The only guide to getting ahead once you’ve gotten in—proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country's most successful students

What does it take to be a standout student? How can you make the most of your college years—graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, and gain access to the best post-college opportunities? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of the class. These college-tested—and 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

• Take three days to write a paper

• Always be working on a “grand project”

• Do one thing better than anyone else you know

Proving that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years—and getting an edge on life after graduation.

卡爾•紐波特（Cal Newport）

麻省理工學院計算機科學博士，分布式算法專傢，暢銷書作傢，高人氣博主。

曾以“美國大學優等生榮譽學會會員”的身份畢業於達特茅斯學院，後在麻省理工學院取得計算機博士學位，目前是喬治城大學計算機科學副教授。

他創辦瞭深受美國中學生歡迎的博客“Study Hacks”（學習黑客），該博客專注於研究如何深度學習、高效工作。

紐波特還著有《深度工作》、《優秀到不能被忽視》等暢銷作品。