to Love the Lab | |
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| 10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course | |
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| How to Take Courses on the 'Net-for Free | |
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| It's Showtime! | |
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| 12 Tips for A+ Test Preparation | |
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| "So What's Going to Be on the Test Anyway?" | |
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| Top 13 Test-Taking Tips | |
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| 10 Tips for Writing the Perfect Paper | |
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| Top 10 Ways of Making the Leap from a B to an A | |
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| 16 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor | |
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| Partnering with the Professor | |
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| 15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You | |
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| The 15 Secrets of Going to See the Professor | |
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| Etiquette for E-mailing Your Professor | |
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| 10 Surefire Ways to Piss Off Your Professor | |
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| Top 10 Things Professors Never Want to Hear (and What They Think When They Do Hear Them) | |
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| Emergency 9-1-1 | |
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| 10 Things to Do When You Can't Keep Up with the Lecture | |
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| Top 10 Signs You've Been Cutting Too Many Classes | |
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| Bombed the Midterm: Now What? | |
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| 7 Best Last-Minute Strategies for Saving Your Grade | |
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| 10 Signs You're in Real Trouble at College | |
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| What, Then, to Do? The 7-Step Approach | |
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| The Second Half of College | |
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| How Not to Pick a Major | |
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| 13 Skills You'll Need for a Career-and How to Get Them at College | |
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| Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad | |
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| Transfer Tips-from Community College to 4-Year College | |
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| Thinking About Grad School? The 10-Step Program | |
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| 10 Tips for Finding a Job | |
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| The End-and the Beginning | |
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| Got a Tip? Join the Community! | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Index | |