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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:

 Personal Finance Is Like Space Travel (Ep. 36) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:02:46

Joe from Stacking Benjamins says your personal finance journey is like the stages of the Apollo rocket's launch sequence. How does this affect how you should interpret the advice of personal finance gurus? This episode will tell you how.

 Why “Follow Your Passion” Is Bad Advice With Cal Newport (Ep. 35) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:58

Cal Newport, author of the Study Hacks blog and best-selling books like So Good They Can't Ignore You, talks with me about the importance of building skills over "finding your passion," choosing a major, and building deep habits.

 How To Win Scholarships (Ep. 34) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:12

Want to graduate debt-free? In this podcast episode, I talk with scholarship coach Shanice Miller, who graduated with $10,000 of EXTRA money from winning scholarships.

 5 Reader Questions! Study Tips, Bad Professors, And Work Music (Ep. 33) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:55

You've got college questions, we've got well-reasoned answers... along with video game banter and some terrible jokes. This month, we're covering bad professors, how to study your notes, dealing with a job you hate, study music, and more.

 A Graphic Design Student’s Path – A Chat with My Girlfriend Anna (Ep. 32) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:36

What's the path of a design student like? How do you stand out and make connections in a hyper-competitive, subjectively-judged field? I ask my girlfriend Anna to find out.

 How To Strengthen Your Mind (Ep. 31) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:21

Strengthening your mind through medidation and mindfulness exercises can greatly increase your mental clarity, focus, and work performance - that's why so many CEOs and other high performers practice them. I talk with Tony Stubblebine to learn more.

 How To Write A Novel… or a Huge Paper (Ep. 30) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:02:54

What does it take to write a novel? In this interview, I talk with author Brit McGinnis about her writing process, the value of consistency, and lots of awesome movies and anime.

 5 Reader Questions! Resume Tips, $100K Salaries, And… Worms? (Ep. 29) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:59

We answer your college questions, while I get mad at Martin for being better at video games than me! Dinkleberg.... oh yeah. On this episode, we'll cover resumes, night classes, picking goals, how to get paid a lot of money, and learning to code.

 Getting More Done In Less Time (Ep. 28) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:59

Zach Sexton, a writer for Asian Efficiency, talks about the definition of productivity - and how you can become more efficient at time management and your work.

 Being Frugal in College (Ep. 27) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:44

Want some tips on saving money in college? Here you go - I've got personal finance blogger Kristin Wong on the podcast today, and we're going to go over some college frugality tips. Word.

 Study Advice From A Medical Student (Ep. 26) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:57

The journey of a med student is quite different from other majors. Learn how Ryan Nguyen did it, as well as how to deal with massive loads of homework.

 5 Reader Questions! GPA Advice, Useless Classes, And Hobby Time (Ep. 25) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:28

Martin and I tackle 5 reader questions, including how to build a work-life balance, make time for hobbies, deal with useless classes, and gain experience when you don't have an internship. I get my ass handed to me in Mario Kart.

 Building The Skill Of Adaptability In Your Career With Jenny Blake (Ep. 24) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:10

How do you get a job at Google? Or start a successful website that turns into a published book? Or build a thriving coaching business? Jenny Blake has done all of these things, and today I talk to her about the art of planning, adapting, and pivoting for success in business and life.

 Becoming A Web Designer Bro (Ep. 23) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:07

The story of how Matt went from being the most frat-tastic resume-padder ever, to a dude working a job, to a badass freelance web designer. It's all about the hustle.

 How To Become A Professional Speaker With Grant Baldwin (Ep. 22) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:10:06

People with interesting careers are often asked, "How'd you get into that?" In this episode, I talk with my friend Grant Baldwin about how he got into his interesting career - travelling the country as a professional speaker.

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