Attending college can seem overwhelming, especially for new students. There are so many adjustments to your life – a new schedule, new roommates, trying to decide which classes to take, how to study and have a social life and how to make it through your first year with flying colors. Here are a few book suggestions to help you through the next school year:
Top Picks for New Students
• How to Survive Your Freshman Year, by Hundreds of College Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Who Did. Hundreds of Heads Books, 2008. ISBN: 9781933512143, $14.95.
How to Survive Your Freshman Year is written by undergrad and graduate students providing all the tricks-of-the-trade when it comes to school – balancing a new lifestyle, experiences and academics. Information includes how to social network on campus, new technology, political and global awareness, feeling homesick, funny roommate stories, what to look out for and more! A must-read - especially for college students new to campus.
• 101 Ways to Make Studying Easier and Faster for College Students: What Every Student Needs to Know Explained Simply, by Susan Roubidoux. Atlantic Publishing Company FL, 2008. ISBN: 9781601382498, $21.95.
Students transitioning from high school to college (and even returning adults students) may find their new homework load daunting. In 101 Ways to Make Studying Easier and Faster for College Students, readers will find tips for taking helpful notes in class, organizing tasks, meeting deadlines, how to study for tests, improve time management and more.
• 1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know: (Like Buying Your Books Before Exams Start), by Harry H. Harrison. Thomas Nelson, 2008. ISBN: 9781404104341, $9.99.
1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know prepares students for what to expect during their years at college. Included is personal and humorous advice for living in the dorms, signing up for classes, new study habits and yes, buying books before exams.
• How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students, by Cal Newport. Bantam Books, 2005. ISBN: 9780767917872, $11.95.
College is a new slate, especially when it comes to improving your previous GPA. For students ready to dive in to their new academics and remain one of the best students in class, How to Win at College will teach them how to do just that. Even if a student was not an over-achiever in high school, How to Win at College will teach them how to be a stand-out student, how to network on campus, transition into a leadership role, plan and reach their new goals and help prepare them for life after college.
Other Great Books Worth Reading
• Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution, by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN: 9780684865980, $15.99.
• The Real Freshman Handbook: A Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus, by Jennifer Hanson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. ISBN: 9780618163427, $10.
• College Board Book of Majors, by The College Board. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated,2008. ISBN: 9780874478242, $25.95.
• Getting Financial Aid 2010, by The College Board. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated, 2009. ISBN: 9780874478488, $21.95.
Helpful Books For College Graduates
• What Now?, by Ann Patchett. HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. ISBN: 9780061340659, $14.95.
Cracking the GRE, 2010 Edition, by Princeton Review. Random House Information Group, 2009. ISBN: 9780375429323, $22.
• The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke, by Suze Orman. Penguin Group (USA), 2007. ISBN: 9781594482243, $16.
• They Don't Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World, by Alexandra Levit, Career Press, Incorporated, 2009. ISBN: 9781601630582, $15.99.
