they call me baepsae

🌊michaela / 16 / australasia / class of '19 / my posts

[hakuteeth]

me: I can take criticism!!!

somebody: hmm well….

me, already crying: yeah ????? What is it???????

[baepsaestudies]

yikes yeah my tears normally are already forming when someone gives me negative feedback or if i do something wrong and i’m getting called out

[resistingexistence]

Note Taking Tips

Hello! Sorry for the lack of original content lately… Extracurriculars amirite? Okay, so it’s been about a week into my last quarter of my freshman year, and man, the amount of notes/planning I’ve had to take this week have made hand cramps a daily inconvenience. Anyway, here are some tips I have on taking different kinds of notes!

Skeleton Notes

Okay, so skeleton notes are those little packets teachers hand out with most of the information already there. All you have to do is fill in the blanks. 

1. Pay attention

Okay my dudes, I know that everyone is guilty of zoning out and not paying attention while the teacher is droning on, and just pausing to fill in the blanks. (Especially me whoops) Honestly, paying attention to your teacher, (even while they’re going off on some random story you don’t care about) can be the difference between an A and a B.

2. Highlight

Okay, you should really be highlighting all your notes (for easier studying + aesthetic) but highlighting skeleton notes just makes it easier for you to pick out what is really important in the entire packet, and should cut down your studying time a ton.

Not going to lie, there’s really not that much you can do for skeleton notes. All you can do is make sure you fill in all the blanks, and that you pay attention to whatever the teacher may be saying. 

Lecture Notes

Okay, there is truly NOTHING I hate more than having to take notes while a teacher is lecturing. I hate not being able to see what I’m working on, and the fact that I’m relying on someone else to tell me EVERYTHING I need to know about a subject. Alas, they still exist, so here are some tips.

1. Don’t try to write everything down

Depending on how fast your teacher talks, no matter what, it’s going to be difficult to write EVERYTHING that the teacher says. Instead, quickly summarize, and try to keep along with the flow of what your teacher says, rather than writing every minuscule detail of what the teacher says. 

2. Make friends in the class

Even if you’re as antisocial as me (long long stories of horrible awkward silence), try to make friends in the class!! That way, you guys can compare notes and find out what each person thought was really important.

3. Rewrite your notes out

Let’s face it, when someone’s lecturing, you’re trying to move your hand as fast as the words come out of your teacher’s mouth. You’re not carefully thinking about what you might need to study/review later. By rewriting your notes out, it just helps cement what you did learn in the lecture, and what you might need to study later for the test. 

Freehand Notes

Freehand notes are actually my favorite notes. The teacher normally just throws on a powerpoint, or hands you a packet, and you have to write down whatever you deem important enough to study for later. 

1. Organize accordingly

The easiest way (at least for me) to set up freehand notes is to have a small header to place each piece of information. Keeping organized with any notes is obviously important, but since you’re the one most likely to be looking at your own freehand notes, it’s extremely important with freehand.

2. Color-code like your life depends on it

Again, (kind of an obvious one) but, even if you’re color-coding with all the rest of your notes, it’s so much more important with freehand notes. You want to make sure you have a set system for everything you do in freehand, so it’s easier to study and review later.

Check out another good post on how to take notes here by @textbookellie​

Good luck! (Sorry if this was difficult to read/understand…)

[lestatsipad]

How I learnt to study

During High school I was one of those students who never really had to work for my marks, I had the uncanny ability to leave my assignment till the night before and still manage full marks that is ..till I got to university, my first year was a disaster I was barely passing my units I was stressed and depressed, what got me through high school was clearly not working in university. So to stop my second year in university from being a disaster as well and to save my gpa I decided to learn how to study from scratch!  spoiler: It worked and my marks have tripled since I adopted these habits. So here are the things I started doing!

- I invested in school supplies that I NEEDED and not just for aesthetic, example I bought tons and tons of basic cheap notebooks because I knew I was going to do a lot of writing and things like flashcards. My rule of thumb was if its functional its perfect.

- I attended every lecture and every class no matter what the time was! This is essential as it saves time later when you are rushing around trying to catch up. 

- I tried to stay up to date no matter what! Before I would let lecture after lecture pile up but ever since doing this, my study life has been much easier to cope with. 

- UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING YOU LEARN FROM THAT WEEK, I cannot stress how much this has helped me. If I am learning about a topic in week 5, I have to understand it fully in week 5, not when I am in finals week and stressing out. I use resources such as textbooks and the internet to help me understand or I will ask my teacher. The important thing is I understand it fully.

- Be organised!  Know when you have an assignment due, there are so many ways to do this. Handheld planner, wall planner, phone reminders, there is apps such as my study life. Anything that will remind you to get started on the thing before it is too late.

- Review your notes weekly or fortnightly!!! Memory works by relearning, instead of cramming the night before exams, review weeks before.

- Break down your essays weeks before its due, you don’t have to start writing them right away but at least start thinking about them.

- Utilise any free time, for example instead of listening to music on my 45 min bus ride to uni I started listening to a psych podcast or doing my readings for that day.

- Have mental health days, I found out how difficult it is to study and how necessary it is to take breaks. Studying is stressful, have days/half days where you relax and look after yourself.

