<p>or how to get good grades, time mgmt, prioritize, etc</p>
<p>A good book about time management/prioritization is The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.</p>
<p>I don't know about specifically on studying</p>
<p>do you mind sharing the tips XaserT?</p>
<p>"How to Become a Straight A Student" by Cal Newport. </p>
<p>That book will change your academic life.</p>
<p>His book "How to Win at College" is also pretty good.</p>
<p>Cal Newport graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth in 2004, where, using the strategies outlined in his book, he earned thirty-six straight A's in a row. He is studying for his Ph.D. in comupter science at MIT now.</p>
<p>There was a book on the board that people highly recommended called: What Smart Students Know. It's written by this princeton review guy and personally I have a copy and think it's really good. It teaches you how to take notes, choose classes, and how to study etc. Awesome book since I've read it. In fact, this <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/academic-development/publications/fastfact/Taking%20Lecture%20Notes07.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/academic-development/publications/fastfact/Taking%20Lecture%20Notes07.pdf</a> website by Carnegie Mellon should help you out too. Everything on there correlates to what's said in What Smart Students Know, in the section where it talks about how to take good lecture notes. Good luck</p>
<p>I second the Cal Newport recommendation</p>
<p>I've read What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson</p>
<p>What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson really is the best choice.</p>
<p>Best way to study? It depends on the class! For some, its pointless to even read half of the texts. Learn to works towards the syllabus. Manipulate your professor and fellow students with your ridiculous charm, good looks, wit, and intelligence. Use people to achieve your goals. Find exactly what they want and provide it. It is no longer the archaic idea of exchanging free thoughts - its adhering to the system, finding out what they want, and how to get there. You can learn how to think and develop your "critical thinking skills" during and post college. Forget about it education within the institution - its about grades.</p>
<p>If you like to get good grades AND you like communism there's a book by Bertell Ollman called How to Take an Exam ... and Change the World.</p>
<p>It has study tips (a good portion of them for Oral Exams, so they're not useful for an engineering student I find) mixed in with criticism of capitalism and the american way in general. He's a very good writer, although some of his political stuff borders on paranoia.</p>
<p>Regardless, if you want a book that has something other than just study tips, or if you hate capitalism, then this would be the book for you.</p>
<p>I don't know about books, but check out howtostudy.org</p>
<p>another endorsement here for "What Smart Students Know". It captures everything I figured out the hard way in 4 years of college, and things I never did realize! One caveat, though. If you're looking for a book that promises you A's in 20 minutes or day or some other amazing shortcut, this isn't the book for you. What it recommends takes conscientious effort and hard work. But you'll have the knowledge that all the time you're putting in is really being used effectively. You'd be surprised how many people spend hours doing things that are not that productive or useful, like copying all their notes over.</p>
<p>I love this book: <em>College Rules!</em></p>
<p>Read it and live by it!</p>
<p>What Smart Students Know is a winner!</p>