College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

College Success is more than getting into a college or university. Success means leaving—in four years—with a college degree. College in Four Years is the essential guide to graduating in just four years with better grades and less stress while keeping tuition costs low.

At colleges and universities, large and small, Professor Sawyer has coached, counseled and cajoled students to success—helping more than 10,000 students earn college degrees. After years of giving advice verbally, students, and some of their parents said, “Doc, you need to write this stuff down!” The result is, College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count.

This practical, easy to use guide takes students from freshman dreams to graduation reality—and then on to success in work and in life. Through real stories about real college students, and some of his own experiences, Professor Sawyer empowers students from all backgrounds and in all disciplines of study to achieve college success. Students get unique tools, insights and insider opportunities that Dr. Sawyer developed over three decades in higher education; tools that motivate and empower students to take control of their destiny making every class, every grade and every semester count.

Praise for College in Four Years

"College in Four Years" is a must read for students preparing for college as well as those currently in college. ” 
—Dr. Roderick Paige, former United States Secretary of Education

I needed this book when I was in college!
—Parent of a College Student

"College in Four Years" was very useful and really helped me through my first semester. It made a big difference in my grades and my GPA!"
—Freshman University Student

About the Author
Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr., is a professor of finance and director of the MBA program at Bowie State University. His passion, as an educator, mentor and motivator, is to ensure that every student with the will to earn a college degree has the support they need along the way. He blogs at GranvilleSawyer.com and tweets @ProfGMS

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College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

College Success is more than getting into a college or university. Success means leaving—in four years—with a college degree. College in Four Years is the essential guide to graduating in just four years with better grades and less stress while keeping tuition costs low.

At colleges and universities, large and small, Professor Sawyer has coached, counseled and cajoled students to success—helping more than 10,000 students earn college degrees. After years of giving advice verbally, students, and some of their parents said, “Doc, you need to write this stuff down!” The result is, College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count.

This practical, easy to use guide takes students from freshman dreams to graduation reality—and then on to success in work and in life. Through real stories about real college students, and some of his own experiences, Professor Sawyer empowers students from all backgrounds and in all disciplines of study to achieve college success. Students get unique tools, insights and insider opportunities that Dr. Sawyer developed over three decades in higher education; tools that motivate and empower students to take control of their destiny making every class, every grade and every semester count.

Praise for College in Four Years

"College in Four Years" is a must read for students preparing for college as well as those currently in college. ” 
—Dr. Roderick Paige, former United States Secretary of Education

I needed this book when I was in college!
—Parent of a College Student

"College in Four Years" was very useful and really helped me through my first semester. It made a big difference in my grades and my GPA!"
—Freshman University Student

About the Author
Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr., is a professor of finance and director of the MBA program at Bowie State University. His passion, as an educator, mentor and motivator, is to ensure that every student with the will to earn a college degree has the support they need along the way. He blogs at GranvilleSawyer.com and tweets @ProfGMS

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College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

by Granville M. Sawyer
College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count

by Granville M. Sawyer

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Overview

College Success is more than getting into a college or university. Success means leaving—in four years—with a college degree. College in Four Years is the essential guide to graduating in just four years with better grades and less stress while keeping tuition costs low.

At colleges and universities, large and small, Professor Sawyer has coached, counseled and cajoled students to success—helping more than 10,000 students earn college degrees. After years of giving advice verbally, students, and some of their parents said, “Doc, you need to write this stuff down!” The result is, College in Four Years: Making Every Semester Count.

This practical, easy to use guide takes students from freshman dreams to graduation reality—and then on to success in work and in life. Through real stories about real college students, and some of his own experiences, Professor Sawyer empowers students from all backgrounds and in all disciplines of study to achieve college success. Students get unique tools, insights and insider opportunities that Dr. Sawyer developed over three decades in higher education; tools that motivate and empower students to take control of their destiny making every class, every grade and every semester count.

Praise for College in Four Years

"College in Four Years" is a must read for students preparing for college as well as those currently in college. ” 
—Dr. Roderick Paige, former United States Secretary of Education

I needed this book when I was in college!
—Parent of a College Student

"College in Four Years" was very useful and really helped me through my first semester. It made a big difference in my grades and my GPA!"
—Freshman University Student

About the Author
Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr., is a professor of finance and director of the MBA program at Bowie State University. His passion, as an educator, mentor and motivator, is to ensure that every student with the will to earn a college degree has the support they need along the way. He blogs at GranvilleSawyer.com and tweets @ProfGMS


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780991614318
Publisher: Creative Cache LLC
Publication date: 12/06/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 180
File size: 993 KB

About the Author

Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, Jr, draws from his 30-plus years in higher education as a college professor and administrator, to give students extraordinary insider information that empowers and encourages them to graduate in four years with better grades and excellent job prospects. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dr. Sawyer is a tenured professor of finance and director of the MBA Program at Bowie State University.

Table of Contents

Part I: First Things First - Start With the Right Attitude chapter 1: Run with the Big Dogs! chapter 2: Try Out a Major Before You Choose It chapter 3: Make Sure They Know You chapter 4: Know That Success Is Not Automatic chapter 5: Don't Pay to Fail chapter 6: If They Ask You to Lie, Cheat, or Steal - Don't! chapter 7: Make Your Own Luck, Then Make Your Lifestyle Part II: Get the Right Advice at the Right Time chapter 8: Take the Right Class at the Right Time chapter 9: It's All Up to Your Advisor, Right? chapter 10: What to Do Today and Tomorrow Part III: How to Use the Resources You Have chapter 11: Use Your Textbook the Right Way chapter 12: Read the Textbook Before Class chapter 13: You Can't Study with a Study Group chapter 14: Know How to be a Good Player and a Good Coach chapter 15: Good Players Talk to the Coach chapter 16: Know Your Grade before You Get It chapter 17: I Can Bring My Grade Point Average Up Later Part IV: Knowing How to Learn chapter 18: See It Four Times to Learn It chapter 19: How to Know When Your Answer Just Doesn't Look Right chapter 20: Ask the Smartest Question You Can: "How Did I Know?" chapter 21: This Is Why You Hate Word Problems chapter 22: You Need Your Own Outline chapter 23: PowerPoint Me in the Right Direction chapter 24: Use the Gut Check: It Will Always Tell You the Truth Part V: There's More to College Than a Degree chapter 25: You Have Time to Be Happy chapter 26: Be Liberal But Be Smart chapter 27: Know Why Wanting Can Be Better Than Having chapter 28: Money Comes Last chapter 29: College Is Just the Beginning A Final Take On Takeaways Appendix
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