hereâs my brainstorming process for writing essays! the example questions i used are pretty straightforward but i use this for more abstract essay questions as well.
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hereâs my brainstorming process for writing essays! the example questions i used are pretty straightforward but i use this for more abstract essay questions as well.
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Hi, there! I have a big exam next month and decided to create an exam study kit to organize and increase my productivity. I hope this exam study pack help your final exam. Good luck with your exam, everyone! We can do it!
Exam Study Pack Including
Final Exam ScheduleÂ
Final Exam Time Schedule (week)
Weekly Study planner
Monthly Style Study planner
Essay Planner
Glossary (definitions & terms)
Note
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GOOD STUDYING VS BAD STUDYING
GOOD STUDYING
Use recall. When you look at a passage and try to study it, Â look away and recall the main ideas. Try recalling concepts when you are walking to class or in a different room from where you originally learned it. An ability to recallâto generate the ideas from inside yourselfâis one of the key indicators of good learning.
Test yourself. On everything. All the time. Flashcards are your best friend. Use quizlet if you donât want to hand-make flashcards. Get somebody to test you on your notes.
Space your repetition. Spread out your learning in any subject a little every day, just like an athlete. Donât sit and study one subject for 2 hours, do half an hour every day.
Take breaks. It is common to be unable to solve problems or figure out concepts in math or science the first time you encounter them. This is why a little study every day is much better than a lot of studying all at once. When you get frustrated, take a break so that another part of your mind can take over and work in the background. You need breaks in order for your brain to retain the information. Try the Pomodoro method if you have trouble timing breaks!
Use simple analogies. Whenever you are struggling with a concept, think to yourself, How can I explain this so that a ten-year-old could understand it? Using an analogy really helps. Say it out loud, like youâre teaching it, whether itâs to an imaginary class or your sister who couldnât care less. Â The additional effort of teaching out loud allows you to more deeply encode.
Focus. Turn off your phone / iPad / any distractions and clear your desk of everything you do not need. Use apps like Forest if you canât stay off them!
Do the hardest thing earliest in the day, when youâre wide awake and less likely to push it aside.
BAD STUDYING
Avoid these techniquesâthey can waste your time even while they fool you into thinking youâre learning!
Passive rereadingâsitting passively and running your eyes back over a page. This is a waste of time, frankly, and doesnât do anything to help information pass into your brain without recall.
Over-highlighting. Colouring a passage of text in highlighter isnât helpful at all. Itâs good for flagging up key points to trigger concepts and information, but make sure what you highlight goes in.
Waiting until the last minute to study. DONâT CRAM!!!
Doing what you know. This isnât studying! This is like learning how to juggle but only throwing one ball.Â
Neglecting the textbook. Would you dive into a pool before you knew how to swim? The textbook is your swimming instructorâit guides you toward the answers.Â
Not asking your teachers for help. They are used to lost students coming in for guidanceâitâs their job to help you.Â
Not getting enough sleep. Your brain practices and repeats whatever you put in mind before you go to sleep, as well as retaining information and repairing itself. Prolonged fatigue allows toxins to build up in the brain that disrupts the neural connections you need to think quickly and well.Â
I would like to add to the list of good studying tips:
Know yourself: To study properly, you need to knowÂ
1 - your scholarly ambitions: not all classes are to be studied the same. Not all bachelor degrees either. There is much more specific information to retain in medicine than there is in English lit (and that is not to say one is more important nor more difficult than the other, but Humanities usually requires more interpretation while Sciences is more based on rules you usually cannot break unless youâre at the PhD level). Speaking of PhD, is this a level you wish to reach in your studies? Or you would be okay with just a Bachelor degree? Grades are only important if you wish to stay in academia (and/or for your own personal satisfaction). You donât need straight Aâs to get a good job after Uni, you only need to show that you did retain something of your time there and your grades donât show that. If you donât know what you want to do, just do your best while you figure it out, and know that itâs okay if you have C in one class during that time. One or two classes with Câs wonât mess up your chances to go for the masterâs and more, you can breathe.
2 - your strengths: Are you better at writing than you are at memorizing stuff? Spend more time on the classes where you need to work on your memorization skills and let yourself be more lax with the writing. Is writing more difficult for you but you retain information quickly? Drop the flashcards and yes, do passively reread your notes if thatâs all you need, and work your ass off for that essay!
