I bought this book as a present for my grandson, who will enter college in 18 months. I did a fast review, and left him some personal notes inside!
Both my spouse and I wished we had it during our college years, though we agreed that teenage rebelliousness would make it hard to pay attention to. ( )

Pretty repetitive of How to Become a Straight A student. Buy that one instead of this if you have to choose just one. Still, I found chapters 31, 56, 68, 69, and 71 especially helpful. ( )

Since reading Newport’s Deep Work last year, I’ve been working back through some of his other books. He is a thoughtful writer. I find a lot of areas of my life I want to try and reform. I wish I’d have read this one before starting college, but nonetheless, it is a useful book. He’s extremely practical. Some of the ideas are beneficial outside the realm of university, while others not so much. I’m sure a potential college student would read this and feel overwhelmed at all that he or she could be doing, but that is not exactly the point. It’s worth a read to pick up a few ideas and incorporate them into life.

While Newport has no faith commitments to any theological worldview, he can be read and incorporated into a biblical lifestyle with great profit. He leaves me with the desire to think more about how I spend my time. As every man is given the same 24 hour days for as long as God allows, he ought to strive to maximize those hours for God’s glory.

As a soon-to-be-student, I found many of the suggestions here to be direct, informative and grounding. Tips inside can be applied to many aspects of life. Putting them into practice has inspired me. ( )

A good book filled with a lot of quality tips, although it assumes the student is going to be living in a dorm and attending a college out of state or at least out of their hometown. Kind of leaves students who commute to college from home or are still in-town a little in the lurch with some of his suggestions. Still a great book for students looking for some guidance when either about to enter college or having been a college student for a while. ( )