A lively, entertaining, and eminently insightful guide on how to make the most of the college experience from orientation to graduation.

Filled with hundreds of ways to simplify nearly every college situation, this guide tells you just what to do when your professor assigns you a twenty-page paper or you run out of clean dishes in your dorm room (chip bag bowl, anyone?).

Provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood.

A completely revised and updated guide to navigating the first year of college, featuring new research and advice on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance and expanded sections on dating, money management, and more.

Uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people excel at managing information flow -- and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

Helps students make the most of their college investment by solving their academic, motivational, and career concerns with study skills, teaches students how to earn better grades in less time and shows parents what they can expect from their kids' college experiences.

This book provides real-world examples and suggestions on how to succeed in graduate school from those with first-hand experience.

A comprehensive guide, designed to make college transfer between four-year schools as successful as possible. Chapters outline the steps to take from the moment a student finds him/herself considering college transfer to the first semester at his/her next college.