Painless Ways to Get Ahead this Summer
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how most students lose academic ground during the summer and, consequently, why summertime presents a great opportunity for ambitious students to get ahead. But short of signing up for summer school classes, what specifically can you do to improve your grades and better position yourself for college admissions? One easy thing to do, whether you’re an incoming freshman or senior, is to read a few good books. Dickens, Hawthorne, Salinger, Dotoyevsky, Steinbeck, Hesse. Classic books that you know you won’t regret having read. The trick is not just to read them, but […]