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Owners: Matthew and Ashley Subjects: Matthew - [Honors Geometry, APUSH] Ashley - [AP Calc, AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Lang]

[thewantonwonton]

hey reblog this if you think girls can study and excel in computer science

my dad doesnt think so and I want to prove him wrong

[meche-study]

Girl, I know plenty of girls who have had 2 or more internships and had a co-op for an entire semester and still graduated in 4 years. You got this boo

[studyfulltime]

24|4……so guys, I’ve been meaning to do a little giveaway and last week I reached a momentous milestone which has pushed me into doing this now. Whilst I know this isn’t and has never been about the numbers, I have got such a sense of pride from posting {kind of} consistently for over a year, sharing bits of my life with you and just putting myself out there. I’ve loved interacting with everyone on here, and I appreciate each and every one of you. So babbling aside, I wanted to say a big, fat THANKYOU to all you lovely ppl who’ve befriend me on tumblr and give a lil something to one of you 

What is included in this giveaway

Muji A5 Double Ring Notebook(dotted)

Muji B6 Thread Bound Notebook(lined)

Muji 0.5 Gel Ink Set - 12 Pack

Muji Retractable Highlighters - Orange+Pink+Yellow

Muji large erasure

Muji small pencase

Muji small page markers 

Muji acyric 15cm ruler

Muji Key Ring Memo Block

Muji List Notebook 14 Points 

& my favourite candle, the muji Elderflower tin candle

A5 rifle paper co lined notebook

A5 katie leamon ‘this is my special notebook’ lined notebook 

A5 recycled leather exercise book (lined)

A5 kraft paperchase notebook (squared)

A6 dear maison undated planner. 

Rules^_^

this is a giveaway for people who have been lovely enough to follow me, so you actually have to be following me to be entered

reblog this post, once is enough, like to bookmark.

one gorgeous human will be chosen using a random generator and that person can be from anywhere on this green earth (its a international giveaway ppl)

the winner has 24hrs to contact me.

this giveaway will close on the 24th of June🐝 Any questions, ask away.

p.s I might end up adding a few extra goodies but I’ll let you know. Thank you for everything🐒

[unfortunatesun]

[moderndaywarriorsawyer]

The Money Tubbs only comes around every 5628 seconds. Reblog the Money Tubbs and you’ll find money!

[modelinterrupted]

Bitttchhh the last time I reblogged some bullshit like this I booked a 2k 30minute shoot lmao

[samanthalena]

☃

[linrenzo]

Let see what happens

[emotiona1shorty]

I need I need I need

[studying-and-organzing]

Everything You Need To Know About MLA Format

General Format:

8.5 x 11 inch paper

Double spaced

Times New Roman font

12 pt font

Only one space after each period

1 inch margins on all sides

Indent the first line of each paragraph by half an inch

Use a header that includes your last name and page number in the top right hand corner

The First Page:

In the upper left hand corner:

Your Name

Your Instructor’s Name

The Class Title

The Date (Day Month Year)

The title of your paper should be one double-space down and should not be bolded, italicized, or underlined

The beginning of your paper should start one double-space down from the title with the first line indented by half an inch

What to Italicize and Quote:

Book titles are italicized

Play titles are italicized

Poem titles have quotation marks

Article titles have quotation marks

Chapter titles have quotation marks

In-Text Citations:

When you know the author’s last name

(Last Name Page Number) or

(Last Name Paragraph or Line Number)

When you don’t know the author’s last name

(Book Title Page Number)

(Article Title Page Number)

Remember to italicize the book titles and put the article titles in quotation marks

Works Cited Page:

Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one inch margins and header as the rest of your paper

Label the page “Works Cited” (do not italicize or put in quotations) on the top of the page and center it

Double space all citations but do not skip spaces between entries

Indent the second line of a citation by half an inch

List sources in alphabetical order

If the source has more than one author, the first given name appears in last name, first name format and the following authors appear in last name, first name format separated by commas. The last author’s name should be preceded by an “and”

Citing Print Sources:

Book or Poem:

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book or Poem. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Magazine or Newspaper Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Print.

Journal Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Print.

Citing Web Sources:

Whole Website:

Name of Site. Sponsor or Publisher, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access. 

Web Page or Web Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Site. Sponsor of Publisher, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access.

Online Journal Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Web. Date of access. 

