EPTI guess what I'm wondering is what should I do to help keep my focus up during the last test/last part of the semester? Is there anything you do to help better perform?
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
I guess what I'm wondering is what should I do to help keep my focus up during the last test/last part of the semester? Is there anything you do to help better perform? | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
I'm currently 3rd year at UCR w/ a 3.495 Biology Major (pre-med). I'm doing this while playing 4-5hours of games a day, whoever says there's no time during college, are obviously lying, and too busy playing shitty iphone games. For papers, always try and finish your "final' draft 2-3 days early. Then don't look at it for a few days, then edit it last minute. You'll catch a lot of grammatical and stylistic issues. In terms of tests/midterms/finals, Always try to start studying 4days before the tests. day1) study for 3-5 hours, just go over what kind of concepts are required knowledge for said test (over view of what's going to be covered). day2) start slowly grinding through ppt's/lecturenotes (4-6h) day3) continuation of day2. (4-6h) day4) go over any practice q's, old hw, example q's. (polish up all memorization, try and be able to recall important facts without any memory cue's.) Also, anyone who says to get a good night sleep before a test, is a lying lazy crack whore. It's better to be sleep deprived, but more knowledgeable than to be well rested and ignorant. took me 2 years to form these habits. hope these help! gl! | ||
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Incze
Romania2058 Posts
Also, you could try to understand what you learn, it helps a great deal. Try to always find logic and meaning, so you don't just learn words,but understand what's behind them. That's not only if you wish to have good grades, but also a good understanding that will also help you after you've finished College | ||
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Ahzz
Finland780 Posts
Hard to give tips on how to study hard because it's so dependant on the person. Some can motivate themselves just because, and some are unable to put an effort no matter how big the reason is. In any case, figure out reasons for yourself why you NEED to do well. Don't ban all enjoyment from your life, but make strict rules for yourself when you're going to use it. For example, think of a daily schedule, and leave yourself 1-2 small portions of gaming or something to relax yourself, but be sure to pull off right when the schedule says so. Don't accept any 'soon' or 'tomorrow' or 'next week' from yourself. Decide on something, and DO IT. When you study, try to get out of your comfort zone, aka study the things you don't know instead of the things you feel you're having a relatively easy time with and understand. | ||
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
On May 16 2012 04:57 wei2coolman wrote: The people you associate yourself with in school has a huge effect on your college performance. Try and hangout with those who are good at grinding away the night just to do hw/study/projects/papers. I'm currently 3rd year at UCR w/ a 3.495 Biology Major (pre-med). I'm doing this while playing 4-5hours of games a day, whoever says there's no time during college, are obviously lying, and too busy playing shitty iphone games. For papers, always try and finish your "final' draft 2-3 days early. Then don't look at it for a few days, then edit it last minute. You'll catch a lot of grammatical and stylistic issues. In terms of tests/midterms/finals, Always try to start studying 4days before the tests. day1) study for 3-5 hours, just go over what kind of concepts are required knowledge for said test (over view of what's going to be covered). day2) start slowly grinding through ppt's/lecturenotes (4-6h) day3) continuation of day2. (4-6h) day4) go over any practice q's, old hw, example q's. (polish up all memorization, try and be able to recall important facts without any memory cue's.) Also, anyone who says to get a good night sleep before a test, is a lying lazy crack whore. It's better to be sleep deprived, but more knowledgeable than to be well rested and ignorant. took me 2 years to form these habits. hope these help! gl! Thanks. I usually don't hit my lecture notes throughout the semester, seems like a good idea though. The problem is that I can't read half my handwriting T.T I've also thought about getting some tutoring for the week before finals. I did that a semester back and found that it helped a bit but not really worth the cost. On May 16 2012 05:05 Ahzz wrote: Getting A is not something you must do. Not everyone is gifted in the same way, and it doesn't make you any less of a person. Just do your best, and be happy with it IMO. However, that doesn't mean you should spend less effort in getting the grades... just that you may need to lower your goals. Hard to give tips on how to study hard because it's so dependant on the person. Some can motivate themselves just because, and some are unable to put an effort no matter how big the reason is. In any case, figure out reasons for yourself why you NEED to do