The Secret Syllabus: A Guide to the Unwritten Rules of College Success

Contents\nPreface\n1. The Big Picture\nSetting Goals: It’s Not the Plan, But the Planning\n2. Not Having a Career Plan on Day 1 Usually Is Better than Having One\n3. Planning Your Schedule This Term, This Year, and Through Graduation\n4. Planning Semester and Life Goals\n5. Planning Daily and Weekly Goals\nAchieving Goals: How to Interact Effectively and Get Stuff That You Need\n6. In Choosing Your Courses Seek Great Teachers\n7. Office Hours\n8. Classroom Behavior\n9. Nurturing Your Relationships with Instructors\nThe Nuts and Bolts of Learning and Performing\n10. How to Study\n11. Exams\n12. Papers and Other Writing Assignments\n13. How to Study a Language\nOvercoming Barriers to Success\n14. Resilience\n15. Exam Postmortem\nCareer Planning\n16. Getting into the Graduate School of Your Choice\n17. What Makes You an Appealing Job Candidate?\nConclusion\n18. The Big Picture, Revisited\nAcknowledgments\nAppendix\nIndex