{"product_id":"you-got-in-now-what-100-insights-into-finding-your-best-life-in-college-paperback","title":"You Got In! Now What?: 100 Insights Into Finding Your Best Life in College - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames T. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJim Toomey\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor high school graduates and anyone heading off to college, this book is packed with 100 lessons to help shape your college experience and prepare for what comes afterward. It makes the perfect gift for the new college student.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce you've been admitted to college, the next step is to develop a strategy of how to find your best life there. But for decades, Professor James T. Hamilton has seen students struggle with their college journey. Some avoid challenging experiences, follow a path of familiar expectations, and rely on shortcuts. Others aim for perfection, ignore their friends and health, labor over what subjects to study, and neglect spending time outside the classroom. The pressure to make college valuable and interesting can feel overwhelming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If only students could learn how others have navigated these challenges. You could ask alums to look back on friendships and college-to-career paths and provide advice. Now, you don't have to wish because \u003ci\u003eYou Got In! Now What? \u003c\/i\u003etackles the burning questions you have. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hamilton designs lessons to help you find purpose, manage time, maintain friendships and family relationships, stay physically and mentally healthy, and choose classes, majors, and careers. Each lesson is accompanied by an essay based on research and reflections from students, alums, and professors to provide observations for how you can embrace the best that college has to offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With these insights, you'll explore new ideas, meet people, have adventures, and most importantly, beyond just earning a degree, get an education.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames T. (\"Jay\") Hamilton is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. The winner of eight teaching awards at Harvard, Duke, and Stanford, he's spent decades teaching and mentoring undergraduates and designing programs to help them thrive in college. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs chair of the First-Year Requirement Governance Board at Stanford, Hamilton helped implement the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education requirement for first-year students. This set of classes prompts students to reflect on the goals of their college education and their roles as citizens in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hamilton is the author of three award-winning books about media research. He earned a BA in economics and government (summa cum laude) and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrator Jim Toomey is an internationally published humor writer and syndicated cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular comic strip \u003ci\u003eSherman's Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e, published daily in over 150 newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298801741926,"sku":"9781635768879","price":30.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cJiW7ylYXr9781635768879.webp?v=1767218124","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/you-got-in-now-what-100-insights-into-finding-your-best-life-in-college-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}