Cover -- Praise for the First Edition of The Secrets of College Success -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Meet the Professors -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book -- The Professors' Guide™ Icons -- 1: This Is College -- 10 Things You Need to Know About College (But Probably Don't) -- What's New at College? Fun Facts -- The 15 Habits of Top College Students -- The 10 Worst Self-Defeating Myths -- The 11 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College -- 20 No-Brainers to Save Money at College -- 14 Ways to Ensure You Graduate in Four Years -- Top 10 Tips for Community College Students -- 10 Best Tips for Engineering School -- Top 10 Tips for Applied Arts and Design Colleges -- The College Student's Bill of Rights -- 2: In the Beginning . . . -- 7 Things to Do the Summer Before College -- 15 Things to Do the Week Before College -- 10 Things to Consider Before Buying a Tablet, E-Reader, or Laptop for College -- Do's and Don'ts for Picking Your Courses -- Top 12 Tips for Picking a Major -- Top 10 Secrets of the Syllabus -- 10 Questions to Ask Yourself the First Week of Classes -- The 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Professor -- Tips and Tricks for Improving Your Course Schedule -- 3: Skills 3.0 -- Top 10 Time-Management Tips -- Top 10 Reasons Never to Procrastinate -- The How Not to Study Guide -- 10 Secrets of Taking Excellent Lecture Notes -- 15 Ways to Read Like a Pro -- 15 Strategies for Painless Presentations -- How to Build Your Confidence -- 4: Specialties of the House -- 10 Ways to Whip the Freshman Comp Requirement -- 10 Tips for Taming the Math Requirement -- Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Foreign (or World) Language Requirement -- 10 Ideas for Learning to Love the Lab -- 10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course -- Facing Up to Remediation: Top 10 Strategies.

10 Tips for Online Courses (and MOOCs) -- How to Take Courses on the Web-for Free -- 5: It's Showtime! -- 12 Tips for A+ Test Preparation -- "So What's Going to Be on the Test Anyway?" -- Top 13 Test-Taking Tips -- 10 Tips for Writing the Perfect Paper -- 10 Things Your Professor Won't Tell You About Grading -- How to Turn a B into an A -- 14 Techniques for Doing Research Like a Professor -- Top 10 Tips for Doing E-Research -- 6: Interfacing with the Professor -- 15 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You -- 10 Biggest Hesitations About Going to See the Professor-and How to Get Over Them -- The 14 Secrets of Going to See the Professor -- Etiquette for E-mailing Your Professor -- 10 Surefire Ways to Piss Off Your Professor -- Top 10 Things Professors Never Want to Hear-and What They Think When They Do Hear Them -- 7: In Case of Emergency . . . -- 10 Things to Do When You Can't Keep Up with the Lecture -- Top 10 Signs You've Been Cutting Too Many Classes -- What to Do When You've Bombed the Midterm -- 7 Best Last-Minute Strategies for Saving Your Grade -- 10 Signs You're in Real Trouble at College -- What, Then, to Do? The 7-Step Approach -- 8: The Second Half -- 10 Must-Do's at the Halfway Point of College -- 13 Skills You'll Need for a Career-and How to Get Them at College -- 10 Strategies for Women Considering a Career in STEM Fields -- Transfer Tips-from Community College to Four-Year College -- Summer School Pros and Cons -- Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad -- Top 9 Tips for Taking Out Student Loans -- 10 Tips for the Senior Thesis -- 9: Moving On -- The 10-Step Program for Thinking About Grad School -- Top 10 Tips for Getting Bang-Up Recommendations -- 8 Tips for Finding a Job -- Top 13 Tips for Acing the Job Interview -- Top 10 Tips for Paying Off Your Student Loans -- 10: The End-And the Beginning -- Top 10 People We'd Like to Thank.

Web Resources -- Index -- Notes.