-Cut down on caffeine, I was a serial coffee addict, Im talking 4 shots a cup three times a day. Cutting down reduced my anxiety and got me sleeping more, which improved my mood and energy.

- Have a study buddy/group, find someone who is serious about their study and have study sessions with them, you get to study and have a social life.

- Find a study schedule that suits you, don’t feel pressure to get up at 5 am if you find it easier to study at 6pm.

- Have a study place, that you know you will study in! It can be your local library, your desk, your bed. Anything that you find will work for you!

[baepsaestudies]

I’ll need this in three years

[buspir-deactivated20230127]

me, posting a photo: this is actually a pretty good photo of mine! it has decent lighting, my handwriting looks nice, and – in my dash: a much better photo that has better lighting, has perfect handwriting and calligraphy, is aesthetic in every way, has thousands of notes me, on the verge of crying: how nice

[fuckstudy]

Sup home skillet!( new nickname if you're okay with it!) I noticed you had really epic notes and that you said you had a masterpost for them but I can't find it, could you shoot me the link to it? Thanks!

Hi! Thanks :) I actually…. haven’t made that masterpost yet (because I am an epic procrastinator; its been a year, I know orz) 

Usually my final exam notes would look like this: 

above: usually a booklet with a contents page, coloured tabs, each section w a different heading scheme colour. Handwritten comments added after practicing past exams  

As to how I took notes during uni, my method was very similar to that outlined by  @strive-for-da-best​ (see links below), cept I used microsoft word 

Cornell Method using OneNote 

How to use OneNote

How I use OneNote for University by @vanessastudies (bonus!)

+ for those who use MS word - I achieved my layout (e.g. headings, table of contents etc) using styles (see tutorial here by @mechanicalmisfit)

BUT I AIN’T GONNA LEAVE YOU HANGING, so here’s a bunch of other posts I’ve made which tangentially address my note taking method + some advice from other studyblrs: 

How I prepare my exam notes + using sticky tabs (Law focussed though)

How to avoid vomiting a rainbow (aka how to colour code)

Where I intend to post my series on notetaking 

This reply by @sundayscholar 

The notetaking section of this masterpost by @areistotle 

How to take notes from a textbook by @elkstudies 

How to colour code a highlight effectively by @graphis  

Colour coding - history by @thelogicofthetrance 

Using sticky notes by @etudiance 

How I take notes by @academicmind

(spot the number of times I’ve said something to the effect of “i’ll write up a post re: my note taking method lol fml)

/quietly retreats/ 

[learning-teaching]

Okay so I keep seeing terrible PPTs at university -we have to make a lot of them-, which is why I made a PPT to give some advice on good PPTs! :)

Of course you can still do your PPTs however you want, these are just some tips. Hope this helps some of you, though! If you need help with a presentation, feel free to ask.

May you all have a happy and productice week ♡

[studying-engineering]

Century Gothic!

[studypetals]

4.2.17+3:40pm // hogwarts houses spread ¾: ravenclaw // “or yet in wise old ravenclaw, if you’ve a steady mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind” // credit to @samuelyounart/post

[baepsaestudies]

06.02.17 • I need to be more active on my study acc ㅠㅠ I also have a second account @kpop-aesthetic-edits if anyone is interested, but I’m also super inactive on that. Enjoy my math notes ft. my bujo spread from last week with my dedicated ROOKIE shrine bc I’m RV Trash and Phil Lester birthday message which you can’t see :c (waiting on the RV fandom name ⏱)

[baepsaestudies]

02.02.17 • 🎉 my super rookie rookie rookie. TBH I love Red Velvet's new song. Woke up in the middle of the night to watch the MV 😅 Some Philosophy and Reasoning notes because I realised I haven't posted for a while (we use modified Cornell notes and I dislike it)

[baepsaestudies]

Back to school tomorrow 😬 I wanted to post something so I decided to do a little handwriting sample.

Used in this picture: Muji 0.5 Pacer Pocket brush pen from DAISO Zebra Surari 0.7 Black Taubmans Colour Cards for decoration

[baepsaestudies]

I retook a photo of my flash cards because the original one I took was kinda faded and blurry. You can find the original on under “my posts” (link in bio ☺️)

[studycoups]

i know i haven’t posted in forever but hey the new school term is here!!ヽ(　･∀･)ﾉ

[studylustre]

planning + doodling 💫 ig: studylustre

[nehrdi]

Life-Hack

google search any topic followed by ‘filetype:ppt’ and only powerpoints will come up, or a textbook or subject name followed by ‘filetype:pdf’ to find free textbooks in pdf form

[lukas-studies-blog]

『 1/100 days of productivity : 161031 』 

the november spread on my new bullet journal + trying to encourage myself to continue studying for differential equations + can’t stop listening to hey mama by exo-cbx!

[crvwstudies-deactivated20180120]

i’ve found a brilliant introductory course on philosophy for those who are interested. productive holidays to all of you!

[kiimbapnotes-blog]

[ 27052016 ] this color is ife omg green mint + blue & pastel colors 😍 what age your favorites colours? 🤗