Note: Don’t forget to indent the second line in the citation. I did not indent the examples because the indents on tumblr mobile and tumblr desktop differ starkly and I figured this was probably the less confusing way to write the information needed for a citation (trust me)

Unknown Information in Citations:

If the author is unknown, begin citation with the title

If the publisher is unknown, write “n.p.” in its place (no quotation marks)

If the publishing date is unknown, write “n.d.” in its place (no quotation marks)

I hope this guide is as useful for me as it it for you!

[shelbobagginss]

So I was thinking the other day

what if there was a movie about a girl who realy wanted to march Cavaliers for her age out But you know, couldnt so she decided to dress up as a guy and audition anyways AND SHE MAKES IT so then she has to go on tour still as a guy and she falls in love with a guy who is her seat partner and then one day right before prelims she hurts her knee and they find out shes a girl but they dont want to be a member short for finals and they let her march DCI finals

its like a drum corps version of Mulan

can we please make this happen omg guys help me

[maisiewilliams]

I’M GETTING THAT FUCKING A (EVEN IF IT KILLS ME) // for when instrumental music is not enough, when you’re on your last cup of coffee and the sun’s about to rise, when aggressive dancing is the only way to stay awake long enough to finish this damn assignment [listen] [keep]

[pinksugarrrr]

hello everyone 💞 i decided to do a giveaway of things id like to give to my followers

what you will get: copic ciao pastel pens muji pens blue kanken black moleskine staedtler 36 pen pack rilakumma pen case limited edition scented lipton sarasa pen

what you have to do to enter: 1. follow me here on tumblr 2. follow me on instagram: @ studythetics (if you don’t have insta thats ok) 3. reblog this post

the giveaway is international, and closes june 15th, message me with any questions

[collegesavviness]

[curiosamathematica]

This ‘Magic’ Trig Hexagon may prove a big help when you need to memorize your basic trigonometric identities! By collegasavviness.

[pinksugarrrr]

hello everyone 💞 i decided to do a giveaway of things id like to give to my followers

what you will get: copic ciao pastel pens muji pens blue kanken black moleskine staedtler 36 pen pack rilakumma pen case limited edition scented lipton sarasa pen

what you have to do to enter: 1. follow me here on tumblr 2. follow me on instagram: @ studythetics (if you don’t have insta thats ok) 3. reblog this post

the giveaway is international, and closes june 15th, message me with any questions

[thebunette]

Geometric science tattoo

www.skinque.com

[sabitcher]

Surviving Junior Year

The APs

AP Language & Composition

Do the summer reading. A lot of my friends are trying to put this off until the last week before school, and let me tell you, it won’t do you any good. There’s no way you can annotate, finish, and retain the content from all of those novels in time to write an in-class essay or complete a project about it.

Buy 5 Steps to a 5. It’s a review book for the AP exam that contains essay prompts and practice multiple choice sections. This will not only help with the AP exam, but also for the class itself. In APLANG, your teacher will constantly be giving you practice AP multiple choice worksheets as well as in-class essays and counting them as grades, so it’s good to be prepared.

Self-teach. Your teacher probably won’t ask you to bring your workbook in until the last few weeks before the AP exam, so it’s up to you to keep up with the content. Do not wait until the last couple of months before the exam to try and cram everything in.

Read everything. If you consider skipping out on a section because it covers techniques or information you’ve learned in class, don’t. If you haven’t been forced to recall that information over and over, you will have forgotten those things. Do yourself a favor and take the extra five minutes to review. Also, sometimes your teacher won’t have enough room in their curriculum to cover everything you’ll need for the AP exam, because passing the class is not the same as passing the exam, so you’ll have to take care of yourself and be an autodidact.

Don’t procrastinate. Always start essays early so that you can have a rough draft and a final draft. Always finish assigned readings on time because the more you push them back, the more they pile up, and chances are you’ll just end up not reading the book at all. Sparknotes is nice but it can’t do it all.

Annotate. This is a big one. When you’re lucky, your teacher will assign take-home essays for your readings, but sometimes you’ll have to do them in class, and unless you have photographic memory and can immediately recall which page has that quote you liked or perfectly expressed the theme the prompt is asking you about, it would be wise to annotate. You don’t have to color-code or do anything extravagant, just mark your book up and leave post-its. Here are some ideas:

Characterization and character development

Themes

Particular uses of diction and tone

Questions (for yourself, the teacher, or just to keep in mind)

Things that stand out to you

When something important happens

Don’t be stubborn. When your teacher hands back essay feedback, accept the criticism and move on. If you feel like your teacher made a mistake, be upfront and ask them about it, but otherwise learn from your own mistakes and improve on that.

