Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College

By Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman

Book Overview

The Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College is the first book to reveal the insider secrets about how professors really grade. The book offers high-value, practical tips about how to succeed at each of the five grade-bearing moments of the semester: (1) The Start (2) The Class (3) The Exam (4) The Paper and (5) The Last Month of the Semester. Fast-paced, entertaining, and easy-to-follow, the Professors' Guide will help you get truly excellent grades in college.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060879084
• ISBN13: 9780060879082
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

great.

just had a copy, good instruction on how to success in each course..and advise on how to pick courses to boast g.p.a

Thoroughly 'user friendly' and an invaluable self-help manual

The collaborative effort of Lyn F. Jacobs (Associate Professor of Art History, University of Arkansas) and academician Jeremy s. Hyman (who manages 'Professors' Guide' projects), "Professors' Guide To Getting Good Grades In College" shows college and university students on how to pick courses with an eye to good grades; ten tips on effectively taking lecture notes; successful test-preparation and test-taking strategies; strategies...

How to do college

This book is one I wish all my students would read. This isn't paternalism, but rather self-interest, at work. I'd be reading higher-quality work, and wouldn't be dogged as much with the suspicion that my students are not working to anywhere near their potential. The book is clearly written, transparently organized, and thoroughly engaging--it moves along briskly and efficiently, is dotted with numbered tips and illustrative...

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Perfect for those already in college, those getting ready to attend a university, or even teens who are beginning to think about which college they'd like to attend, the PROFESSORS' GUIDE TO GETTING GOOD GRADES IN COLLEGE is a must-have! This is a book filled not just with advice, but with actual facts on how to take good notes during a lecture, how professors grade papers, and even how to prepare for tests and exams. The...

GREAT, CONCISE ADVICE FROM INSIDERS

Why didn't anybody think of this before? There are dozens of guides on how to get into college, but the publishing world has left millions marooned there once they get in. And it can be quite bewildering. Finally, these two extremely well informed and clear-headed professors have demystified the art of staying in college and doing well there. Once, such advice was available only to a lucky and privileged few with personal...