How to Get Good Grades Without Getting Burned Out
ningcontentIf you’re currently in college or follow Dan Schwabel’s Personal Branding blog, you’ve probably heard of Study Hacks. If you haven’t heard of this blog, created by MIT doctoral student and author of How to Become a Straight-A Student, Cal Newport, read on.
Study Hacks is all about optimizing your college experience. Too bad Newport started it in late 2007, after I had already graduated. His article on how to ace blue book exams would have come in handy. But he doesn’t just blog about taking exams. He also blogs about how to prepare for them in ways that won’t have you dragging yourself out of bed the next morning because you were cramming until the wee hours of the night before. Math majors can read his blogs about acing Calculus and about how he earned top marks in Discrete (finite) Mathematics.
If you’re just now learning about Study Hacks, you probably missed his post back in early November about his search for students with college success stories for him to consider using in his next book. He may have already amassed all the stories he needs, but just in case there’s room for one more, you can email him at author@calnewport.com
More recently, Newport posted an article about a scholarship that’s being offered by his friend, Ramit. It’s called, I Will Teach You To Be Rich Scholarship for Social Innovation, and the deadline for entries is January 15, 2009. The deadline for anyone who wants Newport’s feedback first have until January 10, 2009.
Study Hacks advocates relaxing and studying smarter, rather than harder – a practice that can easily lead to burn out – in order to get the most out of your college experience. This is especially important for students who are juggling classes and internships, in addition to extracurricular activities.
If you want to get good grades, manitain an active social life on campus, and still have enough energy for internships and sports, Study Hacks is the blog for you.
