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@stressed-ap-student
no way in hell am i passing this up
a student from uni scrolled past this and ended up failing all of his courses, even the ones he thought he passed⊠not gonna take this chance.
How to Succeed at School
1. Get into the habit of being an early riser. We can all benefit from having a little bit of extra time in the morning. It reduces stress, helps to prevent you from forgetting things, and stops that crazy morning rush.
2. Deliberately decide to tune out distractions. Turn off the TV, social media, your phone, and hide away when you need to get work done.
3. Prepare for the next day the night before. Check off your mental to-do list and prepare for the next day before you go to bed. If possible, choose your clothes, find your books, pack your bag, and so on.
4. Prioritise being organized. For example, it often helps to use an agenda to stay on track with assignments and homework.
5. Go to bed at a reasonable time. A good nightâs sleep is one of the best tips for learning, remembering and doing well at school.
6. Make reading one of your hobbies. Research indicates that reading is one of the best ways for developing language skills and building a strong vocabulary.
7. Eat well. A protein breakfast and balanced meals help sustain your energy throughout the day, and is essential for building a healthy brain.
8. Get fresh air and exercise. This helps with mental alertness, concentration, an efficient memory and a positive mood.
Studying for my math exam tomorrowđ I feel really prepared but Iâm quite nervous!
For the first in my life I am actually understanding how to do math. I wish I had better teachers before just like now to have delivered this feeling before.
this was my view during spring semester!đ·đ·đ·i was working on my chemistry lab reportâïž i really miss my desk and hope i can get a similar layout next semester in my other dorm room!
Itâs the first couple weeks of a new semester, aka prime time to buckle down and start healthy habits that will stick through the entire year.
1.) Write down your goals! When I have something written down and in plain sight, thereâs less of a chance Iâll forget to do it. I like to use this handy little document - Monthly Goal Tracker - that has checkable boxes for every day a goal is completed.
2.) Create a spreadsheet to keep track of grades for every class. Being able to predict what grade is needed for the final exam blows off a lot of unnecessary stress and pressure down the road.
3.) Read. The. Syllabus. And take notes!! Or at least highlight the important information in it. Thereâs nothing worse than asking a teacher a question thatâs clearly answered on the syllabus.
4.) Organize your binder with a cover that shows the most useful information about the class. I like to have the teacherâs email and office hours right at my fingertips, as well as the number of credits for the class (itâs nice to know which classes are priorities)
5.) Decide how to take notes for every class. Some teachers are okay with students using computers, while others prefer notebooks. And then there are some classes, like math, that may require a notebook for drawing graphs or writing down equations. It may sound silly to think this far ahead, but when a test rolls around and you canât remember where all your notes are - youâll thank me.
Hereâs to an organized year!
April 11 // 16:31 studying outside today bc it finally decided to be warm biochem sucks a lot less when itâs 21 degrees outside
Shakespeare analysis to start the day.
Things Top Students Do
1. They donât always do all of their homework.
In college, homework assignments generally make up 5-20% of your grade, but can be the biggest time-suck for most students. Yes, working problems is one of the best ways to turn new concepts into working knowledge, but a large majority of those problems that take you hours and hours to work through, youâll never see on an exam.
2. They never âread throughâ the textbook.
Per time spent, reading the textbook is one of the least effective methods for learning new material. Top students use the examples and practice problems, but otherwise use Google, lecture notes, and old exams for study materials.
3. They Google EVERYTHING.
Itâs like an automatic reaction. New concept = go to Google for a quick explanation. Donât think just because your professor gives you a textbook and some examples on the blackboard that youâre limited to that information. You have a massive free search engine at your fingertips, so make use of it.
4. They test themselves frequently.
Testing yourself strengthens your brainâs connections to new material, and gives you immediate and clear feedback on whether you know something or not. Bottom line, repeated self-testing significantly improves long-term retention of new material.Â
5. They study in short bursts, not long marathons.
Studying in short bursts tends to help you focus intensely because you know there is at least a short break coming.
This also fits in nicely with our Ultradian Rhythm, the natural activity/rest cycle of our bodies, which makes studying continuously for multiple hours on end counterproductive.