Be confident. Don’t be afraid to express your ideas in your essays. You will get points taken off for introducing your point and not driving it home. I’ve found that if I write what I believe, I generally score higher. Pull from your own experiences and be passionate about your writing.

Answer the prompts, don’t bend them. Many students get points reduced for trying to find a loophole in the prompts or trying to change them to better answer them. If you don’t know how to answer a prompt, write what you believe and do your best. You will score higher based off confidence than trying to cheat the judges.

Have fun. This will very likely be one of your favorite classes. Just about everyone in my APLANG class had a Tumblr and they were the most outgoing and liberal individuals I know in one big cluster. My teacher was strict, but fun, and I’ve taken more out of this class than I could have imagined and I would do it all again. Take advantage of this class and learn from your experiences.

AP Calculus AB & BC

Buy the review books. For AB. For BC. Does this need an explanation?

Pay attention in class. The information in this class is cumulative and missing one topic will lead up to not understanding all of the topics. Resist the urge to space out and just push through.

Take notes. The teacher may have their notes available online but doing them yourself will help you understand the material better and make connections, and your notes will be tailored to your learning techniques, not just a general audience.

Seek help. Ask questions, go to tutoring, talk to the teacher, talk to other teachers. As mentioned earlier, it is crucial to comprehend what you’re learning and trying to figure out yourself what you clearly can’t get past will only cause you to stay in one place.

Ask classmates for help. Seek out the kids who are doing stellar in the class and ask them, since they may be able to explain the work in better terms than the teachers themselves. I know a kid with great marks who has never had a problem helping people who ask for it and tutoring them after school.

Use the internet. Obviously, if you’re on the studyblr tag and you’re reading this, you’re already using the internet to get help. But there are more resources out there. Khan Academy, Paul’s Notes, HippoCampus, etc. If you’re too scared to hire an in-person tutor, you could always opt for one of those online tutoring programs that allow you to communicate via instant message, or some schools have peer tutoring programs that let you communicate in the same manner.

Don’t use your calculator as a crutch. There is a calculator-inactive section on the AP exam, so make sure you know how to solve things on your own.

Do the homework. Do every problem, and if you had a hard time with it, do it again. If you can’t solve it, ask a friend. If they weren’t much help, star the problem and ask your teacher the next day. Whatever you do, do not give up on a concept that you have not totally conquered yet.

Show all of your work. Label everything. It’s tedious and annoying for some, but it will be worth it to build the habit for tests and to go back and figure out what you did wrong.

Study. Especially in a subject like maths, you’ll need to keep doing problems to retain the information, and that’s how you’ll study in this class. Don’t wait until the last day before the test. If you’re going to procrastinate about it, at least start studying a week before the assessment; that gives you enough time to:

Practice.

Figure out what you don’t understand. 

Ask around for help. 

Go to a tutoring session.

This is a tutorial I made for studying maths, but it was meant for Precalculus. I never took AP Calc, so I wouldn’t know how useful it will be, but if you’re desperate, it’s worth a try.

Don’t beat yourself up. AP Calc wasn’t meant to be easy. My school had to let half the students who took AP Calc drop out in the middle of the semester because they were struggling so hard with it. That being said, don’t slack off. I’m just saying that you should do the work and try your best but don’t lose sleep over the class, because you should always come first.

AP U.S. History

Read the textbook. If I could only give you one tip, it would be to keep up with the readings. Don’t let yourself get behind, especially not in this class. It’s tough, and so are the readings. Similar to AP Calc, once you get behind in one topic, you’ll fall behind in all the others trying to catch up. 

Take notes. It’s one thing to read the textbook, but it’s another to retain the information. APUSH chapters are long, so don’t waste your time passively scanning the words without actually understanding what you’ve read. Taking notes helps. What my teacher would always tell us to do is to read the sections first before taking notes, because then you’ll know what’s really essential. And when I say section, I don’t mean chapter, I mean each subheading - you’ll understand when you open your books.

Make flashcards. At my school, we had to do SFI; basically each unit we would get around 70 terms to make flashcards for by the time the exam rolls around, and they were only worth 5 points for a homework grade, but they really helped me remember the information since we had to hand-write them all. At my friend’s school, they had to do IDs; it’s the same concept, except instead of letting you loose to define the terms any which way, (I think) you have to identify who, what, when, where, why, and how. Here is a link to my APUSH flashcards tutorial, but if you’re doing IDs, I’m not sure how much help it will be.

