Free eBook: Making A's in College: What Smart Students Know: The Study-Professor's Guide [Kindle Edition]

You Can Succeed in College--Even Make Straight A's
Good grades are just too important to leave to chance because your future depends on what you do in college. It's sobering . . . but it's true.
If you know how, you can master new college challenges and even make straight A's. But college is different from high school, so it helps to know HOW to study smart.
When you use the practical, proven tips in this book, you’ll find that college success doesn’t come just from studying harder.
It comes from studying smarter. And Dr. Sandra Gibson shows you exactly how to do it.
Dr. Gibson has spent years as a full-time professor of study skills. She's helped thousands of students succeed through popular workshops, seminars, classes and individual help. Hundreds of colleges around the world use her classic Making A’s in College study-skills video.
So she knows what works in college and that’s what’s in this book. Real-world college-success help for real-world students, whether you're new to college or a returning student.
College Success Is Like Juggling
Success in college means you have to keep lots of balls in the air at the same time, balancing assignments, classes, study time--AND your social life. That's a lot to manage--but you can do it if you know how.
That's where this book can help. It's a guide to college success and it’s easy to read. Packed with proven, cutting-edge information, it shows you a simple, practical system you can use right now to make better grades.
It tells you WHAT to do and exactly HOW--the kind of practical advice you want.
Here’s Some of What You’ll Get From This Book
You’ll do better when you . . .:
improve Your Memory
Take Great Notes in Class
Improve Your Concentration
Read Better and Remember More
Study the Best, Most Effective Way
Be Testwise on Objective and Essay Exams
Manage Test Anxiety
Overcome Procrastination and Control Distractions
Get Started on Difficult Projects
Get (and Stay) Organized
Manage Your Time
In this book you’ll also discover:
The proven BEST way to remember what you read
A useful tip for reading complicated chapters
Strategies for remembering all kinds of lists
The BEST way to study
Workable ideas for reducing test anxiety
And much more
Plus there's a big bonus section where you’ll find 21 MORE useful ways to build your college success. And seven high achieving college students reveal their best study tips.
All Dr. Gibson’s tips are organized and easy to use. Some are simple while others are surprisingly counter-intuitive. But they they all work and they come straight from her extensive experience with today's university students.
Making A’s in College is by a real study-skills expert, not just another freelance writer looking for a book market. You'll find it easy to read, organized, and immediately useful.
Follow these tips and you’ll be surprised how much time you save--and how much more you learn!.
A Message from Dr. Sandra Gibson
Whether you’re in college already, just starting out, or returning after years away, you’re probably under a lot of stress. That’s natural, since so much depends on success in college.
I’ve worked with all kinds of students and I’ve discovered that virtually all of them can do better in college by using these smart-study tips and strategies.
I'm sure you will, too.
I've worked to see that this book doesn’t read like a textbook. That’s important because I hope you’ll really use it and profit immediately from what you learn.
I wish you a very successful college career, and I hope your grades will be straight A's and your GPA is 4.0!
Dr. Sandra Gibson