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| Introduction | |
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| Don't Do All of Your Reading | |
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| Create a Sunday Ritual | |
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| Drop Classes Every Semester | |
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| Start Long-Term Projects the Day They Are Assigned | |
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| Make Your Bed | |
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| Apply to Ten Scholarships a Year | |
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| Build Study Systems | |
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| Befriend a Professor | |
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| Become a Club President | |
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| Read a Newspaper Every Day | |
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| Do One Thing Better Than Anyone Else You Know | |
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| Avoid Daily To-Do Lists | |
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| Learn to Give Up | |
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| Never Nap | |
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| Sign Up for Something Your First Week | |
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| Always Be Working on a "Grand Project" | |
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| Take Art History and Astronomy | |
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| Blow the Curve Once a Term | |
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| Ask One Question at Every Lecture | |
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| Jump into Research as Soon as Possible | |
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| Pay Your Dues | |
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| Study in Fifty-Minute Chunks | |
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| Schedule Your Free Time | |
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| Dress Nicely for Class | |
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| Decorate Your Room | |
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| Start Studying Two Weeks in Advance | |
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| Write Outside of Class | |
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| Eat Alone Twice a Day | |
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| Find an Escape | |
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| Take Hard Courses Early On | |
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| Don't Study in Your Room | |
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| Don't Study in Groups | |
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| Join an Honors Program | |
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| Do Schoolwork Every Day | |
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| Attend Guest Lectures | |
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| Exercise Five Days a Week | |
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| Stay in Touch | |
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| Tack on an Extra Major or Minor | |
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| Meet Often with Your Adviser | |
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| Don't Get a Normal Job | |
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| Use Three Days to Write a Paper | |
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| Don't Undersleep, Don't Oversleep | |
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| Relax Before Exams | |
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| Make Friends Your #1 Priority | |
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| Don't Binge Drink | |
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| Ignore Your Classmates' Grades | |
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| Seek Out Phenomenal Achievers | |
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| Learn to Listen | |
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| Never Pull an All-Nighter | |
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| Laugh Every Day | |
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| Use High-Quality Notebooks | |
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| Keep a Work-Progress Journal | |
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| Seek Out Fun | |
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| Inflate Your Ambition | |
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| Get Involved with Your Major Department | |
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| Care About Your Grades, Ignore Your G.P.A. | |
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| Always Go to Class | |
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| Set Arbitrary Deadlines | |
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| Eat Healthy | |
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| Volunteer Quietly | |
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| Write as if Going for a Pulitzer | |
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| Attend Political Rallies | |
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| Maximize Your Summers | |
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| Choose Goals, Explore Routes | |
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| Don't Take Breaks Between Classes | |
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| Don't Network | |
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| Publish Op-Eds | |
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| Use a Filing Cabinet | |
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| Find a Secret Study Space | |
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| Study with the Quiz-and-Recall Method | |
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| Empty Your In-Box | |
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| Relax Before Sleep | |
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| Start Fast, End Slow | |
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| Spend a Semester Studying Abroad | |
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| "Don't Have No Regrets" | |