<p>In the fall before school starts I'll repost a list of tips I have for succeeding at ucla. However there's one I want to give now -- its about a book every college student should own.</p>
<p>Its called What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson, written by one of the founders of the test prep service Princeton Review. I have never seen a better explanation of the steps you need to follow to really <em>learn</em> the material, and if you've learned it well you will have no trouble with grades. The UC system selects from the top 12.5% HS students and ucla is even tougher than that. For most people in this range they were never really challenged in HS. Now everyone is as smart as you. </p>
<p>You will have to step it up a notch at ucla, and instead of learning it by trial-and-error why not read this book over the summer and come in prepared?</p>
<p>I have another book to add to this. I saw my friend reading it during SSR (sustained silent reading) time, and I thought it was pretty interesting. It's called "Worst Case Scenario: College" by Joshua Priven, Jennifer Worick and David Borgenicht, authors of the Worst Case Scenario series.</p>
<p>It's really funny, packed with helpful, funny tips to survive your college years. This book can be found in the humor section at Barnes and Noble. (Don't go to Borders! They kicked me out for studying/reading on the floor with a book that I bought that day!)</p>
<p>That is funny......but it's better than Barnes and Noble, where if you try to go there and actually do some shopping, there's nowhere to sit but just a bunch of college study sessions, laptops, and books all over the floor, yet not a darn person buys a single thing! lol I love Borders and Barnes and Noble, but....I have a funny story about Barnes and Noble.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago I need a textbook for my American Lit class and I told the ladies upfront that I needed to find a Norton Anthology of American Lit and they said...."um.....yeah..that's gonna be over near the window, I think? Hey Sarah, where are the anthologies?......yeah, over there in the Science section". I thanked them and got out of there quick because these two "booksellers" didn't have a clue what an anthology was.</p>
<p>Lesson: Go to Borders......to find a book, go to Barnes and Noble for cheesecake and spending two hours finding a seat.....lol
I have three other books, but I'll post those later. Thanks...</p>
<p>I don't like diverting threads away from it's original topic...but the debate over Barnes and Noble vs. Borders is a rather interesting one...hehehe.</p>
<p>BN, of course, is always compacted, loud, and crowded, always finding myself on the floor. I've never encountered a bad sales clerk; i guess they train their clerks here pretty well. They all know where the books are. I usually find the books I need myself, but when i do need help, they usually know where the books are, if not they double check on the computers. Also, they have a larger book selection. If I wanted a copy of Pride and Prejudice, I can find a variety of different publishers of the same text, text sizes, hardback, paperback, price ranges, etc. at BN (yeah, i'm kind of picky with the books i buy haha).</p>
<p>Borders, on the other hand, kicked me out of their store, ironically, for reading a book in their store, a book that i bought too (as stated in the previous post). It's pretty quiet, and less crowded there, since they don't really allow readers in their bookstore. Well, at least that's the case at the local Border's near my place. Not a lot of people there.</p>