How to get good grades and get into a good college
Challenge What You Are Taught - The point of this section is to teach you that one
of the best ways to be a good student that teachers will remember and pay attention to is to question things that are commonly accepted as true. When you sit in a class listening to your teachers lecture, make the effort to listen and analyze instead of spacing out. This is especially important in classes that have a significant subjective aspect, such as literature, history, music, art, business, etc. Not only does this help you develop critical thinking skills and improve your learning, but you'll make an impression on teachers by thinking independently. If you put a noticeable effort into this, you'll have no problem getting great letters of recommendations that say more specific things than "I really enjoyed having xxxx in my class".
How to get good grades and get into a good college