Handle reading assignments and problem sets with ease.
• Prepare efficiently for exams.
• Master the art of exam-taking.
• Write incisive critical analysis essays. • Conduct thorough research.
• Write standout term papers.
Remember, this advice comes from real students and was honed, through trial and error, in real college classrooms. This distinction is important. It's what separates this book from the many existing study guides that sit next to it on the bookstore shelf. As mentioned, most study guides are written either by professors or academic skills experts, many years separated from their own college experience. The result is that the authors of these guides are disconnected from the realities of undergraduate life.
For example, How to Study, by college professors Allan Mundsack, James Deese, and Ellin K. Deese, suggests that students wake up at 7 A.M. each morning, go to sleep by 11 P.M. each night, and on many days schedule only a single hour of "recreation," with the rest of the time dedicated to attending class, eating, or working. One gets the feeling that these professors
