How to Be a High School Superstar A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
by Newport, CalEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-07-27
Publisher(s): Crown
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Summary
What if getting into your reach schools didn't require four years of excessive A.P.-taking, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress?
Author Biography
Cal Newport is the author of How to Win at College and How to Become a Straight-A Student. He graduated from Dartmouth College and earned a Ph.D. from MIT. His writing has appeared in national publications, and he is the founder of Study Hacks, the Web's most popular student advice blog.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: ôStanford Doesn't Take Students with Bs!ö | p. xi |
| Common Questions About the Relaxed Superstar Philosophy | p. xxi |
| The Law of Underscheduling | |
| Pack your schedule with free time. Use this time to explore. | |
| Horseshoe Crabs and Blogs | p. 3 |
| Rethinking ôPassionö | p. 16 |
| The Making of a Relaxed Superstar | p. 28 |
| The Systematic Superstar | p. 38 |
| The Underscheduled Student | p. 47 |
| Playbook | p. 51 |
| The Law of Focus | |
| Master one serious interest. Don't waste time on unrelated activities. | |
| Solar Panels, Stress, and Stanford | p. 113 |
| The Superstar Effect | p. 117 |
| Good Begets Good | p. 129 |
| When More Is Less | p. 145 |
| Playbook | p. 155 |
| The Law of Innovation | |
| Pursue accomplishments that are hard to explain, not hard to do. | |
| The Laziest Student at Bella Vista High | p. 177 |
| The Failed-Simulation Effect | p. 182 |
| Lassiter's Insight | p. 186 |
| The Three Rules of Innovation | p. 194 |
| A Tale of Three Innovations Playbook | p. 201 |
| Conclusion | p. 240 |
| References | p. 243 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 245 |
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