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remembering christchurch 2019/03/15 **ON HIATUS INDEFINITELY** first year uni student studying genetics and molecular bio in australia! yves | they/them | 18

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i'm going to uninstall tumblr for a bit - i can't take photos thereby run my blog so i'm mostly just getting distracted by it and not focusing on my study

if y'all want to keep following go ahead, i'm gonna leave my blog up in case i return to it but it's not like i'm gonna be offended or anything

good luck with all you guys' studies and make sure to chill out once in a while :^]

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i still look like a 15 year old but i've been out of school for so long one of my aunties asked what year i was in now and I said 2019

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2019.08.18

so cool story my phone camera has completely smashed :( but i'm still studying and i'll post some more soon! looking at getting a new camera sometime soon. i was initially going to get a polaroid but now i need a digital one, does anyone have any recommendations?

otherwise my semester is going really good! i'm doing cell bio, physiology and chemistry and it's so much fun compared to last semester which was all introductory

🎧 james dean - the wrecks

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to do:

tidy up desk

finish writing up a how to for scientific reports & apa style referencing

finish printing out syllabi for uni

finish packing school bag for uni on monday

fill in journal for next week

wash work uniform & pack lunch for tonight

book driving lessons

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starting semester 2 next monday don't know if i'm hype or terrified tbh

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💦 7-15-18

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YOU VOTED AND HERE IT IS! I realized all of us with ADHD are so vastly different and unique, that a Sheet where you can show what affects you would be better than a “this is ADHD” — because it might not be everyone’s ADHD.

Show me what you got!!

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just ticked off everything, thanks

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How I strategically plan my semester

AND GET SHIT DONE FOR REAL (part 1)

1. Study your syllabus. 

 In there you’ll get all the important information: books, assignments, scores, goals, due dates, deadline, you even get a planner. You can’t overlook any of this. Nowadays most syllabi are full of crap, they have more pages than they did a couple of years back, yet students are still confused or don’t even use it. These are the things I look for in the syllabus: 

Books. Yeah, you get a list at the beginning of the semester but some courses have readers or make use of articles as materials too. Which you are likely required to download or print yourself. I like to be 101% prepared and that means getting all my reading materials. I download all my books, readers and articles and organize them right away on Google Drive so I don’t have to look for them at the last minute. 

Learning objectives. My syllabi have a section dedicated to the objectives of the course. This is a lifehack by Shirou, folks. So listen carefully. If the syllabus says “create a marketing communication plan based on the marketing policy”, YOU 👏 WILL 👏 GET 👏 THAT 👏 SHIT 👏 IN 👏 YOUR 👏 TEST. 👏 NO 👏 ARGUING. You better start looking at what a marketing communication plan consists of. So write the objectives down in your notebook, in a document, somewhere you’re sure to look, so when the professor starts explaining that objective, you’ll paying 200% of your attention. I like to write them down with checkboxes. That way, if I see we’re getting close to exam week and the professor still hasn’t explained that objective, I’ll take the opportunity to ask and not lose any time. The entire course is likely to go around these objectives. So if you understand them, and can explain them, then you’re likely to pass that course. It has worked for me these past 2 years. 

Test. What kind of test will I get? Is it a written test, digital, presentation, essay? A combination of these? If it’s written or digital, you know it’ll most likely be individual. If it’s a presentation or essay, chances are high it’s in a group. I have the most difficulty with group works. They give me a hell of a time and I want nothing more than to avoid them. So I take this opportunity to see how hard I will have to work for the subject. And of course, if there are multiple exams within a course, I take a look at the percentage of each one of them so I get to prioritize the most important examination. If I have a presentation that counts for 20%  and I have to write a report that counts for 80%, I’ll work my ass off to get a perfect score for that report. Ultimately, that’s what’s going to raise my score faster. So it will be downright stupid to do a mediocre work on the report, hoping the presentation will raise my final score. 

Take a good look at the planning. Are there any due dates or deadlines for things you have to deliver before midterms or exam week? Highlight those! In my first semester, I overlooked those in between due dates where your professor gives you feedback. Bad decision, people. I could have had a higher score if I had delivered things as planned and get feedback. But nope. 😥

In the second part, I’ll explain how I make a personal study plan based on the planner you get in the syllabus, and I’ll share my tips on how I stay on track with the planning. 

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