how do you study?

how do you studY?
Me... i do so 3 days in advance prior to a examination/test.
day 1. I make out lines of important topics and ideas
day 2. I follow these outlines and look thru the text to get more details.
day 3. I look over the outlines before the test.

For me, one day.(the day + nite before the exam)

day 1: learn the whole course from scratch
day of examination: make up stories that is a combination of what I remember the other nite

Note: DON'T STUDY LIKE ME!

I did that a few times. I eventually got better tho.
even if you spend 2 days studying it goes a long way.

Originally Posted by UrbanPoet

how do you studY?
Me... i do so 3 days in advance prior to a examination/test.
day 1. I make out lines of important topics and ideas
day 2. I follow these outlines and look thru the text to get more details.
day 3. I look over the outlines before the test.

For me, 50% is a pass.
But then, I already have my carreer in a family business.

I look at all my assignments and then look to see what I need to pass.
Say I need 30% on exam to pass..
I pick 10 chapters and study 6 of them.
I go over the objectives for each chapter, and then write out (not read) the answers. Writing out the answers will help u on the exam, because you will remember the strings of text.

Fortunately, I usually ace my assignments, so I only need about 10% on my exams, so I usually just wing it.

You can call me psycho...but keep in mind that I write 100% finals

This is my study regime:

Day before a class - read/skim the readings --> so I read every day of the week
End of the week after having both sets of classes --> summarize that week's worth of notes. Basically to tiddy up my class notes.

I force myself to 'study' about 20 hours a week so any extra time must then be review. Yes, I log my hours to keep track.

50 days before exams start I start working on my Summaries (law school people know what I mean) - which ends up around 150 to 200 pages long usually.

Four weeks before exams, study pretty much from 9am to 11pm on weekdays. Its a 11 hour day but I actually usually get in around 7 hard core hours if there are no classes. On weekends, I usually study slightly less.

Thats how I study.

I can't wait till I finish this ApriL!

I usually try to get started 5 days in advance

5 days prior - read once, to skim thru
4and3 days prior - make notes
2 days and 1 day - read like no tmrw

it doesn't really matter how I study, if I don't know the course it won't help if i memorize all the concepts. I can't apply it.

My personal Rule: You CANNOT study when you're tired. You'll see the words on the page, but nothing will go throught your head.

When I come home from school, I go to bed. Wake up at like 10-11 p.m., where (hopefully) everyone else is in the bed so that the house is quiet. You're refreshed to study now. Just read (I have close to a photographic memory). I also make acronyms for lists, and as most of the exams are m/c, I just have to recognize the words and understand the concepts. This is done exam week ... or the week before exams/midterms.

On the day of the exam, get together with a study group 2-3 hours before the exam -- you'd be surprised at the stuff u missed while studying! Last minute studying helps for a fresh short term memory. 15 mins before the exam, shut your notes, and just relax. Once the paper is in front of you, u'll prolly go blank for a second or two, but everything will gradually come to ya!

Remember: study when you feel REFRESHED, and not tired. I get straight As when I write my papers overnight, or at times when I'm refreshed!

some people like to study by holding their books upside down

Day before, read the entire text book. Everything's fresh in my head when I write it.

Originally Posted by sandie

You can call me psycho...but keep in mind that I write 100% finals

This is my study regime:

Day before a class - read/skim the readings --> so I read every day of the week
End of the week after having both sets of classes --> summarize that week's worth of notes. Basically to tiddy up my class notes.

I force myself to 'study' about 20 hours a week so any extra time must then be review. Yes, I log my hours to keep track.

50 days before exams start I start working on my Summaries (law school people know what I mean) - which ends up around 150 to 200 pages long usually.

Four weeks before exams, study pretty much from 9am to 11pm on weekdays. Its a 11 hour day but I actually usually get in around 7 hard core hours if there are no classes. On weekends, I usually study slightly less.

Thats how I study.

I can't wait till I finish this ApriL!

Woah...not to be rude, but do you have time for a social life?

I remember back in high school I had horrible study habits. I'd study a few hours the night before the exam, rush all my homework. hardly read, yet I still managed to be a B- student. If I would have dedicated myself I could have been an A student but im sucha procrastinator.

Originally Posted by najibs

Woah...not to be rude, but do you have time for a social life?

I remember back in high school I had horrible study habits. I'd study a few hours the night before the exam, rush all my homework. hardly read, yet I still managed to be a B- student. If I would have dedicated myself I could have been an A student but im sucha procrastinator.

Some people are like that, they study all the time and don't go out much..but I also knew people who were so well rounded they would study during the days and always go out at night and always do well in school and their social life.

Originally Posted by B40

Some people are like that, they study all the time and don't go out much..but I also knew people who were so well rounded they would study during the days and always go out at night and always do well in school and their social life.

I knew this guy back in high school...super popular, harcore partier, smoked a spliff on a regular basis, yet he was an A+ student...go figure...

Originally Posted by najibs

I knew this guy back in high school...super popular, harcore partier, smoked a spliff on a regular basis, yet he was an A+ student...go figure...

its the weed Man.
its all a conspiracy really.


Anyways.. does anyone use this technique? itspopular inthe humanities/arts progs/courses.
You basically just argue hardcore about topics learned in the course.

Originally Posted by najibs

I knew this guy back in high school...super popular, harcore partier, smoked a spliff on a regular basis, yet he was an A+ student...go figure...

I know guys that did that before writing exams and still did fine...

Worse I've done is go out and drink the night before an exam..