Buy the AMSCO book. It’s way better than the Barron’s book. And when you read the review books, I suggest highlighting through essential information and changing to a different color when the topic changes. I did this prepping for the AP exams and each page basically ended up being a rainbow, but it really helped with categorizing the information and not letting my eyes go numb from looking at the same bright color for too long at a time.

Pay attention in class. I know probably about 90% of my fellow APUSH students did not even open their textbooks. I don’t doubt that that will be some of you too. It wouldn’t hurt to have notes from class lectures in hand when you haven’t even read the textbook. Also, please keep in mind that class lectures only cover an inkling of what will be on the tests, and you should definitely not use notes from class as a crutch. I promise you, it will not be enough.

Short answer, long essay. These wrecked me in APUSH (amongst other things). The trick to doing well with these is simply to just answer the question. Be as straightforward as possible, don’t try to make your response any longer by adding fluff or fancy wording. The judges aren’t looking to see how eloquent you are - good grammar will not save you if you don’t answer the question and hit all the points. Usually, short answer and long essay prompts ask about certain terms, or at least include them in the question. First thing you do, write a thesis in a complete sentence. Then, define those terms. Next, apply your reasoning and make sure to include historical context and plenty of SFI/IDs. Also, take a stand. Don’t be ambiguous about your answer.

Pay attention to rubrics. This applies to DBQs, long essays, and short answers. Answer the question, and follow the rubric word-for-word. 

Pace yourself. My teacher always timed our tests to condition us for the AP exam; we would get 25 minutes for 25 questions, and the way the tests are formatted is they will give you what is called a stimuli (a political cartoon, picture, except from a historical document, etc.) and three of four questions having to do with it. The stimuli are sometimes long. The questions are also long. Be sure to watch the clock and be aware of how much time you’re giving yourself to finish the multiple choice section of the test.

Follow APUSH blogs! These blogs will give you resources and practice questions, answer students’ questions, provide daily multiple choice or short answer questions to challenge students, etc.

apushnotes

apushreview

apushwarrior

apushresources

AP Physics

Label everything, draw everything.  For Physics specifically, that is the most important piece of advice I can give you. Write the formula first thing when you start a new problem. If you’re unfamiliar with the variables, write them all out on your paper while studying. This seems tedious and redundant but the more you force your brain to recall that information, the easier it will be to remember it later on. Usually I’ll write the formula(s), identify all the variables, draw a visual for the problem in the margin (and label it with the given measurements), and, once I’ve completed the problem, check that I have no naked numbers (units on everything).

Participate during class. Pay attention. Ask questions, help your peers, provide answers. If you find class participation stressful, consider setting aside a sheet of paper just for your questions and inquiries during class.

Bring your textbook. Remember when I said to flag the pages you’re covering in class? Flag, in a different color, the questions and concepts you’re having difficulties with on the homework so that you may ask the teacher for assistance. Use the textbook during class. Don’t half-ass the exercises at school thinking you can review it later on. Try your best now during class while you have peers and your teacher to help when you run into issues.

Study every day. Try to set aside around an hour a day to study for this subject. An hour a day for a week is better than seven hours the day before the test. When you can’t figure out a problem, sometimes it’s easier to use solved problems from your notes as a guide rather than going by the textbook. 

Do the homework. Don’t cheat on the homework and, yeah, feel ashamed of yourself when you have to ask a classmate for their answers. You won’t be able to learn if you don’t figure out how to do the work yourself; knowing how to do the work is one thing, and having done the work is another. Experiences pay off

Use online resources. Same as in AP Calc, there have been tons of students before you who have struggled in the same aspects. There is bound to be resources and programs available online for free to help you through what you need help on, including Khan Academy.

Don’t overthink it. The worst thing you can do in a subject like AP Phys is overthinking the problems. In Engineering, my teacher would shake his head at us for complicating the simplest questions. He would write the equations needed to solve the problem on the board and tell us not to turn the question into something it’s not. Label your variables and figure out what you need to do based on context clues.

AP Subjects in General

Form study groups. I made the mistake this year of not connecting with my classmates and forming study groups. This would definitely have been helpful, not only because you can meet up and study for upcoming assessments together and share notes, but also because if you miss class you will have people there to tell you what happened.

