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The College Info Geek Podcast: Study Tips & Advice for Students

Summary: Thomas Frank from College Info Geek dives in to the strategies and tactics that the best students use to be awesome at college. Learn how to study better, hack your habits to learn more in less time and be more productive, build a personal brand that will make you insanely attractive to the companies you actually want to work for, and get tips to pay off your student debt fast and start making money. Whether you know your university like the back or your hand, or you can't even find your classes, this podcast will help you become an awesome student.

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Podcasts:

 The Power of Storytelling in Job Interviews (Ep. 80) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:46

Humans intrinsically love stories, and you can use that to your advantage to stand out in job interviews (and on your resume). Here's how.

 How to Become an Animator with Alan Becker, Creator of Animator vs. Animation (Ep. 79) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:52

Alan Becker is the creator of the wildly popular Animator vs. Animation series and an all-around cool guy. In this episode I talk with him about how he became an animator.

 How to Get Better Test Scores Through Confidence Tracking (Ep. 78) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:39:12

If you want to get a better grade on your next test or quiz, you should write a number between 1 and 5 beside each question. This episode will explain why.

 How to Become an Adult – An Evening Chat with My Friends Simon and Jamie (Ep. 77) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:41:43

This episode is a replay of a live YouTube hangout I did a couple weeks ago with my friends Simon and Jamie. Both of them are Oxford Univerisity graduates from the U.K., and together we tackled the topic of "How to Become an Adult".

 5 Reader Questions: How I Email Well-Known People, Note-taking, and Relaxation (Ep. 76) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:20

Questions have piled up in my inbox and now I'm answering some of them. Today we'll talk about how I reach out to podcast guests, how to study physics and statistics, methods of relaxing between study sessions, and more.

 A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (Ep. 75) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:00

In which I try very hard to convince myself I'm professional enough to do this. Arne Duncan is the U.S. Secretary of Education; in this episode, we talk about selecting a college, paying off student debt, and his goals for education across the nation.

 A Debate on Speed Reading (Ep. 74) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:15

Is speed reading legit? Can you actually learn to read at 700 words per minute - or even faster? On this episode, I'll present a lot of the science behind how reading works, and my friend Zach will counter with some of the techniques he's learned about.

 8 Things I Regret NOT Doing in College (Ep. 73) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:40

While I'm pretty happy with how my college experience went, there are some things I wish I did - or did better. Here are eight of them.

 How to Find Mentors – Even if You’re a Freshman (Ep. 72) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:30

Finding mentors who can give you advice and encouragement is essential for achieving your career goals. Here's how two students helped hundreds of students at their school find mentors of their own.

 Getting Into Grad School and Landing a Job as a Professor (Ep. 71) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:52:37

How do professors get their jobs? In this episode, Karen Kelsky, author of "The Professor Is In", shares both how to get into a great grad program and how to become a tenured professor.

 A Master Class on Buying a Car – Part 2 (Ep. 70) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:55:21

This is Part 2 of my series on buying a car. Learn how to negotiate price, whether or not warranties are worth it, how you should conduct a test drive, and more.

 A Master Class on Buying a Car – Part 1 (Ep. 69) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:09:45

Buying a car can seem like a minefield. What model do you get? What's reliable, and what's gonna fall apart? How do you keep the salesman from fleecing you? In these episodes, Todd and Paul from Everyday Driver school me on all these questions.

 From Failing Classes to Graduating with Honors (Ep. 68) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:21

Even if you fail at first, you can turn it around. In this episode of the podcast, I talk with Clarissa Rodriguez about how she learned new study habits and organizational techniques, which helped her turn her entire college career around.

 Finding a Part-Time Job in College (Ep. 67) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:05

Lining your pockets with some extra cash while you're in college isn't as difficult as you might think. In this episode, we'll look at how to find a part-time job on or off campus, the hierarchy of "job desirability", and how to balance your schedule.

 Using Credit Cards Wisely and Maximizing Your Credit Score (Ep. 66) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:55:04

Credit cards are stupidly confusing, and your credit score... doubly so. If you're unsure about how you should use credit cards, this Listen Money Matters crossover episode will help you. Probably.

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