Summary

Heading off to college? Or perhaps already there? This book's just for you. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-follow tips that really work with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal.

The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to:

New to this second edition are tips for:

Ideal for college students at any stage, and college-bound high school students, The Secrets of College Success makes a wonderful back-to-college or high-school-graduation gift - or a smart investment in your own future.

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-Full of practical and easy-to-implement tips, this handbook is written in brief segments, perfect for the short attention span of the YouTube generation. While covering the basics found in other "how to be successful in college"-type books (study skills, time management, test-taking tips), this one also has sections on other issues that students will likely face: how to get into a closed class, studying abroad, working with a professor, and getting one's money's worth. Topics are approached with humor, but there is a serious undertone throughout: college is expensive, so their philosophy in a nutshell is to do the work, make the grades, and graduate. This book deserves a place in high school libraries across the country. Many students are college-bound with no real idea what to expect once they enter the realm of higher education. Secrets would be a great tool to incorporate into an adviser/advisee program for students on a college track. Learning to implement some of the tips will make them more successful in college, and they will likely reap benefits during their high school tenure as well.-Gina Bowling, South Gibson County High School, Medina, TN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Library Journal Review

Wife-and-husband coauthors Jacobs (art history, Univ. of Arkansas) and Hyman present the second book in their "Professors' Guide" series and cover some of the same territory as their first effort, Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College. The sections on picking courses, the importance of attending class and taking good notes, how professors grade, writing a great paper, and acing exams will look familiar to readers of the first book. The style is also similar-lots of easy-to-read lists interspersed with tips and pointers and sprinkled with what adults think of as "kidspeak" (sweet, bummer, and texting abbreviations like IOHO and BFF). Verdict Though this book does not break new ground in the popular college prep genre, it is a well-organized, quick read. Not likely to be examined cover to cover by your average 18-year-old, it will be appreciated by keen yet nervous soon-to-be college students and their parents.-Sara Holder, McGill Univ., Montreal (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.