6. They reverse-engineer solved problems.
Itâs one thing to follow and memorize a set of steps to solve a calculus problem. Itâs an entirely different thing to understand what a derivative is, be able to take derivates of complex functions, know when to use the chain rule vs. the product rule, etc. The problem with simply following the steps the professor provided, or the textbook outlines, is that youâre only achieving a surface-level knowledge of the problem. Top students, instead,take solved problems and work backwards, from solution to question, asking âwhy.â
Why did this get this value? Why did they simplify this expression? Why did they use that type of derivative rule?
By following this process, you begin to understand the interconnections of the concept, and how to directly apply that to a problem. This âworking knowledgeâ of a concept is key to performing well on exams, especially on problems that you havenât seen before.
7. They donât own a highlighter.
Highlighting anything = unengaged reading. If you want to note something that stands out, underline and write a corresponding note to go along with it. Or better yet, write yourself a note summarizing the item in your own words.
8. They sleepâa lot.
The daily routines of top performers, in any field, are characterized by periods of intense work (4-6 hours per day) followed by significant quantities of high-quality sleep (9 hours per night). You see this trend in top violin prodigies and chess champions, as well as elite athletes. The idea is to alternate periods of intense work with rest, so that you create tons of new connections in your nervous system, and then allow adequate time to assimilate those gains.
9. They engage themselves by asking questions.
What happens if I tell you, âThomas Jefferson almost single-handedly drafted the Delcaration of Independence in 1776.â?
You might say âHmm.. thatâs interestingâ, try to remember it for later, maybe even write down a note or two.
But what if I ask you, âWho was Thomas Jefferson?â What changes?
You start searching your memory, sifting through images of old guys, founding fathers, thinking about the Declaration of Independence. You come up with your own narrative, and then realize that you have gaps.
When was he around again? And why was he so important?
Youâll probably find yourself going to Google to fill in the gaps. Through that process your learning will be much more deeply seated in your brain than anything your history teacher ever told you about him. Thatâs the power of asking questions.
10. They make the best out of lecture.
Yes, your professor sucks. Yes, lectures are boring. Yes, itâs either too fast so you canât keep up and miss all the important stuff, or itâs way too slow and you start zoning out because you already understand everything.
The best students look at this this way: Iâm going to be there no matter what, so whatâs the best use of my time while Iâm in the classroom? Ask questions, bring the textbook and look stuff up, focus on the important practice problems to copy down in your notes, try to anticipate what the professor is going to say, make note of anything they put emphasis on as a potential exam topic. All of these things make the time you have to spend in lecture more productive and engaging. And thatâs less time you have to spend studying later on.
11. They over-learn.
School is hard enough, with the amount of studying and homework you have to do. And on top of all of that Facebooking you have to get done? It might seem ridiculous to suggest learning more than you have to.
What!? Are you insane!?
But this is precisely what top students do. And paradoxically, they end up spending less time trying to understand how to do homework problems, andless time studying for exams because of it. Because when you âover-learnâ past whatâs presented in class, you build a better framework for the subject.
Think of trying to remember some details about Abraham Lincolnâs life. You try to remember the dates of the Civil War, or what he said in the Emancipation Proclamation. You study the same facts over and over and over again⊠but itâs just boring, and you quickly forget. But what if you knew his whole lifeâs story? About how Lincoln suffered from bouts of depression, and his relationship with his wife suffered? You start to learn that the dude was human, and you start to relate to the things he did and the struggles he went through. Now youâve constructed a story in your head. And studies show that humans learn best through stories. So yes, itâs more information, but your brain knows what to do with it now that all those random facts are linked together. More learning, but less rote memorization and struggling to remember random facts.
12. They immediately study their exam mistakes.
Most students get their exam grade back, flip through to see if the professor made any mistakes they can argue about, and then promptly shove it into their notebook, never to be seen again until the mad scramble at the end of the semester to study for the final.
Instead, top students ignore what they got right, and use their mistakes as an indicator of what to improve on.
13. Theyâre busy with work and side projects.
Yes, to do well in a course, you need to focus and put in the hours. But like many geniuses throughout history have shown, involvement in a diverse set of subjects, activities, and skill sets keeps you active, and provides you with a rich and diverse set of mental models to pull from.
Also, as they say, âIf you need to get something done, give it to the busy person.â If you stay active in multiple areas, you donât have time to procrastinate, and are forced to be efficient with your study time. This generally translates into quicker learning and better performance throughout the semester.
