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Exams are an opportunity to show your skills, your ambitions, to exhibit your determination and discipline. But if they don’t turn out the way you’d consider successful, that doesn’t mean you’re not skilled or ambitious, determined or disciplined.
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What to Do When School Gets Hard (for the first time)
Total honesty time: I was a slacker in high school. I don’t mean that in the sense that I got bad grades, or that I didn’t do extracurriculars. I mean that in the sense that I was the kid who got good grades without having to try, so I never did. Try, that is. This meant that when I got to college, I got a surprise: professors want you to actually study! Like, with the textbook and everything! Needless to say, I had a rough time figuring out how to do this “studying” thing, and I know I’m probably not alone in this boat. The good thing is, I’ve figured this out, for the most part, so now you can learn from my mistakes.
Assume every class is going to be your hardest, going in. The day you don’t assume you’re going to have to put in five hours minimum studying for the first real test in a class is the day you will really regret. Until you get a feel for a certain professor, treat it like it’s super hard.
Schedule in studying time and STICK WITH IT. DO THIS. Or else you will end up like me, making friends with the other lone person who inhabits the study lounge at 1 am. Don’t be me, guys.
Never underestimate the power of teaching others. Seriously, I definitely have kinda taken advantage of my classmates, because I’m the person who tries to explain stuff and writes out the impromptu study guides. By teaching them, though, I’m actually prepping MYSELF to wreck the curve. Basically, once you know it well enough to explain it to others, you’re golden.
Do ALL the readings. The professor that assigns the most readings is also the professor who expects you to have learned the most from them, in my experience. Also, don’t just highlight stuff: write important points that you would want to highlight in your notes. Highlighting is just coloring for grownups - it’s fine, but it’s not going to help you learn. It’s just going to catch your eye later.
Don’t judge a professor’s tests by their lecture style. Imagine: a sweet little 5 foot nothing professor, dressed to the nines every day and super kind to everyone. My professor who fits this description causes about a third of her students to retake her classes every year. Bigshot business guy with a ridiculously high consulting rate and a weird robe he always wears? 98% pass his classes. Focus on the material, not the prof.
Save your homework assignments. It turns out that in college, homework is 95% of the times something that you can actually study from. Do it, do it well, then hang on to it.
Know your preferred study habitats. Do you like to study around a lot of people or by yourself? Are windows a distraction or a necessity? Is the library great or just too far away to bother with? Keep an eye on when you study best and then try to replicate it later.
Get rid of unnecessary distractions. Turn off your phone. Notifications are Bad for concentration. Close your email unless you absolutely need it. Have a drink and someone to nibble on if you use that as an excuse to avoid studying. Maybe avoid studying with that one person if you are distracted by existing near them.
Plan out regular breaks. Tell yourself every half hour you can go on Facebook, or wander down the hall and talk to someone, or read a chapter of that thing you’ve been working on. Just have something planned out that you can actively work towards. Not just having an abyss of time to fill with studying can be really useful.
As for studying itself:
Notecards, re-writing notes in a different format, having someone quiz you, making study guides, and writing practice essays about stuff have all been super useful for me in some respect or another.
Other studying help:
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Coffee shop chatter
How to Study
How to Study pt. II
Bullet journal guide
You’ve got this. We can study together.
hey guys! Back by unpopular demand: me, with another printable. I have my first physics exam of the semester on Monday, and I’m determined to do well. So I made this little printable to get myself organized re: the millions of equations I have to understand.
For most classes, you won’t have to actually memorize formulas and equations. But you will be expected to understand what they mean and how to use them. That’s where this formula sheet comes in. Laying out each equation will help you see how they relate to each other and which situation to use each equation in.
Use this sheet for any class that involves a lot of formulas: physics, chemistry, math, statistics, underwater basket weaving, etc.
download here! [ 9 rows | 12 rows | 15 rows ]
General Tips for Studying for Math or Physics
Make a list of all the topics that will be on the exam. Circle or highlight the ones that have been the most difficult for you. Focus your time on these topics instead of spending too much time reviewing the easier topics.
Use the formula sheet printable to organize all of the equations you have to deal with.
Go over old homework, focusing on all the problems you got wrong.
If your teacher has posted review problems, work on those. If not, find extra practice problems in your textbook or online. The best thing you can do is practice, practice, practice.
Make a cheat sheet (not to, you know, actually cheat. Just a sheet or mind map that organizes all the major topics and details. Make it as pretty as you want.)
Do more practice problems.
Sleep (super duper important!!) and eat a good breakfast. You’ve got this.
Last week feat. my desk plants 😂
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march 1st // more like march to my death because midterms are next week omg 💀💀💀
Tuesday 24th November, 21:18pm / This is a very brief outline for one of my assignments, which I will use to guide my reading and research tomorrow.
17.08.15 3:48 PM // I also made my little sister hold my folders and handouts because the table is too small. Am I a bad sister or just resourceful?
Tonight’s task: masses of chemistry text book questions in preparation for part 2 of my chemistry test tomorrow morning 😓 I hate to say that I do not feel prepared
Eid eve = cleaning entire house
Be patient and thankful for all you have. Have a lovely day tomorrow and keep in your minds all the brothers, sister & children in difficult situations.
Making shopping lists, reading genius-y ( even if a little bit outdated) golden stuff on parietal art, working on my German vocabulary… IGod those last two days have been so full of work, with a too high temperature… I do not even know how I found the time to workout and ruin my journal with my depressed ramblings…
Lucky me my train had air conditioning… And I was nearly alone inside, so I revised my German vocabulary in peace <3
I somehow love working when traveling by train, the noise and landscape soothes me a lot. It’s even better with the lovely pale-blueish-pink sunset we had this evening.
… And aren’t my olive tree branches cute? And my pink sticky notes \^^/
Probably the ugliest pictures ever but I’ve gotten a lot done today :-) Left: work in progress on a Term Paper for Business Administration 120 (the basic) Right: review for Math 130 final on Monday (that’s all ONE F'N CHAPTER)
Having a wonderful day❤️
Summer reading :D !!! definitely will not be feeling bored this summer.
07.15.15 // Took some biology notes and read lots today. I don’t know what I’ve been doing but I have, inexplicably, been exhausted. I had to take a nap today, which was, to say the least, a rare occurrence. Looking forward to doing some Art and possibly History work tomorrow.
Preserve and study harder 💪💪💪
16th of july (thursday) // another early rise today as i’m at work for the morning - i’m absolutely exhausted, and not really feeling up to going, but it’s only for a morning and it’s voluntary for a good cause so i’m trying to stay positive. it’ll be over and done with soon, and then it’ll be back home and back to bed for me!
