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Q & A: How Much Should I Care About a Minor Assignment I’m Doing Poorly On?

January 26, 2023September 27, 2007

From the reader mailbag: A history class I have this semester separates its grading as 35% to each the midterm and final exam and 10% … Read more

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Q & A: When Should I Go To Sleep?

January 26, 2023September 20, 2007

From the reader mailbag: I have read your book, How to Become a Straight-A Student, which helps me a lot. I wonder, however, when did … Read more

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Q & A: How Many Courses Should I Take?

January 26, 2023September 6, 2007

From the reader mailbag: You gave the advice, “Drop classes every semester,” to avoid bad classes. How do you decide what is an ambitious schedule … 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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