Many Universities see your GPA as a very reliable indicator of your capacity to sustain academic effort throughout an extended period of time. You might agree, or not, with this approach, but the fact of the matter is that your GPA will play a very significant role in your college application process.

For this reason it is crucial that you strive to earn a decent GPA in spite of the million adversities that you will—undoubtedly—encounter both in high school and in the “outside world”.

The Most Overlooked Practice of High School Students

At epl, we specialize in working with students that need to up their GPA score as soon as possible. Experience has shown than an overwhelming majority of students overlook the most useful resources at their disposal: their past tests and their teacher’s lectures.

Most high school students tend to focus too much on their textbooks, and they might ignore their teacher’s evaluation style and the topics that get stressed in lectures. Paradoxically, these two elements are of vital importance to optimize the way you have to prepare for future tests. Let me spell them out for you again:

• The kind of questions that your teacher evaluated in past tests and quizzes
• The subjects that your teacher asked you to research in assignments and the way he or she asked you to develop your work
• Topics covered in lectures

All this useful information will provide you with priceless clues that will help you direct your efforts in an optimal way. As we know, there is not a lot of time to waste in school, so make the most of it and invest a few minutes before your next study session to make sure that you are making good use of your energy and time.

The following book has proven to be a invaluable resource for students seeking to improve their GPA by working in a smart way, and not necessarily by investing crazy hours in their school work.