Nick B. Herberger August 2, 2007 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think this book gives it's readers some great nuggets of truth about truly living your college experience to the fullest. It is practical rather than theoretical and very easy to read.
The freshman year in college is a big deal, a HUGE deal ... it is a transition that few parents and students are prepared for. After working on campus in Student Life for many years I have seen how difficult this transition is first-hand. The Department of Education has shown that more that 1/3 of all new freshman will drop out before making it to their sophomore year and fewer than half of all new freshman will graduate from college.
"Been There, Should've Done That II" gives us some great "real-life" advice on how to weather the storm known as the Freshman Year in college!
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An opinion from a teacher with twenty years experience teaching math/computers May 28, 2007 22 out of 22 found this review helpful
As a college instructor with over twenty years of experience, I can say without qualification or conditions that this is a book that should be passed out to all students at freshman orientation. Unfortunately, the advice given in the book is of the after the fact type. By that I mean that the messages are those of experience that can only be appreciated after you have the experience of not having it. My favorite sections were about interacting with your instructors and understanding that for most people, the major is of limited relevance. In terms of interacting with instructors, simply talking to them on a regular basis and showing interest in the subject is the best way to get yourself over the top if your grade is on the border. I have never failed to give the student who showed interest and a desire to succeed the higher grade when the issue is in doubt. Students who try to excuse their way out the last week have never gotten it. In conversations with my colleagues, that opinion is universal. This is one of the best books about how to really succeed in college currently available. The best part about it is that it is interesting and lacks that dull pedantry that seems to be a requirement in all the "How to Succeed in College" pamphlets that colleges and universities hand out to their students.
Interesting idea... okay results May 19, 2007 8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Urrgghhhh this book is so frustrating... I can not put it into words, well at least. I am not sure what I was expecting to get from this book, but I think I found some decent advice. That being said I think it really lacked any type of writing, I mean a little paragraph introduction would of been a nice addition for each section. All the advice was true, but unless you have no common sense or can not think critically it is all obvious. Some examples from the book, "Don't use an ATM at night by yourself", "Don't call a proffesor MR. or MRS.", "Don't skip class too often". There were a few that had decent advice, but the whole book was just that, sentences from former or current students. Which like I said is an interesting idea, but without any type of writing to go along with it, it is nothing special. So in my opinion there are books that are leaps and bounds better... all on this website, just search and you will find. This book is not worth $10.
at least it's in their language May 8, 2007 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
hopefully this can prompt a high school graduate to think for themself and not assume college is like high school where it's fairly mapped out for you. you dont have to accept everything at face value and it does require some effort and thinking on your part. and it's all based on snippets from other kids in college written in easy form. it doesnt have all the answers but gives you an idea that there ARE questions to be asked!
THE BOOK THAT I WISHED I WOULD HAVE HAD January 25, 2007 8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Of all the the books, advice, and other perils of wisdom that I was given before and during college, this is the one book I wished I would have had. I recently bought this book for my sister who will attending college shortly, and the book was read through from front to back in a matter of a few hours. I have a difficult time concentrating long enough to read, but even I found this book to be insightful and enjoyable. A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!
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