<p>How should I go about getting straight A's in 4 AP's & 1 Honor course, studying for SAT's/ACT's/AP tests, and and being very involved in EC's? To me, it seems out of reach to get straight A's, but I know that I must in order to raise my final GPA to a 3.76. </p>
<p>Tips/advice/suggestions/words of wisdom or inspiration? (:</p>
<p>You buy Cal Newport’s book “How to become a Straight-A Student.” Also, his other book which comes out in July, called “How to become a high school superstar.”</p>
<p>Have you read it?</p>
<p>i wouldnt want to be like cal newport in real life</p>
<p>something to think about…</p>
<p>Hahah, who is he?</p>
<p>he writes books for students, mainly to make money since he knows its a fairly untapped market for those types of books</p>
<p>Oh okay, thanks.
Anyway, does anyone have advice that they’d like to share in terms of earning straight A’s?</p>
<p>To be more specific: how to manage time well and be efficient</p>
<p>I suggest trying to be me and thus becoming amazing at everything.</p>
<p>Procrastinate a lot, sleep less than the requisite 8 hours, and smile at teachers.</p>
<p>Hahaha, thanks guys :]</p>
<p>I actually think ECs help one to be a more efficient student. They provide structure and force management. One of my ballet teachers is doing a panel for her PhD right now and that seems to be the general consensus among all of us.</p>
<p>well. Pick one or two ec’s or ec areas(like music, writing, athletics, etc). If you pick more than that, good luck.</p>
<p>Focus on the bad classes first. If you have over a 95 in a class, I stop bothering working. But I don’t really know well this method works.</p>
<p>If you sleep more than 8 hours a night, you’ll be healthy, but you won’t be great. </p>
<p>Suck-ups get pretty far in life. Just saying. :(</p>
<p>I’ve got more tips. Try not to procrastinate, but saying that doesn’t really ever work.</p>
<p>BTW- Why is a 3.76 considered just okay? I mean, it is an ‘A’ average. I don’t know how so many kids have 4.0’s…</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight Millan and emily (:</p>
<p>ok, heres the straight dizzy:</p>
<p>set standards for what you want to achieve</p>
<p>continually remind yourself what will happen if you DON’T do what you are supposed to, if you dont achieve what you want</p>
<p>feel how good it will feel to have what you want, success</p>
<p>remind yourself of the PAIN that will come if you fail, and feel that pain, how bad it hurts</p>
<p>then do whatever needs to be done</p>
<p>…you only live this shttt once</p>
<p>Thank you for the straight dizzy, bagels :] That’s actually awesome motivation.</p>
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Like I said, read up on some Cal Newport.</p>
<p>You can Google his blog “Study Hacks.” He has tons of entries that are free to read.</p>