I’m Recruiting Students for a New Season of College Chronicles
Uncategorized August 12th. 2008, 2:54pm
The New Season Begins
Last fall I launched an interesting experiment: College Chronicles. It was a blog-based reality show in which I followed three students struggling to improve their study habits. They kept me updated on their progress and allowed me to post regular articles about the trials they faced.
College Chronicles 2: From Stressed to Zen
This fall I want to produce a new season of College Chronicles. Here’s the twist: the focus will be on students who want to make the transition from overloaded to becoming a Zen Valedictorian. That is, I will follow busy students who are trying to make significant reductions to their obligations and rediscover some sense of balance and purpose — all the while trying to maintain or even improve their impressiveness.
This means I need new volunteers. I’m looking for students who:
- Are overloaded, heading toward a burn out, and are looking for relief.
- Are willing to attempt the Zen Valedictorian lifestyle for a semester. This means, among other things, steep reductions in your obligations, the rediscovery of free time, and the careful cultivation of a small number of activities toward becoming intensely impressive.
- Are willing to send me regular updates on their progress and have me post about their experience. (I’m happy to use pseudonyms.)
If you’re interested in taking part in this new season of College Chronicles send me an e-mail briefly describing your situation.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Photo by jc_jc_jc_jc)
August 12th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Hey there Cal. Sounds like an awesome idea. I’ll be sending you an email shortly.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
im interested but i cant send email through that link
my email: erdal_y1@hotmail.com
August 13th, 2008 at 1:15 am
you can count me in too! Great idea!
August 13th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Looking forward to the new series!
August 13th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Do they have to be American college students?
August 13th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I second supergirl- i’d love to take part, but i’m at a British university.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
If you’re interested in volunteering send me an e-mail at author [at] calnewport.com briefly explaining your situation. I’ll probably select the final group at the end of this week. (supergirl and Katie: international students are fine…)
August 19th, 2008 at 12:04 am
[...] also be deciding on the College Chronicles volunteers while here and announce the the chosen students on Monday (I’ve had close to 30 volunteers so [...]
August 20th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Could you chose someone, who is majoring in math / physics/ engineering /.. ?
While your article on problem sets was great, there aren’t too many articles on how to deal with the specific requirements of those subjects.. (a totally selfish request, as I’m double majoring in math and theoretical physics..:-)
Great page btw, loved both books, and especially the ‘Apply to 10 scholarships a year’- idea. And the grand project – I’m working on a book and my dream is to get it discussed in class
By the lack of German text books in my field, it’s not that unreasonable.