How to Win at College
Cal Newport's first book, written while he was an undergraduate at Dartmouth, distilling interviews with high-performing students into concrete habits. The argument that became his career is already here: study intensity beats study duration, so the best students often work fewer hours, not more. Advice is given as short numbered rules covering scheduling, note-taking, exams and choosing what not to do. Narrower and more tactical than Deep Work, and aimed squarely at someone currently enrolled.