Make a Google Drive account. When working on group projects, my classmates and I always uploaded folders and files over Google Drive and shared them with each other. This takes dividing and conquering to a new level while making editing a whole lot easier.

Go to class. Playing hookie will be especially tempting this year, but this will also be the year it will cost you the most. It’s painful, I know, I get it, but what’s also painful is the stress and anxiety that comes with failing your classes because you thought you could keep up with the workload, and didn’t,

Go the extra mile. Whatever you do, do not let yourself miss out on a learning opportunity, and never give up. If your teacher told you to read a chapter, answer the review questions, read the chapter summaries. You only had to do ten problems for homework? Do ten more. Keep doing them until you can’t get them wrong anymore. The key to doing well in AP courses is to cover all your bases and go above and beyond.

Do the homework ASAP. You rarely get homework in subjects like AP Language & Composition and APUSH, so when you do, do it right away, because:

You will forget about it since they are AB-day and you don’t usually get work in those classes.

Chances are, if you’re getting homework out of nowhere, it’s important and your teacher wants you to take something out of it.

You have to want to learn. I’ve never successfully retained any information if I hadn’t been actively trying to learn it. You can’t push through with this mindset that school is this mundane, crap activity that you need to get through to live your life. You have to think of it as a game, a challenge, to learn as much as you can and beat out your peers.

The SATs

Study for them! It’s never too late to take the SATs, unless you’re now a rising senior, then yeah, it’s a little late, and also why are you reading this? Anyway, I didn’t take my SATs until this June, and it was pretty stressful because it was right between all of my final exams. I wouldn’t suggest taking your SATs way late into the year, but don’t ruin your grades losing sleep over them. As long as you study for your SATs (you can’t put this off!) you will be fine.

Register for the PSAT/NMSQT. This will help you become familiar with the material you will see on the actual SATs, and will allow you to become eligible for the National Merit Scholarship Competition.

Consider taking the ACT. You don’t have to, but if you score well in one, you won’t need the other, unless your dream school doesn’t take ACT scores.

College Stuff

Go to college fair. I was overcome with anxiety about not even knowing where I wanted to go to school until my friend made me sign up to go to college fair. It was a drive, but it was amazing, and really opened up my eyes to the opportunities I can explore. Really, even if you already know where you’re going to go, give college fair a chance. I didn’t think it would help me at all, but now I know my top 5 because of it.

Community service. If you haven’t already been doing it, you need to start. Pile on the volunteer hours, but do something that will make a difference. Don’t volunteer at your local library and shelve books, do something that will impress the college admissions officers, like volunteering at a homeless shelter, a suicide hotline, your local hospital.

Get involved with extracurricular activities. But don’t spread yourself too thin. For one thing, you don’t want to take on more than you can handle. And for another, it looks better for you to be really involved in one club than to be playing minor roles in a handful of clubs. Pursue what you’re passionate about - if you’re interested in medicine, sign up for HOSA and compete in events. Same goes for technology (TSA) and business (DECA), as well as all the other clubs (those are just the big dogs).

Make good impressions. You will be needing reference letters, so keep up appearances with your teachers and counselors. Make sure they know your face, let them know you’re in it to win it and that you’re going places.

[sabitcher]

11:07 PM // It’s looking like an all-nighter tonight. 

How I Make History Flashcards

Label index cards before starting. Label the key term on the top left corner of the red line in one color, and the unit number on the top right in another. 

Keep all your resources available: textbooks, Quizlets, lecture notes, powerpoints off the teacher’s website, and any other study materials. As I am studying for AP US History, I have my Barron’s review book handy (for those of you who aren’t in the States, Barron’s is a test preparation company that publishes in-depth review books with practice tests for AP subjects). 

Read through your review book (or textbook) and highlight important details. When you come across a term you need to define, mark it with an asterisk and find the respective index card. 

I generally use a color-code system when it comes to history. If you are interested in doing this, I advise you to keep the system consistent throughout the unit. Write down main points in one color. Use arrows for details. 

When another term that is important or you simply aren’t familiar with shows up, write it in another color. If that term is not significant enough to need its own index card, give space somewhere on the card to use the bullet system to draw out its main points. Then use that term’s special color to draw a bracket around its bullet points, and draw an arrow from that bracket back to the term.

