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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book | |
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| The Professors' Guide™ 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 15 Habits of Top College Students | |
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| The 10 Worst Self-Defeating Myths | |
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| The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College | |
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| 20 No-Brainers to Save Money at College | |
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| 14 Ways to Ensure You Graduate in Four Years | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Community College Students | |
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| 10 Best Tips for Engineering School | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Applied Arts and Design Colleges | |
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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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| 10 Things to Consider Before Buying a Tablet, E-Reader, or Laptop for College | |
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| Do's and Don'ts for Picking Your Courses | |
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| Top 12 Tips for Picking a Major | |
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| Top 10 Secrets of the Syllabus | |
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| 10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes | |
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| The 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Professor | |
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| Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Course Schedule | |
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| Skills 3.0 | |
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| Top 10 Time-Management Tips | |
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| Top 10 Reasons Never 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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| How to Build Your Confidence | |
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| Specialties of the House | |
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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 (or World) 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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| Facing Up to Remediation: Top 10 Strategies | |
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| 10 Tips for Online Courses (and MOOCs) | |
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| How to Take Courses on the Web-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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| 10 Things Your Professor Won't Tell You About Grading | |
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| How to Turn a B into an A | |
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| 14 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Doing E-Research | |
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| Interfacing with the Professor | |
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| 15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You | |
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| 10 Biggest Hesitations About Going to See the Professor-and How to Get Over Them | |
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| The 14 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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| In Case of Emergency … | |
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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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| What to Do When You've Bombed the Midterm | |
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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 | |
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| 10 Must-Do's at the Halfway Point of College | |
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| 13 Skills You'll Need for a Career-and How to Get Them at College | |
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| 10 Strategies for Women Considering a Career in STEM Fields | |
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| Transfer Tips-from Community College to Four-Year College | |
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| Summer School Pros and Cons | |
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| Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad | |
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| Top 9 Tips for Taking Out Student Loans | |
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| 10 Tips for the Senior Thesis | |
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| Moving On | |
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| The 10-Step Program for Thinking About Grad School | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Getting Bang-Up Recommendations | |
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| 8 Tips for Finding a Job | |
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| Top 13 Tips for Acing the Job Interview | |
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| Top 10 Tips for Paying Off Your Student Loans | |
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| The End-and the Beginning | |
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| The 3 Most Important Tips | |
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| Top 10 People We'd Like to Thank | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Index | |