The thinking student's guide to college: 75 tips for getting a better education
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION / 1
TEXT BOX: THE PURPOSES OF A COLLEGE
EDUCATION / 6
1 HOW UNIVERSITIES WORK / 8
TEXT BOX: THE HIS TORY OF THE UNIVERSITY / 12
TEXT BOX: A STUDENT S GUIDE TO COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATION / 17
2 CHOOSING A COLLEGE / 22
TIP 1 YOU CAN GET AN EQUIVALENT CLASSROOM EDUCATION AT MOST
REASONABLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES / 23
TEXT BOX: NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS / 25
TIP 2 THE KEY DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN SMALL COLLEGES AND LARGE
UNIVERSITIES / 26
TEXT BOX: WHERE DO PROFESSORS SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO COLLEGE? / 30
TIP 3 REPUTATION DOESN T MATTER AS MUCH AS YOU THINK / 31
TIP 4 THE MAIN IMPORTANCE OF REPUTATION IS THE STUDENT BODY IT ATTRACTS
/ 33
TEXT BOX: U.S. NEWS RATINGS / 34
TEXT BOX: MINORITIES AND COLLEGE CHOICE / 36
TIP 5 LOOK FOR SIGNS OF A PERSONALIZED EDUCATION / 36
TIP 6 CANSIDER THE CAST / 37
IMAGE 2
TIP 7 DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH OF PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT
USUALLY A GOOD BASIS FOR CHOOSING AMONG COLLEGES / 39
TEXT BOX: CHOOSING A FOREIGN UNIVERSITY / 41
TIP 8 CONSIDER THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GENERAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS / 41
TIP 9 DON T WORRY; MOST STUDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR
CHOICE / 43
3 CHOOSING CLASSES / 45
TIP 10 CONSIDER VISITING MULTIPLE CLASSES DURING THE FIRST WEEK
OF THE SEMESTER / 46
TIP 11 USUALLY TRUST YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS / 47
TEXT BOX: PRIORITIES IN CHOOSING CLASSES / 48
TIP 12 GO FOR VARIETY, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON / 49
TIP 13 AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR PICK A CLASS THAT DOESN T SEEM
TO FIT YOUR INTERESTS / 50
TIP 14 TAKE CLASSES WITH HEAVY WRITING REQUIREMENTS / 51
TIP 15 TAKE AS MANY SMALL SEMINARS AND AS FEW LARGE LECTURE COURSES AS
POSSIBLE / 53
TEXT BOX: WHAT DOES A GOOD LECTURE LOOK LIKE? / 56
TIP 16 TAKE MOSTLY UPPER-DIVISION COURSES / 57
TIP 17 FOCUS MORE ON METHODS THAN TOPICS / 58
TIP 18 SEEK OUT CLASSES THAT PROVIDE YOU WITH CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
AND TAKE THE FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY / 59
TIP 19 KNOW THE STATUS OFYOUR PROFESSORS / 60
TIP 20 LEARN TO BE A CRITICAL READER OF STUDENT EVALUATIONS
OF FACULTY / 63
TIP 21 ASK PROFESSORS YOU KNOW WHAT COURSES THEY WOULD
RECOMMEND / 65
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TIP 22 TAKE COURSES THAT RELATE TO EACH OTHER / 66
TIP 23 STUDY ABROAD FOR AT LEAST ONE SEMESTER IF NOT AN
ENTIRE YEAR / 67
TIP 24 DON T SUCCUMB TO THE TWO CULTURES / 68
TIP 25 DON T TRY TO GET ALL OF YOUR GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
OUT OF THE WAY IN FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR / 70
TIP 26 AUDIT CLASSES THAT YOU DON T HAVE TIME TO TAKE / 71
TIP 27 CONSIDER INDEPENDENT STUDY CLASSES / 72
TIP 28 DON T TAKE TOO MANY CLASSES WITH ONE PROFESSOR / 73
TIP 29 DON T BE AFRAID TO EXCEED REQUIREMENTS / 73
TIP 30 UNLESS YOU PLAN TO MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY OR BIOLOGY, LEAVE
MEDICAL SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS UNTIL LATER / 74
TIP 31 EITHER TAKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES SERIOUSLY OR TRY
TO PLACE OUT OF THEM / 75
TIP 32 BE DISCERNING IN CHOOSING INTERNSHIPS FOR CREDIT / 76
TIP 33 TAKE PREREQUISITES WITH A GRAIN OF SAH / 77
TIP 34 CONSIDER GRADUATE COURSES / 77
4 CHOOSING A MAJOR / 78