3 - your limitations. Do you have mental health issues? Does your life always become a mess as the midterms roll out? Plan your studies accordingly. Include time off and self-care days in your schedule for these times when you know youâll need them. Seek the services you need at your school (chances are, they have some). Limitations does not mean you have to climb a wall to succeed. Just make sure you know where the door is as you walk towards it.
4 - the environment you need: Do you study better standing or sitting? In libraries, in cafĂ©s or at home? Donât hesitate to try things and see if they work for you or not.
For real, take one, two, three semesters, observe yourself, when you start to stress, when you waste time, when you need to take breaks, when and where you are the most productive, when you start eating bad stuff and/or not sleeping well, and give yourself the chances you need to study smart! Know yourself!
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hope this helps some of you out, doves <3333
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Itâs been a while since Iâve made a post, and I figured that these tips might be extra helpful with exam season approaching. As someone who struggles a lot with procrastination, I do everything I can to fight the urge to put assignments off until the last minute (even though Iâm not always successful).Â
As always, good luck! (á”ᎄá”)
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This is so well done and simply perfect! :DÂ
Great study tips!
Hey babes! As requested, hereâs a roundup of my favorite study tips that Iâve picked up over the years. Happy studying!
studying for exams
Create a study group and meet regularly (not just before exams!)
âTeachâ the material to someone â your pet works well!
Keep a list in the front of your notebook/binder of topics or points that seem important enough to be on the exam, that confuse you, or that youâre interested in so you can go back and study them.
Study a little over a long period when you can, instead of cramming for an entire exam in one night.
Create a âcheat sheetâ of important information for studying on the go.
Try the Pomodoro method to keep from getting burnt out.
Try creating a timetable for studying so you donât spend too long on a certain subject and run out of time for the others.
Knock out your least favorite subject first, so you can have the rest of the day to work on more enjoyable subjects and relax.Â
Create a study guide for the class using Google Docs that you can all contribute to.
If youâre unclear about something, Google it. Thereâs more than likely a video that can explain it more clearly than your textbook.
Keep a running list of questions to ask during office hours, & actually go!
Study in a public place (the library, a coffee shop) so that youâre less likely to get distracted watching cat videos knowing people can see what youâre doing.Â
Get plenty of rest the night before an exam! Cramming is not worth it.
homework tips
Write everything down, even if you think youâll remember it.
Keep a planner and check it first thing in the morning.
Do the work for your least favorite class first so that itâs out of the way.
Start early. Way earlier than you have to. That way you have time for delays, to start over if you have to, or to take a night off to go to a party.Â
If itâs something quick, like a worksheet, do it as soon as itâs assigned.
If you have a long break between classes, use it to work on small assignments that you can get out of the way.
For big projects, like papers and presentations, break it up into smaller pieces. âWrite thesisâ is a lot less daunting than âwrite 8 page paperâ.
Do homework before you study, so youâll know what youâre confused about and need to pay more attention to.Â
If thereâs an option to buy an ebook rather than a physical copy of the textbook, do it. Not only is it usually cheaper, but it frees up space in your bag and you can search for specific terms easily.
If you have a lot of work to catch up on, set aside a block of time to knock it all out at once (with breaks, of course).
If all the homework for a class is due at the end of the semester, give yourself due dates for the individual assignments so you donât put it off and have to do it all at once.Â
Install a site blocker so you donât get distracted from your work.
If you have an online class, schedule a regular time to work on it as if it were a traditional class. Â
Donât just Google your way through the homework! It may save time now, but itâll only make things harder when itâs time for exams.
even more tips!!
More Study Tips
Time Management
Intensive Revision (Cramming)
Public Speaking
Writing Papers Quickly
Study Habits
Final Exams
a small guide on how i battle my essays! (click on an image to view it clearer)Â
(keep in mind: iâm an english major so a majority of my essays are literature-focused!)
these are just some of the methods i want to share that work for me when i write my innumerable amount of essays! iâm definitely a huge planner so itâs no secret that i spend a lot of time on an essay. if youâre a deadline fighter, these tips might not necessarily be helpful (especially the handwriting one). but i hope this gives you an insight on how i write my essays! đ
Infographic:Â 7 Reasons This Is An Excellent Resume For Someone With No Experience
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Reblogging because I WISH I HAD FUCKING KNOWN ABOUT THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AGO!
Dear sick Kitties, Please save this to your computer because one day you might be well enough to work in some capacity and itâs unfair for you to have blank spots on your resume/CV. You have worth and validity even if you donât have a huge work history. YOU have value.
