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

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 CalendarTo-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

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