Professors, however, don't normally give grades simply for hard work. In fact, I strongly believe that results must be obtained through ethical and moral means. To do otherwise is to vulgarize those results and make less of both the results and the individual. Not only is the way you study important, but in a variety of other ways, you can insure success in the course. A general rule for academic success is to take courses that interest you from teachers you know to be outstanding.
Interest leads to motivation and motivation leads to success.
For those courses in which you do not have a great deal of interest at the outset, an excellent teacher can help provide the motivation, and thereby the interest develops which leads to greater motivation. However, one should never overemphasize the impact of motivation. One can certainly, in some ways, motivate an idiot. You don't even have a choice of instructor. Thus, you must develop a strategy for success, and I hope this brief paper will help you to do so.