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Graduating College With a .08
In this humorous, but applicable, guide to college life Rupert takes you through the process from picking your school all the way to the job market. He mentions many of the aspects of college life, both academically and socially, along the way. You will feel the joy of stepping on campus to gain independence from home and the immediate awkwardness of realizing you are now the lowest rung on the social hierarchy as a freshman guy. He’ll show you his strategy for picking courses that led to him graduating a top 50 university and a graduate program in five years. He’ll show you his observations from thousands of hours encountering college parties, bars, guy that are “tools” and many more exploits. Put on your hard hat and game face for “Graduating College With a .08 ”.
199 pages, Paperback
First published August 29, 2013
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October 31, 2013
Are you a guy just finishing high school, thinking about or already accepted to a college, and looking for something that gives you some kind of clue as to what your experience will be like? Then this guide could be for you. The view of college life from the media is one thing, but this book shares one guy's real life experiences and tips that are relevant no matter where you go to college in the US.
Depending where you are in the process (thinking about college, visiting campuses, already have a semester or more under your belt), you can probably find something to relate to in this book.
While pretty easy to digest its short paragraphs, as well as pick it up and put it down as often as time allows, the book could benefit (in my opinion) from a little more concrete info on handling your academics, and a little less on how to pick your wingmen and warning you which character types you may meet at a party. This makes the guide more about how to be successfully socially than how to get the top GPA. As an engineer myself, I would say take the author's discussion on various majors with a grain of salt- everyone tends to find "their kind of people" in college, no matter your choice of major. The end section, "Moving On After College" is rather short, but does give a few ways of thinking about your future- but I'm sure by the time you get to that step in real life, you'll have a few more ideas of your own.
If you aren't a fan of sports references or reading about how guys pick up girls, then this isn't your read.
Depending where you are in the process (thinking about college, visiting campuses, already have a semester or more under your belt), you can probably find something to relate to in this book.
While pretty easy to digest its short paragraphs, as well as pick it up and put it down as often as time allows, the book could benefit (in my opinion) from a little more concrete info on handling your academics, and a little less on how to pick your wingmen and warning you which character types you may meet at a party. This makes the guide more about how to be successfully socially than how to get the top GPA. As an engineer myself, I would say take the author's discussion on various majors with a grain of salt- everyone tends to find "their kind of people" in college, no matter your choice of major. The end section, "Moving On After College" is rather short, but does give a few ways of thinking about your future- but I'm sure by the time you get to that step in real life, you'll have a few more ideas of your own.
If you aren't a fan of sports references or reading about how guys pick up girls, then this isn't your read.
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