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Chapter 1You're in the Big Time Now 7 -- Doing College 8 -- But What if I Wasn't the World's Greatest High School Student? 10 -- Six Ways College Differs from High School 11 -- Don't Mess Up 15 -- Chapter 2 Where to Find the Help You Need 19 -- I Need Help! 20 -- Getting Hassle-Free Help 24 -- Chapter 3 A Few Words about Professors 27 -- Just What the Heck Do Professors Do? 28 -- I Have an Appointment with One of "Them"--Now What? 29 -- Hangin' with Your Profs 33 -- What Do Your Profs Think about You? 33 -- Chapter 4 Zen and the Art of Course Selection 37 -- Racking Up the Credits: How Many Courses Should You Take? 38 -- Ohmmmm: Creating a Balance 38 -- Working with Your Advisor 40 -- Choosing Your Professors 42 -- Making a Plan 42 -- Withdrawal Symptoms 45 -- Know Thy GPA 46 -- Chapter 5 Major Decisions: Selecting a Field of Study 49 -- Help! I Don't Know What I Want to Do When I Grow Up 49 -- So Many Choices! 53 -- Double (or Even Triple) Majors 55 -- Major Assistance Is Out There 56 -- Why Choosing a Major [not equal] Choosing a Career 58 -- Chapter 6 Classes, Work, and Play: Adjusting to the Demands of College 61 -- Lots of Changes 62 -- Characteristics of Well-Rounded Students 68 -- Chapter 7 Timely Tips: The ABC (& D)s of Time Management 71 -- 40-Hour Mindset 72 -- Alphabet Approach: ABC (& D)s of Managing Your Life 74 -- Advantages of Excelling at Time Management 82 -- Chapter 8 "I Think I Can, I Think I Can": Getting and Staying Motivated 85 -- GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL Setting 86 -- Getting Motivated 89 -- And Staying Motivated 91 -- Reviving Your Motivation 93 -- Chapter 9 Arrrrrrrgh! and Other Ways to Handle Stress 97 -- Good Stress/Bad Stress 98 -- What Causes College Stress? 98 -- Academic Stress 99 -- Nonacademic College Stress 100 -- What Does Stress Do to You? 101 -- Reducing Stress Levels 103 -- Chapter 10 What's It All About? Understanding How You Learn 107 -- Profiles of Amazing Students 108 -- Learning Matters 112 -- Chapter 11 A Moment of Silence, Please: Concentrating While You Study 119 -- Creating a First-Rate Learning Environment 120 -- Getting Rid of Distractions 122 -- Six Ways to Improve Concentration 126 -- Chapter 12 Your Course Syllabus Is Your Friend 129 -- Anatomy of a Syllabus 130 -- What Can Your Syllabus Do for You? 136 -- Chapter 13 What's Up, Doc? Understanding Your Prof's Expectations 139 -- Why Bother Figuring Out the Tasks? 140 -- Figuring It Out 142 -- But What If You Still Don't Get It? 146 -- Smart Strategy Selection 148 -- Chapter 14 Take Note! 151 -- Write On: Some Terrific Note-Taking Tips 152 -- Be Creative: Use the Split-Page Method of Note-Taking 156 -- You're Almost There: Self-Testing Using the Split-Page Method 160 -- Different Strokes for Different Folks: Modifying the Split-Page Method 161 -- Chapter 15 Getting in Gear: Preparing to Read Your Texts 165 -- Get to Know Your Textbooks 166 -- Warming Up 169 -- Ready...Set...Read! 170 -- Chapter 16 Active Reading 175 -- Reading for Learning 177 -- Strategies for Active Reading 178 -- Nuts and Bolts of Annotation 179 -- Studying Your Annotations 185 -- Chapter 17 Three Rs and an M: Remembering What You Have Read and Heard 187 -- Reflecting: Thinking about Information 188 -- Rehearsing: Getting Information into Your Memory 190 -- Reviewing: Keeping Information in Memory 196 -- Monitoring Your Learning 199 -- Chapter 18 Studying Smarter 203 -- Being Flexible: Selecting and Modifying Strategies 204 -- Acting Like Einstein: Studying in the Sciences 206 -- Beyond Freud and Mead: Studying in the Social Sciences 208 -- Art of the Dance: Studying in the Humanities 209 -- Parlez-vous Francais? Studying Foreign Languages 212 -- X + Y = What? Studying Mathematics 213 -- Chapter 19 Getting the Most from Computers 217 -- Surfing Strategies 218 -- Trust and the Internet 221 -- Avoiding Plagiarism and Other Taboos 223 -- Computers in Your Classes 225 -- Reading on Computer 227 -- Taking Exams on Computer 228 -- Chapter 20 It's More Than Multiple-Guess: Prepping for and Taking Objective Exams 231 -- Studying for Objective Exams 233 -- Tips for Taking Objective Exams 239 -- Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe...If You Have to Guess 241 -- An A+ for You: Evaluating Your Test Performance 242 -- Chapter 21 Bluebook Blues: Prepping for and Taking Essay Exams 245 -- Studying for Essay Exams 246 -- It's All in the Way It's Worded 248 -- Elements of a Good Essay 250 -- Put It in Writing 251 -- Chapter 22 Is That Your Final Answer? 257 -- Smart Exam Prep 258 -- A Word about Cramming 259 -- Acing Exams 261 -- Surviving Midterms and Finals 263.