14. They use lecture as a detective mission.
Though completely unaware of this fact, your professor has tells. Yes, like in poker. Tells during lecture will hint at particular types of concepts and problems that will be emphasized on the midterm or final exam. The best students pay attention to topics professors spend a seemingly inordinate amount of time on and make note. Chances are youâll see something related on the final.
15. They donât wait for motivation to strike.
Motivation comes and goes, but studying for a degree requires persistence and consistency. Just like Olympic athletes train even on their worst days, the best students figure out how to get their coursework done when itâs the last thing they want to do.
16. They practice under test conditions. The old adage âpractice makes perfectâ isnât totally true. Deliberate practice under the right conditions, with the correct mindset, is more like it. Instead of reading through all of the lecture notes and redoing old homework problems, top students make themselves practice exams, and rehearse their exam performance, under time pressure and in similar conditions (no notes, uncomfortable chair, quiet room, etc.) to what theyâll see on test day.
17. They use old exams.
Professors arenât the most inventive folk. Along with coming up with lecture material and departmental responsibilities, theyâre also primarily concerned with research. So typically midterms and final exams more or less look alike for similar courses year-to-year and even across universities. Because of this, old exams are a gold mine of opportunity for figuring out what problems you should be able to solve and study from.
18. They make their own study guides.
The best students donât simply use the study guide the teacher provides, they create their own.
Creating the study guide is half the battle, requiring you to go through your notes, consolidate them, and organize them in a way that you understandâall valuable study activities. Youâll also be able to use your equations sheet much more effectively on the exam itself (if allowed) because you know exactly where everything is.
19. They actually write on paper.
Writing out notes on a laptop is efficient. Too efficient. Because itâs so easy to quickly type out exactly what the professor is saying, you donât have to do the work of trying to figure out how to consolidate the information into your own shorthand. Some also believe that the act of writing helps retain more information.
20. They use the 80/20 rule.
Yes, some students who get good grades do every reading assignment, finish every practice problem, and attend every study session they can get their hands on. But these students are missing the point. There will always be an endless amount of information you could learn given the time and effort, but having the ability to discern what is worth learning will truly set you apart.
Top students identify the 20% of concepts they need to learn deeply, in order to determine 80% of their final grade. They focus intently on those few things, and simply ignore the rest. This is a formula for high performance, without hours and hours of busywork. And it translates seamlessly into the real world too.
21. They donât complain.
Complaining simply has no place in the smart studentâs repertoire. If something sucks, change it or ignore it, but donât waste your time, energy, and mental state talking about it. Got a crappy professor? Either switch class sections or focus on teaching yourself. Horrible textbook? Find alternate resources (Google is free in case you hadnât heard).
22. They learn by doing.
Any technical subject can only truly be internalized through use. Just like learning a new language, learning to be fluent in algebra or calculus requires active application of rules and formulas. Top students know there is a big difference between knowledge, and applied knowledge.
23. They take personal responsibility for learning the material.
The best students understand that they, and only they are truly responsible for their own education. So waiting to be spoon-fed by your professor and doing the homework assignments will never be enough. Despite your schoolâs best intentions, theyâll never be as committed to your academic success as you can be.
24. Following what they love
Those students you admire are passionate about what they are learning. They have the drive to develop their learning further based on their love of what they are discovering. This may not always be the case and is often unavoidable but if you follow what interests you and cultivate a curiosity of this area, your motivation to learn will thrive.
Not every student is the same and many top students donât follow the status quo. The best way to create good habits for students is to try a variety of techniques and figure out what works for you.
25. Question your teachers Thinking outside the box is a cliche but certainly a reality for students. Â They question everythingâespecially test questions they get wrong. Â This attitude is important because it shows a general inquisitiveness that is essential in learning. Â As any parent of small children knows, questions are a way to gain knowledge. Â Teachers canât be offended when a student asks a difficult question and parents should encourage this behavior. Â
26. They know the best way to study.
It is important to know the best way to study for yourself. Do you need pictures? Sounds? Study better in quiet or noisy environments? Figure out what works best for you so that you can make the most out of your study time.
27. They play hard.
We all know that a balanced lifestyle is the best way to stay mentally and physically healthy! Top students donât spend all day in the library grafting (contrary to what you might think!) Rather, they take the time to put their studies aside and do something which is fun and exciting!
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Wrote so many notes today
Watermelon juice to pick me up for this after work businness law sessionđ
Summer work space ready to go. Hereâs to a productive summer, everyone!