New environment, new friends, new subjects, and completely new types of assignments. Transitioning the first year into college and acing through the four years is a tough task for anyone. You can stumble, fall, and do some real-life learning, but you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to get the best of your college education and win the GPA game.
One of the most important markers that recruiters will consider at the end of the four year college degree is your GPA. Although the assignments and exams and therefore the GPA is designed to be the marker of your knowledge, there are various other factors that can influence your GPA.
So to get this all important cue right up there, you need to strategize. Consider your four year college like any other game. Your goal is to get the maximum GPA. Your strategy should be to maximize your GPA.
In The GPA Game, Sean Fesko will tell you things that no professor will. Why? Because they want you to work and learn. Although that is important, remember, your goal is also to win the GPA game.
As a fresh graduate who emerged at the top of his game, Sean’s first post-graduation project was penning a self-help book containing all the academic tips and tricks that he picked up on the way to graduating with the highest honors.
The GPA Game: Tried & True Academic Strategies for Today’s College Students. Study Smarter and Raise your GPA!
Author: Sean Fesko
Print Length: 62 pages
Publisher: Red Finch Publishing (September 1, 2015)
ASIN: B014TGXC14
College is hard. But you can make it easy if you know some of the basic tricks. As they say, don’t work hard, work smart.
In The GPA Game, Sean writes about his lessons learned and how he continuously kept adjusting his approach to keep his GPA in the top of his class. If I knew of half the things that he has mentioned in this book, I am sure my GPA would have been a lot better.
And more than that, the tips in this book would have made my life a lot easier. From how to take notes and arrange your notes neatly to making the strategic decisions about selecting classes and professors in each semester.
Sean gives you the insider tips on how you can supplement your hard work with smarts and give yourself that little extra needed to end at the top of your class. He shares his lessons-learned about how to do research, how to approach professors to get into important classes, even when they are full, and how to communicate with your teachers and keep the feedback loop alive through the semester.
Sean doesn’t ask you the play the system or cheat. He reiterates that there is no substitute for hard work. A bag of tricks alone can’t get you where you want to be. But this bag of tricks can make all the difference between getting the best out of your four year college experience.
I am sure there are tons of books that talk about how to start and plan your college time to minimize stress. A mountain of assignments and other chores can weigh you down pretty quickly. But if you manage your time as Sean did, you can have a good, balanced college life.
If you are already a Freshman, you will identify with many tips that Sean has listed here, and still learn some for your next semester. If you are planning to be a Freshman next year. read through the book now and again when you begin your college and you will have a wealth of information that will make life easy for the next four years.