Monday Master Class: How David Scored a 4.0 With 0.0 Notes
A Note from David I recently received an e-mail that caught my attention. It was from a reader named David, and it outlined a set … Read more
Weekend Links: An Ideal Life, Summer School, Young People Jobs and the Problem with Work/Life Balance
My Goals for Life | Scott Young A great case study for the lifestyle-centric career planning concept we’ve been discussing: Scott Young lays out the … Read more
On the Role of Study Advice in the Age of Grade Inflation
Dartmouth’s Three Valedictorians Earlier this week I was surprised to read that Dartmouth College, my alma mater, graduated three valedictorians this year; all three students … Read more
Debunking Parkinson’s Law
Rewriting Science… The phenomenal success of Tim Ferriss’s recent book, The Four-Hour Work Week, brought to prominence a distressing trend that has been recently plaguing … Read more
I Want To Hear Your Story…
[Update: I wasn’t clear about this in the original post, but I am excited to hear about not just college experiences, but also high school … Read more
Monday Master Class: How to Accomplish Big Things This Summer Using the 3×3 Method
Summer Arrives I returned yesterday from the dry, mid-70s weather of Provence, to be greeted by the hazy humidity of a Boston heatwave. As I … Read more
A Study Hacks Vacation: I’ll Be Away for 10 Days…
France Bound… I’m happy to announce that I’m off to France for a 10-day vacation. If all goes as planned, I won’t even see a … Read more
The Art of Activity Innovation: How to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work
The Power of Innovation At the core of the Zen Valedictorian philosophy is the idea that if you really understand the psychology of impressiveness, you … Read more
