You should be drinking at least 2 liters of water per day to keep your body hydrated and properly working! Buy a reusable bottle of water and keep it next to you when studying or even on your nightstand, so you can drink as soon as you wake up. There are plenty of apps that help those who forget to drink (x, x, x). If the problem is that you don’t like the taste of water, flavor it with strawberries, blueberries, lemon or even some herbs.
Don’t skip meals! Food is so important to you. Give your body the vitamins and energy it needs. Remember to stay healthy. Keep healthy and delicious snacks in the fridge, cook some delicious food and make your body happy. Here are some teas and coffee drinks.
Get fresh air and exercise. This helps with mental alertness, concentration, an efficient memory and a positive mood.
@semistudies compiled some tips for studying on your period and @zibliedraws shared how to alleviate menstrual cramps.
If you need to survive a hangover, here are some tips.
Asking for help is not a weakness. Self-care is not selfish.
Don’t forget to take your meds! Write it on a board, set up a phone alarm, download an app (x, x).
If you are struggling with depression, here are some tips to study. And another nine tips. If you suffer from anxiety or are an ADHD student, here are some masterposts to help you out. @themkneesocks also compiled a list of chrome extensions for disabilities.
Teenagers (13 to 17 years old) ought to sleep from 8 to 10 hours every day, while young adults (18 to 25) only need 7 to 9. Sleep easy when it’s time to do so.
If nevertheless, you need to stay awake, here are some things that are not coffee that keep you awake and tips to stay awake during an all-nighter.
Here are some stationery basics. And some school essentials.
Broke? What about some stationery under $5? Here’s another one.
Need some shops and materials recs?
What about a stationery crash course on pens?
Keeping everything on a schedule is important. And for that, you need somewhere to plan. There are dozens of options nowadays. You can choose to buy a planner, set up a bullet journal or even print some free printables.
@learnal and @lifewithnerdyglasses wrote two masterposts about their favorite printables, which I’d recommend taking a look (x, x). You can also check out the printables tag on Tumblr.
The bullet journal system was created by Ryder Carroll, but has since then suffered considerable changes in the studyblr community. Here is a guide to bullet journaling, how students can take advantage of the system and how to set up a digital bullet journal.
Here are some spreadsheet ideas.
@kuroristudies even has a post explaining how she makes her weekly views.
Register for classes that are useful, that interest you or even that you know will help you out with your chosen career path. Keep in mind that you study best when you have at least some kind of interest in the subjects.
·Learn how to study from textbooks, how to give amazing presentations and take useful notes in class. Get the most out of your lecture. Annotate effectively.
Buy different colour highlighters and color code your notes.
@plannerdy came up with a low-stress college study strategy.
Record yourself talking. Explain the topics you’re covering out loud, to your family, your friends, your pets or even an inanimate object.
You need to write an essay? I’ve got you covered.
Plan on always getting the best marks you can in each test you take. Measure yourself against yourself.
STAY ON TOP OF YOUR HOMEWORK!
Review your notes every day. At the end of the week, grab the notes you took during the week, organise them by concept and consolidate it all onto 1 SHEET OF PAPER.
Sometimes you just need to study all day.
Overlearn whenever you can. You know you’re prepared when someone asks you about a topic and you can answer them in a thorough and accurate way.
Come up with a study plan and stick with it! Be productive: complete the 100 days of productivity, gather your battle gear and set up a helpful school mindset.
Make use of small pockets of time to work on assignments. Don’t underestimate the amount of work you can get done at the end of the week by taking advantages of those precious minutes.
It is possible to get hard A’s in college and still have a life.
Set up goals. Monthly, weekly, daily.
MOTIVATION IS BULLSHIT. Rely on self-discipline. It is not the aesthetic part of things that will get you out of bed to exercise or study. Work harder than you think you did yesterday.
Prioritize keeping yourself organised. Keep your study space and your house cleaned. After your first day of class go through all your syllabi and put any major due dates in your planner. Make into a study guide things your teachers emphasize in class. Make flashcards.
Here are some tips for when you’re tired and/or need to focus.
Don’t worry if you mess up your notes. And be careful with flashcards mistakes.
Achieve your full academic potential, even when you don’t want to study.
Need to catch up? I’ve got you. School just got hard for the first time? Guess what. Not anymore.
Don’t take criticism personally. Learn what you can from any comments that are made – and discard the rest as being useless information. Develop a positive mindset. Set some goals and achieve them.
STOP. PROCRASTINATING. RIGHT. NOW.
Estimate the number of study hours based on course difficulty. Rather than focusing on the arbitrary two hours of study for every hour in class method for determining your needed study hours per week, follow these steps.
Column 1 – Enter each of your semester course names.
Column 2 – Determine the difficulty (for you) of each course:
§ High Difficulty = 3 hours of study
§ Medium Difficulty = 2 hours of study
§ Low Difficulty = 1 hour of study.
Column 3 – Enter the number of hours per week you attend each class.
Column 4 – Enter the number of hours study hours associated with high, medium, or low difficulty.
Column 5 – Multiply the number of hours in class (Column 3) by the number of predicted study hours (Column 4).
Then, add all the study hours in Column 5 for the approximate total hours you need to study per week.
When revising you should use different methods. Learn effectively. Study actively, never passively. You have no excuses. Raise that B (or C) to an A.
Didn’t have enough time to study? Here’s a guide to last minute studying, some last minute revision tips, a 3 day study plan, how to study for a big test and how to do so based on your learning type. Don’t worry if you don’t understand a concept.
@sic-transit-pizza shared her study method. So did abby-learns (twice!).
Just pick up your pencil for 2 minutes. That’s all it takes to get the groove back.
Here, have some memorisation tips to get those grades!
NEVER GIVE UP! Be patient and realistic. Keep in mind you are stronger than you think and remember that if others have done it so can you.
Do you need music while studying? Here are some study sounds, film scores and Harry Potter ambience sounds!
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