Full Description
The Snarktastic Guide to College Success takes an alternative approach as "the unvarnished, usually-said-behind-your-back truth about what really matters, straight from college students, alums, faculty, staff, and administrators." And that's exactly what you'll find.KEY TOPICS: This alternative approach to college success strategies focuses on presenting information in a different tone. In terms of information, this is the sort of advice that students used to have to get from older and wiser fellow students, from TAs feeling exceptionally generous one day after class, or from (horrors!) figuring it out themselves. The trouble with learning these lessons on your own is that by the time you figure it out, you've either nearly or already graduated. This book allows incoming students to 'figure it out' in time to put it to use. And the alternative tone - the 'snark' in Snarktastic - is what makes all that wholesome, mentally nutritious information go down easy, like the chocolate coating on a granola bar. The Snarktastic Guide to College Success recognizes most students respond well to a humorous, informed style, like the The Onion (http://www.theonion.com) of textbooks, if you will. Funny, irreverent, honest, and chock-full of useful stuff. It's all here, from choosing a seat on the first day of class to how paying attention to who's wearing backpacks can save a lot of grief. And that only scratches the snarky surface...! MARKET: For First Year Experience, Student Success, and Introduction to College courses, as well as Student Orientation/Bootcamp.
Contents
Foreword, ForewarnedSection One: Before Class1. Picking Your College and Picking Your BattlesNancy Williams Parks2. Cutting the Academic Umbilical: Preparing Your Parents for Your College ExperienceRandy Hyman3. Be Good to the Gatekeeper: Please Don't Call Us SecretariesLeslie Bailey4. Beyond the Chili Pepper: Scheduling Classes and Picking Your ProfessorsEileen Wallis5. Oh the Humanities: A Defense of the Well-Rounded EducationTeague von Bohlen6. Debt and UAntone Minard7. Between Boredom and Terror: Six Steps to Financial Aid SolvencyNathan Rudibaugh8. Why Choosing a Major for Stupid Reasons Might Be a Very Smart Thing to Do Sandra Mizumoto Posey9. Why Professors Want to Help You: Your Professor May Have Been a Loser TooSandra Mizumoto Posey10. Why Professors Want to Help You, Part 2,Teague von BohlenSection Two: In Class, With Class11. Choose Your Seat Wisely: The Strategy of Sitting Well in the ClassroomTeague von Bohlen12. Can I Sit Next To That Chick in the Burka?: Diversity in College LifeHeather Joseph-Witham13. Get on the SyllaBusSandra Mizumoto Posey14. TXT L8RTeshia Young Roby15. How Pretending to be Interested is Good for EveryoneVictoria Simmons16. ProcrastiNation, How Not to be a CitizenJohn A. Lanning and Sandra Mizumoto Posey17. Yes, We Can All See You Doing ThatTeague von Bohlen18. The Bad QuestionKevin Haworth19. Bring Me Your Tired, Your Hungry, Your Mediocre, Yearning for Grade "C"Sandra Mizumoto Posey20 The 'Do-I-Know-You' GradeTeshia Young Roby21. B.S. Is a Path to TruthSandra Mizumoto Posey22. Good Writers Steal, But Not Like ThatSandra Posey and Teague von BohlenSection Three: Beyond Class23. Will Work For Free: Campus Publications and YouPatricia Murphy24. No Way...Pay MeBryan Smith25. To Friend or Not to Friend: Social Networking and Your ProfessorsPatricia Murphy26. Choose Your Own Adventure: Taking Advantage of Student TravelMindy Bezdek 27. Learning to Walk: What You Need to Know About Graduation CeremoniesTeague von Bohlen28. What You'll Need to Know From Day One of College to Get into Grad SchoolSandra Mizumoto Posey 29. Get a Job! No, Scratch That Get a CareerBridgette CobleSection Four: Student Perspectives 30. Picking a Major (Without Kicking Yourself Later)Daniel Alvarez31. Tasting the Rainbow, One Friend at a TimeMegan Fowler32. Roommates: The World is Not Your ToiletAdam Steininger33. Why Taking Erotic Notes is the Best Way to Remember EverythingThorin Klosowski34. Snark and Consequence: Lessons a Protest Taught MeJef Otte35. The Truth About Your Professor: Lessons Learned from Hard ExperienceTasha Ringo36. Make Sure They Have Backpacks (and Other Rules for Surviving Freshman Year)Gellilla Gebre-MichaelAfterword: Sunscreen for the 21st Century
