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How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Cal Newport (Author), Roger Wayne (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
4.6 out of 5 stars 792 ratings

How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents 75 simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class. These often surprising strategies include:

  • Don't do all your reading
  • Drop classes every term
  • Become a club president
  • Care about your grades, ignore your GPA
  • Never pull an all-nighter

Proving you can be successful and still have time for fun, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years - and getting and edge on life after graduation.

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  1. Listening Length
    3 hours and 42 minutes
  2. Author
    Cal Newport
  3. Narrator
    Roger Wayne
  4. Audible release date
    February 11, 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0845YVNM3
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 3 hours and 42 minutes
Author Cal Newport
Narrator Roger Wayne
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date February 11, 2020
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0845YVNM3
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Customers find the book provides useful pieces of advice, with one noting it covers everything from general study tips to essay writing systems. Moreover, the guide is easy to read and practical for staying organized, while maintaining an engaging style. Additionally, customers consider it a great graduation gift and worth the money.

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75 customers mention "Advice"73 positive2 negative

Customers find the book provides useful pieces of advice, with one customer noting it covers everything from general study tips to efficient learning strategies.

"...As much as it's helpful on a practical level, it's helped me in another way, too. I went looking for books because I was nervous about next year...." Read more

"...But the reason this book is effective is that it serves as a quick-reference manifesto for some of the more important (to me) advice...." Read more

"...It has countless (actually 75) useful ideas throughout, too, if you worry it has only one or two pieces of useful advice and that's it...." Read more

"...In short, they are both indespensible, easy reads, hard to put down, and completely different from any other "study skills" books you might read...." Read more

19 customers mention "Organization"19 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's organization, finding it concise, easy to read, and well-written, with practical tips for staying organized.

"...Books like this book are the reason I do that. It's clear and easy to read, it's direct, it's straightforward, and best of all, it's full of simple..." Read more

"...Also, the writing style is not annoying like a lot of books are...." Read more

"...In short, they are both indespensible, easy reads, hard to put down, and completely different from any other "study skills" books you might read...." Read more

"...The advice is down to earth and believable without being preachy or perfect...." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and full of useful takeaways, with one customer noting it's full of juicy tidbits.

"Mesmerizing, profound, even for a study machine such as myself...." Read more

"...but for the most part it was full of juicy tid bits on how to get through exams, studying, organizing your time and..." Read more

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"...it’s a book on how to become a more passionate person that’s more enthralled with life." Read more

6 customers mention "Value for money"6 positive0 negative

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"...It's absolutely worth the money if that's what is keeping you on the edge of buying this...." Read more

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4 customers mention "Length"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's length, with one mentioning that the chapters are short.

"...The chapters are short and jam packed with good advice." Read more

"Cal's style continues to reign. Very short (1-2 pages) for each point, which make it good for people with ADD (or just don't like reading) like..." Read more

"...The chapters of this book are 3-4 pages long. Perfect for me since I have ADHD and the chapters are over before I lose interest...." Read more

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3 customers mention "Gift value"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book makes a great graduation gift.

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  • ebraheem aldashti
    5.0 out of 5 stars great book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2025
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    great book
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  • Wisdom Seeking Sue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Books like this are why I get self-help books on Amazon
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2008
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    If you're looking at reviews for this book then you're likely looking for some insight into the college process on a deeper level than surface-level advice. In that case, you should undoubtedly get this book.

    I'm going to college next year, and I'm the type of person who copes with things by reading about them. Books like this book are the reason I do that. It's clear and easy to read, it's direct, it's straightforward, and best of all, it's full of simple advice that can dramatically improve one's college experience. It provides this advice without being pretentious- the book's title turned me off at first, and while the author certainly has a very pragmatic approach to college life, he decries resume-padding and the like.

    I've recommended it to many of my classmates, and it will serve as a sort of bible for me next year. As much as it's helpful on a practical level, it's helped me in another way, too. I went looking for books because I was nervous about next year. This book helped reassure me by encouraging me to focus on the exciting aspects rather than the unnerving ones. If only I could get such a powerful effect every time I spent ten dollars.

    A few years later:
    This review actually was written by my then high-school-age son, and I have to tell you that he went on to have an absolutely stellar, meaningful career at an Ivy League college. During those four years, and since, he has frequently referenced this book, and its author, whose other books he later read, as having been his primary source of guidance about how to handle his undergraduate life.
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  • John
    4.0 out of 5 stars 70% practical advice, 15% feel-good advice, 1% useless advice, 14% advice that saved my academic life
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2010
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    To be honest, if I had just graduated high school and someone gave me this book as a gift, I would roll my eyes and never open it. I picked it up a week ago, however, now that I am almost done with my second year of university, and I really do wish that I had had it (and cared to read it) two years ago.

