Golden Eagle Nest

Hello and welcome to The Golden Eagle Nest, the one stop spot for all things Cal State LA. Click on any of our tabs at the top for information on anything from classes, to graduation requirements, to the health center, and so on. Feel free to ask us questions about anything else you would like to know about CSULA by clicking the "Ask" tab at the top, we have all the answers and we're here to help! Also, if you are a member of a club or organization and want to spread the word about an event or fundraiser, feel free to send it our way by clicking the "Submit" tab at the top. You can upload a poster or any other information about the event, and we'll post it for all to see. We are here to help make your time at CSULA as fun and stress-free as possible, you can always count on The Golden Eagle Nest!

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Finals

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After reading the first question

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Don't worry, Golden Eagles, we believe you've all GOT THIS! Let's all agree to study hard this week for finals next week. You can do it!

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Check out our friends who are trying to eliminate waste by implementing tap filters around campus! Follow them on Facebook and Twitter! @reusableCSULA #tapitCSULA

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About Us

Linda

Hey everyone I'm Linda Ardian, a fourth year here at Cal State LA and a Broadcast Journalism major with a minor in Communications. You'll probably see me at work at the University Bookstore. I'm also a member of Delta Sigma Chi co-ed fraternity inc., I love getting involved in any events on campus. Hope you guys enjoy our blog!

Lindsay

Hi there! I'm Lindsay, and I'm a junior at CSULA majoring in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations. I transferred from PCC, so I'm currently in my second quarter here at CSULA. I also work part time at Disneyland, which keeps me pretty busy! When I'm not working or in school, I love to travel!

Jessie

Hey there! My name is Jessie I’m a senior here at Cal State LA. I have been here all four years and worked as a personal trainer my first two years as well as competing in fitness competitions (I wrote the health section). I have also tried the book websites listed in the textbook section and have had good experiences with every site.

Christina 

Hi! My name is Christina, I'm a junior at Cal State LA. My major is communications with a focus on Public Relations. In addition to going to school full time and working, I'm a member of two Cal State LA clubs, Lambda Pi Eta, a communications honor society, and Cinematic Visions, a club for Television and Film majors as well as film lovers of all other majors. 

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Metro College Student Tap Card

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CSULA parking lot in the 1960's

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• start planning ahead of your exams. • order your subjects from the most difficult to the easiest. • set up a table of contents and note down all your chapters and size them up from most difficult to intermediate to the easiest! ...

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When I take a "quick" study break

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Main walkway of your dreams. View from Simpson Tower. #csula (at Simpson Tower - CSULA)

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Let’s do this. 

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No matter what you’re learning or studying, going to your lectures or class for that subject is absolutely important. It might be intimidating when you start off, and, at university is it so easy to bunk off lectures because there’s no-one checking up on you. Yes, there are some lectures that are...

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P R O D U C T I V I T Y

30/30*  - personal favorite, I always use this to study and manage time.

Essential productivity apps for any student*

Top 5 productivity apps for iOS (video)*

Top 5 productivity apps for Android (video)*

StayFocusd*- limits the time you can spend on time-wasting websites

Time Warp* - keeps you from procrastinating 

Self Control* - blocks websites

The science of productivity (video)

The science of procrastination and how to manage it (video)

7 brain hacks to improve your productivity (video)

The simple science of getting more done (in less time)

Productivity tips

About power naps

How to pull an all-nighter effectively

O R G A N I Z A T I O N 

My Study Life* - It’s a planner to help you remember when your homework is due and stuff like that

Free printable planner

To do list

How to make a study schedule

Class folder organization 

S C H O O L // S T U D Y I N G

Inkflow Visual Notebook* - I haven’t used this one, but it’s for note taking (if you’re a visual learner it’s probably quite useful

Free Flashcards Study Helper* - Create flashcards and carry them around to study anywhere

Apps for students*

Tips and trick to help you get good grades

Learning how to study

Cornell note taking method

BBC Bitesize

Studyblue - flashcards, quizzes, review sheets, study guides, etc.

Essay writing

Textbook masterpost (and other stuff too)

Wolfram Alpha for research 

Memorizing dates

Making a good study guide

Note taking like a pro

Online calculator

Finals survival guide

How to survive finals

School survival guide

Free online courses

Scholarpedia

Mathway

Khan academy

Quizlet

Homework help

Exam survival tips

Studying for an important exam

Answering multiple choice questions

Guide on punctuation

Science simplified 

How to answer exam questions

How to study

Useful websites

CrashCourse

How to write an essay

Duolingo

P R  O J E C T S

Public speaking

Annoying Power Point presentation mistakes

Power Point presentations

Prezi

Emaze - similar to prezi

Rawshorts - video presentations

If it has * it’s an app

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6 a.m. priority registration for college

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Study Tip How to Study by MIT Graduate Scott Young recently finished an astounding feat: he completed all 33 courses in MIT’s fabled computer science curriculum, from Linear Algebra to Theory of Computation, in less than one year. More importantly, he did it all on his own, watching the lectures online and evaluating himself using the actual exams. Check out the link for more in depth info. 1. Coverage The first step in learning anything deeply, is to get a general sense of what you need to learn.For a class, this means watching lectures or reading textbooks. For self-learning it might mean reading several books on the topic and doing research. Take sparse notes while reading, or do a one-paragraph summary after you read each major section. 2. Practice Practice problems should be used to highlight areas you need to develop a better intuition for. Non-technical subjects, ones where you mostly need to understand concepts, not solve problems, can often get away with minimal practice problem work. In these subjects, you’re better off spending more time on the third phase, developing insight. 3. Insight THE FEYNMAN TECHNIQUE The technique is simple: a)Get a piece of paper b) Write at the top the idea or process you want to understand c)Explain the idea, as if you were teaching it to someone else What’s crucial is that the third step will likely repeat some areas of the idea you already understand. However, eventually you’ll reach a stopping point where you can’t explain. That’s the precise gap in your understanding that you need to fill. For Formulas Formulas should be understood, not just memorized. So when you see a formula, but can’t understand how it works, try walking through each part with a Feynman. Most intuitions about an idea break down into one of the following types: a)Analogies – You understand an idea by correctly recognizing an important similarity between it and an easier-to-understand idea. b)Visualizations – Abstract ideas often become useful intuitions when we can form a mental picture of them. Even if the picture is just an incomplete representation of a larger, and more varied, idea. c) Simplifications – A famous scientist once said that if you couldn’t explain something to your grandmother, you don’t fully understand it. Simplification is the art of strengthening those connections between basic components and complex ideas.

http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/10/26/mastering-linear-algebra-in-10-days-astounding-experiments-in-ultra-learning/ (via not-now-im-studying)