College Fast Track: Essential Habits for Less Stress and More Success in College - Softcover

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<div><p><b>Derrick Hibbard</b> currently lives in Massachusetts. He is the author of the Fast Track Series, about establishing good habits in law school and college that lead to success as a student. He is also the author of the novels<i> This Side of Eden</i>,&#160;<i>The Double Stroller Hand Grenade</i>,&#160;<i>Impish</i>,&#160;and his latest: <i>The Snow Swept Trilogy</i>.</p><p><b>Thane Messinger </b>is an attorney, adjunct professor of business law, and the author of <i>The Young Lawyer&#39;s Jungle Book: A Survival Guide</i>; <i>Law School: Getting In, Getting Good, Getting the Gold</i>; and <i>Con Law: Avoiding...or Beating...the Scam of the Century (The Real Student&#39;s Guide to Law School and the Legal Profession)</i>.</p></div>

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From Chapter 1, "Why This Book":

College is a new experience, socially even more than academically. It can be difficult. All who go to college (especially if they are far from home for the first time) will undergo serious personal adjustments during their first days, weeks, and months where they realize that college is different. It is different from high school, and to succeed you really do have to study. But that’s not really the difference. The difference is that “study” in college isn’t like the study you’ve done before. Study in college requires a new form of discipline, because professors will not provide the daily and weekly feedback that was routine before. For most, college is the first time in their lives when their performance is based entirely on themselves. And once they’ve been to college, they’ll look back and wish they would have studied differently, more effectively, or just learned how to study. This sounds odd, I know, but “study” is not automatic, and it’s not the same as you’re used to. Not everyone gets it right—especially at first. Among other things, most of us waste a lot of time when we think we’re studying effectively, but when exams come along we realize just how poorly we “studied.” This worked in high school, where there was a fairly broad spectrum of academic talent in each classroom; in college, though, only the better students are even in the classroom. They are your new competition. Sometimes, the disconnect between the way college is and the way new students think it is (or think it should be) is great enough that they don’t make it. Most certainly don’t do as well as they could, and many don’t enjoy college nearly as much as they might with better habits. You read that correctly—this is not a guide to simply grind away at classes, homework, and late-night projects while everyone else seems to be having a good time. This book is about getting good—even great—grades while still taking time to enjoy life as a college student.