    The book is seventy-five pieces of advice, each with about two pages of explanation. The advice is pretty simple, as you can see from looking at the table of contents ("Dress Nicely for Class," "Never Nap," "Eat Healthy," "Always Go to Class"). But the reason this book is effective is that it serves as a quick-reference manifesto for some of the more important (to me) advice.

    For example, I'm taking a grad-level fiction writing class. No due dates (except the final deadline at the end of the semester) and no class. You just write at your own pace and turn in a portfolio. This is incredibly difficult for me to do, and I'm unbelievably far behind in the work for the class. I was really quite worried about how I would ever pull it off. The whole semester, my fiction work has been priority #75, and I usually crash between priorities #14 and #20. But with some of the advice in this book ("Keep a Work Progress Journal," "Set Arbitrary Deadlines," "Avoid Daily To-Do Lists," "Don't Take Breaks Between Classes"), I actually feel pretty confident about being able to finish on time. By reading this book (and [...] and Newport's more recent book, How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less) I've adopted some strategies and habits that have actually yielded results.

    Before Cal Newport, I was up late every night, angrily doing my homework until I couldn't drink any more tea, without any free time. Now, I'm getting my homework done before sundown (for the most part), feeling enormously more relaxed, and regaining a good amount of the excitement that I had about college before I got here.

    If you're on your way to college, and you're the sort of person who can stomach (and listen to) advice, do yourself a favor and read this book. Newport admits in the introduction that not every piece of advice will be for you (for me: "Exercise Five Days a Week" and "Use a Filing Cabinet"). If you want to be more than an average student without being a "grind," this book has a good deal of solid advice.

    If you're already in college, and you're looking for more in-depth and practical advice, I recommend also reading How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less. It has more thorough advice for confronting the terrors that you have come to know in college.
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  • KayVincent
    5.0 out of 5 stars Will Help You Reach the Goal You Thought You Could Never Achieve
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
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    Quick review: if you're about to go into college, BUY THIS. If you're already in college, STILL BUY THIS.

    This great book has conventional and unconventional advice. I'm already a fan of Cal Newport's advice and blog, but this book condenses his ideas that are most relevant to me (since I will be going to college in the fall of '15).

    It isn't a typical 'how to do well in college' book whatsoever. This truly gives you the truth of what needs to happen to become a part of the exceptional. And he isn't writing it with the assumed purpose of impressing everybody or becoming a mega-successful overlord; he writes with the tone that leaves up the ultimate goals you have up to you. Also, the writing style is not annoying like a lot of books are.

    Personally, I just want to optimize my college experience, leave my comfort zone, and get into grad school. This book will help me.
    If you want to start the track of becoming a super-rich, art-gallery-going, Bentley-driving, awe-inspiring successful person, this book will still be very worth your time.

    It's absolutely worth the money if that's what is keeping you on the edge of buying this.
    It has countless (actually 75) useful ideas throughout, too, if you worry it has only one or two pieces of useful advice and that's it.

    Bonus: if you like what you read, he has a blog with even more stuff to learn.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Shubham Yadav
    5.0 out of 5 stars Today's reader
    Reviewed in India on July 19, 2019
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    It's amazing
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  • Jin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2018
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    Loved it, had some great tips for university students! I'm from England, and though it is more directed towards the American education system, most of it still applied. I'd definitely recommend it to prospective uni students!
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  • Yuki
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for all college (and grad) students!
    Reviewed in Japan on August 28, 2016
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    This book discusses tips to success academically and socially in college based on experiences of the author's and students in the top US colleges. There are 75 tips in the book, and the book discusses in a readable way why they are important and how to implement them. The tips are really practical and, in my opinion, useful for any college (and also graduate) students. The tips helped me to organize my school life and I recommend this book for any college (and also graduate) students.
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  • Eden
    5.0 out of 5 stars Livraison rapide !
    Reviewed in France on August 26, 2023
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    Commandé le 20 août, reçu le 6 août en excellent état ! Très hâte d'entamer la lecture ! Merci !
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  • Karen Kehoe
    5.0 out of 5 stars perfect. That dawning recognition that his parents have it ...
    Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2018
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    That look you get when your child unwraps that book you've been talking about: perfect. That dawning recognition that his parents have it all planned out for him, well-ahead of time, coupled by the slightly-sinking feeling he has as he realizes that re-enacting the voyage of the Kon-Tiki next year will probably be postponed: Parenting Level 100.
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