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Dangerous Ideas: Imagine a College Application without Transcripts, Test Scores, or Extracurriculars

January 26, 2023September 24, 2008

The SAT Debate Monday’s New York Times reported the results of a commission, “convened by some of the country’s most influential college admissions officials,” that … Read more

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The Freshman 15 Contest: I’m Giving Away a Free Laptop

January 26, 2023September 23, 2008

An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse A few weeks ago I received an interesting call from HP. They wanted help spreading the word among college students … Read more

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Monday Master Class: The Retreating Deadline Method

January 26, 2023September 22, 2008

Dated Thinking I rarely know the date that things are due. Yet I’m not disorganized. I check my calendar every morning, and it contains dozens … Read more

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Case Study: How Scott Discovered That His Activities Wouldn’t Get Him Into Law School Then Harnessed Simplicity To Become a Star

January 26, 2023September 19, 2008

Imagine if a stressed out, over-committed undergraduate failed to get into his top 11 choices for law school, and then discovered a new path to … Read more

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I’m Looking for a Few Good Volunteers…

January 26, 2023September 18, 2008

The Birth of a Handbook Study Hacks readers often complain that it’s hard to navigate the 300 articles and 1500 comments that populate this blog. … Read more

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Do You Have a Working Disorder?

January 26, 2023September 17, 2008

The Danger of Emotional Working I had a college friend who made social plans based on whether or not he felt like he should be … Read more

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Monday Master Class: The Quarantine Method for Producing Better Work in Less Total Hours

January 26, 2023September 15, 2008

Excavating Crap In a 2004 interview, author Neal Stephenson noted the following about his writing process: I did figure out that I tended to write … Read more

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Case Study: How Could We Save This Ridiculously Overloaded Grind?

January 26, 2023September 12, 2008

The Tale of a Seriously Stressed Student I recently came across this note from a high school student. It was posted anonymously on a public … Read more

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Cal launched the "Study Hacks" blog at calnewport.com in 2007, and has been regularly publishing essays here ever since. Over 2,000,000 people a year visit this site to read Cal's weekly posts about technology, productivity, and the quest to live and work deeply in an increasingly distracted world, while tens of thousands more subscribe to have these essays delivered directly to their inbox (see the sign-up form below). To read more, you can browse more than 15 years of past essays in the archive.
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