If there are multiple points involving the key term, try to form a question out of it and write that in a contrasting color, and answer it below with bullets. For example, instead of having a bullet for “Decline of the Federalist Party” and listing its details out under it with asterisks or arrows, you would write “What led to the decline of the Federalist Party?” and bullet the answers below. This is a system I adopted from universityandme that helps you to quiz yourself when reviewing your notes. It also helps me to better understand the content because it forces me to read the text so that I can come up with a proper phrasing for the question, so thank you Iris. 

Subjects like APUSH are all about knowing why an event or a term is significant, so with a small post-it note, list out whatever the significance of that term is and stick it on the top right of the card. My review book was not so handy when it came down to identifying the importance of the key terms, so this is when you could resort to looking it up on Google/Quizlet (I would avoid doing this as much as possible, unless you are not easily distracted by the Internet). If you don’t have post-its, just write the points on the card like normal and highlight it with a bright color. 

If you’re a visual learner or you fancy graphic organizers, draw your pictures and notes out on the blank side of the index card. You could also just do so on a different colored post-it and stick it in the front, or place your illustration on the bottom of the card if there is room to do so. 

Use your additional resources for extra details. If there’s no room for additional details on the index card, use a slim post-it to fit them in.

This is a new method of note-taking and studying I’ve been using that comes in handy because the question-answer thing forces me to understand what it is I’m reading so that I can phrase a question to ask. By reading my review book for details, I’m soaking in the material rather than simply looking up terms on Quizlet and copying everything I see. By isolating the reasons the terms are significant, I can distinguish in my mind the more important details regarding the key term. Feel free to send me an ask if you need help or need me to post a picture specific to one of the steps; I feel as though my explanations are a bit hard to follow.

If you want to try this out, I highly recommend doing it the weekend before your exam, because a single card generally takes me personally about 5-10 minutes.

[socsciblr]

college tips from a real live college student

Hey guys, I’m currently a college freshman at a major research institution and I thought I’d share some of my tips with you all. These are basically things that I wish someone would have told me before I went to school.

So you breezed through high school. I did too. (Or maybe you didn’t, and that’s fine–if you know how to study and manage your time already, you’re in a better place than those who got by without studying) And maybe you’re even an honors student. Me too. But unless you were at the very top of your class and test like a damn genius, you’re going to have to get your act together in order to be better than average in college. The thing is that colleges accept students just like you as the norm. A student with a 3.5 in high school is a 2.5 student in college unless they learn to put in more work than they ever have before. I’m a national merit scholar in the Honors college at my school and I’ve had to learn how to manage my time more than ever before in order to maintain a 4.0. Basically, my point is this: you’re not as smart as you think you are. Get studying.

Take every AP test you can while in high school. I know the concept of college credit is a little abstract right now, but every AP credit you get in high school is $500 in tuition and $300 in books you don’t have to pay.

Which brings me to my second point: books are expensive. Shop around as much as you can. Try online thrift shops, and know that amazon isn’t always the cheapest. Rent whenever possible, and make sure to check the store’s policy on highlighting in rentals.

Read your textbooks. I get it, the lectures are the same as what’s in the textbook, but if you want to impress your prof and understand the material, at least skim your textbook. Focus on the conclusion of every section as well as topic sentences. Highlight a key phrase or two and mention them in class–it’ll get you hella participation points.

Bring a damn bike. If your campus is larger than a block, you’re going to want a bike. Not only will it get you around quickly on campus, but it’ll get you off campus efficiently as well. Plus, it’s a lot easier to bike back to your dorm at night than it is to walk.

You don’t need all the clothes you think you do. I wore shorts, dresses, knee highs, etc when in high school and I brought those with me to college. But I didn’t need them and couldn’t wear them. Take tank tops/anything sleeveless for example. If you’re walking to class with something sleeveless on and you are also carrying a backpack, your back is going to sweat and you’re going to get backne. Or maybe not, I guess, but I sure did. Backpack sweat is real and it kills. Also, if you brought a bike you don’t want to be trying to bike around in shorts/skirts/dresses if your bare skin will be on the seat. Your legs will sweat and you will get clogged pores. Not to mention flashing everyone you ride by–nothing against that, but I personally didn’t feel comfortable biking like that.

Bring warm clothes if you live in a temperate climate. Here in Michigan, it gets fucking cold. If you’re walking a half a mile to class,  you really, really need to be dressed warmly. You also need boots or comfortable walking shoes. Heels are hot but crying because your feet hurt from walking across campus in them is not a good time.