This is mostly really good, but I have a couple minor disagreements.  SoâŠhere are three recommendations from an HR person who reads a shitton of resumes every day:
Move the skills section up to the top! Â You know what I give a fuck about the most when Iâm reading a resume (at least for entry-level positions)? Â WHAT YOU CAN DO. Â I frankly donât give a shit where you learned it. Â Tell me what youâre capable of in concrete terms, organized in a bullet-points list or table that I can quickly scan to see if you even stand a chance of matching what we need, because that is all Iâm doing in those critical first couple of seconds that decides whether I even bother looking at the rest of the resume. Â (Which I get sounds kinda callous but when I have to get through a couple dozen resumes, meaning download, open, read, decide what to do, forward it to the appropriate person if it makes the cut with my comments/summary/recommendations, file it appropriately and go on to the next one, and get back to my other duties and responsibilities - which I donât have enough hours in the day for as it is - I canât afford to depth-read every single resume that hits my inbox.)
Include volunteer experience as work experience if you have any. Â Running the concession stand at a high school club event of some kind counts as cash handling and customer service experience. Â Making blog themes for your friends counts as web design experience. Â Just because you werenât getting paid doesnât mean it wasnât work experience you can potentially leverage to get actual paying work.
Rework that top statement - in its current form itâs looking like some odd hybrid of an executive summary (good!) and an objective statement (bad!), and Iâm not sure how I feel about it tbh.  I think itâs the âleveragingâŠto positively contributeâ bit that is pushing all my âugh no fucking shit sherlockâ buttons.  LikeâŠwhat were you going to say, that you want to skate along doing the bare minimum amount of work and you donât give a shit about the organizationâs goals?  I see way too many regurgitated statements like that - âpositively contributeâ and âmaximize successâ and âutilize my skills to further goalsâ etc. - and they just make my eyes roll out of my head at this point because theyâre so generically corporate.  Iâd rather see a declarative statement about what you are and what you can do, than what you want.
However, huge massive bonus points for putting language fluency right there at the top where I donât have to go hunting for it - language skills are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS A PLUS and you want to highlight that shit as hard as you can. Â Shove that language fluency in my fucking face, PLEASE. Â Better that than having to scour your work history for mention of translation or anything like that, which I will only do if Iâm A: already liking your qualifications so far, and B: totally fucking desperate for someone who speaks goddamn Spanish already.
So, recently I handed in my dissertation. This was the biggest piece of work that I have ever done. I wrote 10,000 words on the topic of womenâs friendship in the early modern period as presented in letters. And let me tell you, it was tough. Incredibly so. But it was manageable! And it can be for you too! If you plan to go into higher education, writing a dissertation, thesis, or project, is inevitable. So Iâm here to tell you how to plan and execute a huge piece of work. As my background is primarily History, this will be more about humanities than sciences. But I hope that I can help you out!
Choosing a topic:
Choose something you like. Because by the end of it, youâre going to be sick of it. And, trust me, itâs better to be sick of something youâre actually interested in.
Look at the stuff youâve done in the past and think about what you liked about each module. Gender? Politics? Semantics? The great thing about a dissertation is that you can explore which ever topic you feel like.
Research. Read everything you can on the topic. When you think youâve read enough, read some more. The more you research, the better idea youâll have as to whether your topic is viable. Google scholar is awesome, use it! And Jstor. And your university library. You have so much material at your fingertips, you just gotta find it.
Look at which sources are available to you. I stupidly chose a question which was very difficult to research. This was okay, as I was passionate about the topic and willing to travel to archives. But if you canât think of anything to write about, maybe see what primary material is available to you at your university/college.
Originality is key for a huge piece of work like this. This is the most difficult part of choosing a topic, in my opinion. Think of something that hasnât been done before, or come to a new conclusion. Trust yourself, your opinions are valid!
Primary sources are the most important thing here. Read them before you read too much secondary material. This way, you can find your own opinions on the subject without just appropriating what has been already said.
Talk to people who know what theyâre talking about. Your university pays lots of professors whose job it is to advise you. Go and talk to them! They may be able to give you some new perspective.
Planning your essay:
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.
This is the most important thing I can say to anyone planning a huge piece of work. If you do a little bit every week, then youâll be fine. You DO NOT want to find yourself a week from the deadline, with still 5,000 words to write. I know some people who did that, and they suffered. Badly. So keep plugging away at it, and youâll get it done in time. Here are a few tips which I learned the hard wayâŠ
Give yourself plenty of time to research. I spent 3 months just reading before I even thought about making a solid plan. Only after doing loads of reading and thinking can you come up with a way to tie together everything youâve learned.