TIP 35 SAMPIE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS / 79
TIP 36 CHOOSE A MAJOR THAT YOU LOVE / 80
TEXT BOX: SOME NEGLECTED MAJORS / 81
TIP 37 FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT / 83
TIP 38 DON T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE JOB PROSPECTS
OF THE MAJOR / 85
TIP 39 CHOOSE SMALLER MAJORS / 86
TIP 40 CHOOSE MORE STRUCTURED MAJORS / 87
TEXT BOX: WOMEN AND THE SCIENCES / 88
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TIP 41 GO TO AN ACADEMIC LECTURE GIVEN IN THE DEPARTMENT / 89
TIP 42 BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT DOUBLE OR TRIPIE MAJORING / 90
TIP 43 WRITE A SENIOR THESIS / 91
TIP 44 DOUT GET TOO STRESSED OUT OVER YOUR CHOICE / 93
5 BEING SUCCESSFUL / 95
TIP 45 MANAGE YOUR TIME / 95
TIP 46 SHOW PROFESSORS THAT YOU ARE WORKING HARD / 96
TIP 47 JOIN A SMALL STUDY GROUP / 97
TEXT BOX: WHAT GRADES MEAN / 97
TIP 48 ASK FOR HELP / 99
TIP 49 DON T LET YOUR INSTRUCTORS SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THEM / 99
TEXT BOX: GRADE INFLATION / 100
TIP 50 LEARN THE RULES OF CRITICAL THINKING AND APPLY THEM
CONSTANTLY / 102
TIP 51 PROFESSORIAL SHORTCUTS FOR WRITING / 106
TIP 52 PROFESSORIAL SHORTCUTS FOR DOING RESEARCH / 108
TEXT BOX: SELF-CARE / 110
6 INTERACTING WITH PROFESSORS / 112
TIP 53 BE RESPECTFUL / 112
TIP 54 BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE SUBJECT / 113
TEXT BOX: INTERACTING WITH FEMALE
PROFESSORS / 114
TIP 55 VISIT ALL YOUR PROFESSORS DURING OFFICE HOURS
AT LEAST ONCE / 115
TIP 56 GET TO KNOWAT LEAST ONE PROFESSOR WEIL / 116
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TIP 57 FIND OUT WHAT YOUR PROFESSORS RESEARCH / 117
TEXT BOX: TENURED RADICALS / 118
TIP 58 SEND E-MAILS JUDICIOUSLY, ANSWER E-MAILS PROMPTLY / 119
TEXT BOX: WRITING AN EFFECTIVE E-MAIL / 120
TIP 59 AVOID COMPLAINTS ABOUT GRADES / 121
TIP 60 BECOME A RESEARCH ASSISTANT / 123
TIP 61 ASK FOR RECOMMENDATION LETTERS FROM PROFESSORS WHO
KNOW YOU WEIL / 124
7 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM / 127
TIP 62 GET INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES / 127
TIP 63 SUBSCRIBE TO AN INTELLECTUAL MAGAZINE / 128
TIP 64 READ ACADEMIC BLOGS / 129
TEXT BOX: ACADEMIC BLOGS / 131
TIP 65 ATTEND A PUBLIC LECTURE EVERY WEEK / 132
TIP 66 SPEND YOUR FREE TIME IN COFFEEHOUSES / 133
TIP 67 MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS
AND EXPERIENCES / 134
TIP 68 GET TO KNOW FOREIGN STUDENTS / 136
8 GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL / 138
TIP 69 THERE SELDOM ARE STRONG REASONS TO GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL
IMMEDIATELY AFTER COLLEGE / 138
TIP 70 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAREER GRADUATE SCHOOL IS
LEADING TO / 140
TIP 71 GRADUATE SCHOOL IS NOT JUST ADVANCED UNDERGRAD / 141
TEXT BOX: GETTING FELLOWSHIPS / 142
TIP 72 ASK YOUR PROFESSORS ADVICE ABOUT PHD PROGRAMS
IN THEIR FIELD / 143
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TIP 73 PHD PROGRAMS ARE NOT FOR TRAINING TEACHERS / 144
TEXT BOX: TYPES OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS / 145
TIP 74 PRESTIGE DOES MATTER FOR PHD PROGRAMS / 146
TIP 75 TALK TO CURRENT GRAD STUDENTS / 147
9 SECRETS OF THE GUILD: RULES PROFESSORS LIVE BY / 149
RULE A REDUCE THY TEACHING LOAD / 149
TEXT BOX: THE CAMPUS NOVEL / 151
RULE B PUBLISH OR PERISH / 153
RULE C PAMPER GRAD STUDENTS / 155
RULE D LIMIT THE EFFORT YOU DEVOTE TO UNDERGRADUATES / 156
TEXT BOX: HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PROFESSORS / 159
RULE E PLAY THE MARKET / 160
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / 163
RECOMMENDED READING / 165
INDEX / 167
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