Study smarter, not harder.
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Don't buy textbooks from your college bookstore. Compare prices online and save a ton of money.
Rule #1: Avoid the college bookstore at all costs. Websites like Affordabook, Big Words, and Cheapest Textbooks compare prices from multiple retailers, giving you the best deal.
Half.com offers used, discounted textbooks of varying conditions from other students like you. Barnes and Noble and Amazon Prime have great rental programs with free shipping, easy returns if you drop the class, and flexible renting periods.
? Get Chipotle delivered to your dorm, save time, study more. ?
Think burritos > pizza? Tapingo is a website and app that delivers food to college students, and they've recently added Chipotle delivery to 40 college campuses this fall. The site will expand to 100 more schools by spring 2016.
Use a proven studying algorithm called spaced repetition to learn material for the long term.
If you think you're going to memorize that entire textbook in a week, you've got another thing coming. Use the concept of spaced repetition to learn things forever. It's the idea of reviewing terms, definitions, or formulas regularly so you'll remember them in the long-term, not just for the next 24 hours. It's pretty simple: if you understand the concept well, you'll review it farther in the future and if you don't understand it, you'll review it sooner.
There are a handful of browser add-ons and apps that can remind you to review material using special spaced repetition algorithms. You can create flashcards using Anki (free, web), highlight ideas from any website with Hibou (free, Chrome extension), learn new languages with Readlang (free, Chrome extension and web). You can even find subject-specific apps like Firecracker for med and pre-med students or Brainscape (free, iOS), which offers a variety of pre-packaged subjects.
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