When making a plan, decide how many words to devote to each âchapter.â This means you wonât go over the word limit. And editing is the worst.
I made quite a long detailed plan in order to structure my thoughts. That plan became my bible. It might not work for you though.
This is my favourite way of planning my essays. Itâs such a useful guide, so simple, and so helpful. Give it a look! Iâve been using a similar technique since I started uni, but this is better tbh.
When researching, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, write down where you found the information. Page numbers, author, publisher, date of publication, editions, chapter titles, chapter page numbers. I spent 4 days after I had written the whole thing just trying to find this one God damn article which I had read nearly a year ago. It was a nightmare.Please. Record the bibliographical information.
Write all the important dates in your diary/phone. I also used âmonthly remindersâ so I was constantly aware of how long I had left.
Give yourself a week to edit and create your bibliography. Itâs nice to edit at your own pace, not at a rush.
Give yourself lots of room for disasters! When I was planning my essay, I had no idea that I was going to break my arm, and be in cast for half of the year. I obviously did not predict that. But I had an adaptable schedule, which really helped me.
And make sure to regularly back everything up! I lost a load of work and it sucked so bad. Donât let that happen to you.
The Writing:
Give yourself your own deadlines. Say that you need to have written the first chapter three months before the deadline, or something like that. This means that you wonât be rushing at the end, and you might be able to give drafts of chapters to your supervisor to read over.
Itâs alright if you donât write perfectly on the first try. Splurge your ideasall over the paper! Freewrite everything you want to say. And then, after a cup of tea or a nap, come back to it. Youâll feel much better for it.
You donât have to start at the beginning. Maybe write the chapter that you have the most information for first, to give yourself some confidence. Or, maybe start with the worst first, to make the rest seem less daunting. Itâs up to you, both strategies have merit.
Daily word counts are great when youâre reaching the deadline. I knew I had to write 150 words every day in order to hit the deadline - I exceeded this every day, which made me feel awesome about myself and gave myself loads of confidence.
Talk to people about it! I find that talking about my opinions out loud really help me formulate my ideas in my head.
Do loads of proof reading. I discovered two days before the deadline that I had been spelling âamicitiaâ wrong consistently. It was pretty embarrassing.
Ask your friends/family to read it through. Even if they donât  understand everything, they should be able to help with grammatical errors and such like. When youâre sick of reading your own words (which is very quickly for me) youâll be thankful for the second opinion.
TRUST YOURSELF AND YOUR ABILITY, YOU CAN DO IT.
Iâve been bullet journaling on and off for 3 years now, and have finally come to a method that I find easily updatable and the most productive! So ofc I thought I would share my tips :)Â
Disclaimer:Â This is a very simple but effective method of bullet journaling which I personally loveâIâve tried super decorative, simplistic, etc. but still come back to thisâbut by no means does it mean you should feel obligated to use it!
1Â â Try not to stray too far from the original bujo systemâI only have 3 bullets I use. When I have uncompleted tasks, I donât rewrite them and instead leave them unmarked until I complete them (this way itâs easy to see unfinished tasks that accumulate throughout the week). If I donât complete them within the week, thatâs when I transfer the task.
2Â â I only ever use pencil or pen in my notebook because that allows me to refrain from going overboard with the decorations. Preferably, try not to decorate at allâthis allows me to use the system as more of a todo list than a journal, which I personally find to be much less stressful and much more productive.
3Â â Overthinking can cause a lot of stress over bullet journaling, which is a huge reason people stop doing it. Care less about how pretty your journal is/what color you use/how your spread is formatted and more about what method of journaling will allow you to be the most productive.Â
4Â â I have separate monthly logs for each different school subject (atm I only have 1 for my english class) for assignments or projects that exceed 1-2 days only. I also have daily logs, and thatâs it. Excluding excessive spreadsâfor me, that was yearly, (general) monthly, and weekly logsâwas what truly made this system so easy for me to update regularly.Â
Notebook Recommendations â Tul from Office Depot | Arc from Staples | Moleskine | Leuchtturm1917 | Cambridge (Mead) â My favorite is the Tul because its discbound and cheaper than the Arc. Although I was unwilling to give up journals at first, I later found notebooks to be much easier to use.Â
Hope this helps somebody out there looking to be more productive!
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Iâm really enjoying journaling right now so Iâve been writing down everything. The pretty yellow roses were gifted for my mum for International Womenâs Day. Iâm wishing all my women followers a Happy late Womenâs Day!