The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College

Straight talk and tips from top students to help make academic excellence a lifestyle.

Getting a passing grade is one thing—cramming to memorize facts, knowing what's on the test, finishing a paper just before the deadline—but being a top student is something else entirely. So what makes the difference between a good student and a top student?

Being a top student is a lifestyle, not just an A on your transcript. The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College offers advice from lifelong top student, Stefanie Weisman, to help you learn the keys to studying smart, staying motivated, and making academic excellence a part of your life.

Tips from 45 Top Students
Learn strategies on making the grade with first-hand advice from valedictorians, Rhodes scholars, Fulbright scholars, Intel Science Fair finalists, a National Spelling bee champion, and more!

Lifestyle Tips and Techniques
Discover tips and mantras that will keep you on the road to academic success.

Helpful Exercises
Practice makes perfect. Put what you've learned to the test with easy exercises on taking notes, staying motivated, and more.