well. Don't ban all enjoyment from your life, but make strict rules for yourself when you're going to use it. For example, think of a daily schedule, and leave yourself 1-2 small portions of gaming or something to relax yourself, but be sure to pull off right when the schedule says so. Don't accept any 'soon' or 'tomorrow' or 'next week' from yourself. Decide on something, and DO IT. When you study, try to get out of your comfort zone, aka study the things you don't know instead of the things you feel you're having a relatively easy time with and understand. I know it's not something you have to do, but I am trying to get into grad school and I am not even sure what the minimum grades are for that. I already got the internship parts out of the way, and I have already started the process so I just want to pad my script with some better grades. I do a pretty good job already at managing time for school/games. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
majority of people are idiots, just don't be an idiot, and you'll do fine in college. Also if you can't ignore internet, like the suggestion of incze, get a 2nd or 3rd monitor. So you can actually do work WHILE doing internet stuff. This is the path I chose. I pretty much always have a stream or tvshow running on my 2nd monitor as I do work. More monitor space = more productivity (there was some study done,) | ||
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Horuku
United States405 Posts
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
On May 16 2012 06:11 Horuku wrote: What is your major? And grad school is generally a 3.0 gpa min... I am Double Majoring in Strategic Communications and Philosophy. If I were any better at math, I'd be doing that. | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On May 16 2012 04:57 wei2coolman wrote: I'm currently 3rd year at UCR w/ a 3.495 Biology Major (pre-med). I'm doing this while playing 4-5hours of games a day, whoever says there's no time during college, are obviously lying, and too busy playing shitty iphone games. Or they are, you know, busy working to pay for college. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On May 16 2012 06:42 TheToast wrote: Or they are, you know, busy working to pay for college. I have a friend that I play a crap ton of LoL with, and even played more than me, and he was working 30hour weeks along w/ being full time CE major. | ||
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
On May 16 2012 07:15 wei2coolman wrote: I have a friend that I play a crap ton of LoL with, and even played more than me, and he was working 30hour weeks along w/ being full time CE major. I work around 30 hours a week, and most of the school year I am fine with it, but around finals and midterms it really hits me hard. | ||
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nutgirdle
United States10 Posts
I was fortunate enough to only have to work about 10 hours per week in college, and I attended a small private liberal arts college (~32K per year). However, I played (american) football, approx a 30 hour per week commitment during the season, and about 12 hours in the off season. I carried a 3.92 GPA through college with concentrations in Physics and Math, all while dating, and then marrying my now-wife. When I entered college, I had built a 2k gaming rig, I had played mostly SC:BW, BF1942, and Counter-strike, the latter two at a high level. By two months in, I realized gaming was going to have to fall by the wayside. I sold my gaming rig at a loss, and purchased a 13inch iBook, and played SC:BW casually only very occasionally. I spent almost all of my free time in the library, and I never stopped doing my homework unless I had class, football practice, work, or the library closed. I had to give up some social events, and I went through some difficult times with my girlfriend due to only seeing her two to three times per week. Also, I never partied. I never had time. I don't claim that my experience was overly taxing, in fact I work much harder now in grad school than I ever did in undergrad. But, it is how I succeeded. I had to give up a few things I enjoyed, namely some socializing and more hardcore gaming. I firmly believe that anyone can succeed should the dedicate enough genuine time and effort. Good luck, but unfortunately, college is still proximal to the inflection point on the sigmoidal curve of life-difficulty. Learning to cope is much more important than any facts you may happen to pick up. Good luck, have fun. | ||
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imanoobcs
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babylon
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On May 16 2012 07:15 wei2coolman wrote: I have a friend that I play a crap ton of LoL with, and even played more than me, and he was working 30hour weeks along w/ being full time CE major. Good job. You and your friend either a.) take easy classes, b.) go to an easy school, c.) manage your times very well, d.) are reasonably smart, or most likely e.) a combination of the above. Just don't try to generalize your experience to everyone else around you. | ||
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