Better Grades in Less Time
If you want a great college experience, you've come to the right place.
Whether you're trying to go to med school, stay off academic probation, or just sleep more, we can help.
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Once you start learning more efficiently and getting better grades in less time, what will you do with all your extra time?
A) Get even smarter
B) Make money
C) Chill
D) Get in adventures
E) All of the above
Learn How to Learn
First, you'll learn the SMITH RIVAS study skills system. It works for everybody – even at fancy colleges – because it's based on the science of learning.
Make the Most of School
Next, you'll use your improved study skills, motivation, and energy to take advantage of everything that's awesome about college and grad school.
Achieve Your Greatest Goals
Then, you'll go on to be wildly successful because study skills are actually just life skills applied to the contrived gauntlet of school.
Focus on Learning, Not Grades
Better Grades in Less Time isn't really about grades, it's about learning.
You'll learn the best way to do school, according to science, which will get you better grades and give you more time to go do cool stuff.
Then you'll go be awesome at life.
Video Lessons & Study Skills Handbook
The 40 video lessons and 36-page workbook by Paul Smith Rivas will help you get your money's worth in school by teaching you the six most important study skills and having you create your own custom study skills system:
Video Lessons (40 videos, 2h20m total length)
Welcome Unit: – The course is simple, you can do it, and we can help you. (3 videos, 8 minutes)
Unit 1: Motivation – Why do you want better grades in less time? (5 videos, 12 minutes)
Unit 2: Time Management – When's the best time to do each thing you have to do? (6 videos, 21 minutes)
Unit 3: Reading – How can you connect your reading to the class and your life? (5 videos, 17 minutes)
Unit 4: Notetaking – Why don't you take notes when you go to the movies? (5 videos, 18 minutes)
Unit 5: Tests – How do you know if you really learned the material? (5 videos, 24 minutes)
Unit 6: Papers – How do great study skills help your writing process? (7 videos, 31 minutes)
Unit 7: Custom Study Skills System – How will you make your study skills work for you? (4 videos, 9 minutes)
Study Skills Handbook (36 pages, ~8 hours total work expected)
Welcome Unit: Study Skills Friend Agreement
Unit 1: Motivation
Reasons to Work Hard
Difficult Classes that Went Well
Difficult Classes that Went Poorly
Four-Year Plan
Unit 2: Time Management
How Long Stuff Takes
When to Do Schoolwork
Weekly Schedule
Quarter Calendar
Semester Calendar
To-Do List
Unit 3: Reading
Recent Reading Experience
Printing and Reading Everything
Practice Reading
Unit 4: Notetaking
How Much Class Costs per Hour
Questions and Comments for Class
Before, During, and After Class
Reviewing and Quizzing
Unit 5: Tests
Predicting Test Content
Outline for Great Study Guides
Ideas for Great Study Guides
When to Make Study Guides
Practice Test Questions
Unit 6: Papers
Recent Writing Experience
Plan for Great Papers
Crafting Great Thesis Statements
Where to Get Help with Writing
How to Get Better at Writing
Unit 7: Custom Study Skills System
Custom Study Skills System
Resources
Study Skills Ambassador Program
Notes