Drink as much water as possible without having to pee unreasonably much. This is just general life advice.

Learn to poop in public. Everyone does it. It happens. If you have communal restrooms or a roommate, you’re going to have to go when someone else is in the bathroom eventually. It will be a lot better for your body if you learn to go when you need to instead of holding it for hours until you’re alone.

Utilize academic advisors and counseling services. They’ll usually be willing to help you out with scheduling, required classes, and personal issues. Transitioning to college can he difficult to adjust to and talking about it can help a lot. Counseling is usually free for students.

You just moved in and all of a sudden they want you to pick where you’ll live next year? What the fuck? So here’s how it worked for me. I moved into my dorm and a month later I got an email telling me that signups for housing next year would be happening soon. I panicked. I wish someone would have told me that you have to be prepared to find somewhere to live next year early on. You may want to live in the dorms again, in which case you’ll need to sign up a couple months after moving in. You may decide you want to live in an apartment or rent a house. In that case, you should get hunting in order to get a good deal on a good apartment close to campus. Apartments go fast, so you’ll need to be on top of it. Your university may also have housing cooperatives, which are large houses owned by a not-for-profit student organization that works differently from traditional houses or apartments. Do your research to find out which housing situation is right for you early on and you’ll face less stress when deadlines to sign leases occur.

Anyway, this is what I can think of for now. If anyone has any questions about transitioning to college or about MSU in particular, feel free to ask!

[rosallindfranklin-blog]

it’s that time of year.  finals! death!!  but deep breaths, we got this.

finals week calendar

use to plan your days leading up to the dreaded finals.  fill in the appropriate dates and mark down which days your finals are as well as any big events, study sessions, appointments, or major tasks you need to remember.  decorate however you want!

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subject review sheet

make a list of the major topics to be covered for each of your finals, then rate your level of comfort with each topic on a scale of 1 - 5.  how are you going to study each topic?  (here’s some suggestions from @joolshallie!)

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subject checklist

use to make a list of all the things you want to do to review each subject, like rereading certain chapters, going to office hours, or making vocab cards.  hint: halfway through the list, write down a reward.  once you accomplish all the tasks above it, you get your treat!

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weekly planner

finals week is crazy!  use this to plan out each day.  write the main priority of the day in the top box and then mark down what you want to study when, any events or meetings you need to remember, and time for yourself and friends.  you got this.

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bonus links

guide to exam day by @speechandstudythings

study hacks by @attempttostudy

guide to kicking booty on exams by @studyign

tips for during exams by @collegerefs

a day of studying by @gracelearns

mentally prep yourself for a test by @eruditicn

making study guides by @coffeesforstudiers

khan academy

my formula printables

my guide to taking care of yourself

please tag me in your post if you end up using these and message me if you have any suggestions for these or other printables!  good luck with your exams!!

[st-pam]

[tangleduplnblue]

PLEASE EMPLOYMENT JELLY

[justanotherspringday]

Not risking it all I want in my life is a job I actually like

[zairak]

Sure why not, I’ll try anything at this point

[rrassoul]

i have an interview tomorrow! 

[ponkochi]

seriously need one right now LMAO

[apdorks-blog]

28.3.2016 - Messy notes for a messy Monday. - Ashley

[studynonyms]

pause when you see this. pause and breathe. it won’t take even a minute. please focus.

you may be going through a rough time right now. you also may be having a good time, but there is always that nagging feeling right there at the back of your head. shove it out. clear your head. forget about your assignments and your tests and your bills and your relationships, because this moment is about you.

think about yourself. how old are you? ten? fifteen? thirty? it doesn’t matter, the number of years you lived, but it DOES matter the way you lived.

you have the potential to be so happy. so happy. remember your birthday? remember your graduation day? remember the day you won your first prize? remember when you were so happy your ship went canon? remember when you just laughed and laughed and laughed and you couldn’t stop because you were so goddamn exhilarated, yes, you remember.

so tell me this - why are you so worried? you’ve got this!! you are so cool and awesome. turn that frown into a smile, fuzzy. easy on the eyebrows, now. slump your shoulders just a little.

and then you gotta be proactive. you’re cramming for an exam and you know you’ll succeed, ‘cause your confident! you’re studying, yes, and you’ll score full marks! you’ll run like the wind. you’ll jump so high no one can every get you. you’ll be like a kite, floating away, with ease.

you’ll be so happy. just keep working on your dreams.