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Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
June 10 2008 23:07 GMT
#1
Hello Tl.net, I need some tips to help me optimize my study time.

I have about 50 pages of notes plus old tests to cover and about 8 hours of study time. Final is tomorrow.

Share with me your study secrets!

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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24777 Posts
June 10 2008 23:09 GMT
#2
It depends on what kind of notes they are. If it's mathematical it's totally different then if you have to remember facts, which is totally different than if you need to interpret arguments, etc. STATE YOUR DAMN EXIGENCY FOO (provide details)
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
June 10 2008 23:14 GMT
#3
Study tip #1: Start studying.
Snowflakes in January, Heart warm like February, I wouldn't ordinarily..
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
June 10 2008 23:16 GMT
#4
look over old tests given you've been paying attention all semester

use notes for whatever area you don't understand while reviewing the tests
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fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
June 10 2008 23:19 GMT
#5
Technical class:
Go through everything and condense it down to a few note sheets.

If there are practice exams, do those, looking up anything you don't know.

Non-technical class:
Read every page.
Do you really want chat rooms?
SchOOl_VicTIm
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Greece2394 Posts
June 10 2008 23:28 GMT
#6
make a schedule of how many pages / hour you have to be getting done and stick to it.. WITH PASSION.

be sure to have some relax time scheduled too. like half an hour of rest after every 3 hours or something. there's no way you can do 8 hours of non stop study and be efficient.
you could also consider some time in the end for repetition. personally, it doesn't work for me without it.

if you find that you can't get it all done in the time available, decide some parts to be left out, focus hard on the rest, and hope for the best.

gl

now get your ass off internet and study
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
June 10 2008 23:33 GMT
#7
The best option is really some sort of stimulant. If you can get your hands on adderall, that's the best, but ephedrine will also serve your purposes (can be difficult to find these days)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
June 10 2008 23:34 GMT
#8
Ask for a temp ban from teamliquid.

Shit's like internet meth.
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Hurricane
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3939 Posts
June 10 2008 23:39 GMT
#9
Go through old tests and study hardcore every question you had a problem with, use left over time (if there is any) to study the areas you skipped.
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Kwidowmaker
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada978 Posts
June 10 2008 23:39 GMT
#10
If you're fit enough, go for a run before the exam. It doesn't need to be fast or long, just to wake you up and refresh your mind.
Kk.
B1nary
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada1267 Posts
June 10 2008 23:59 GMT
#11
1) Get off TL
2) Get off TL ...

Personally, I don't use any tricks or secrets when studying. Tell yourself that you're fucked if you don't study and just grind through it. Yeah, it's annoying and boring as hell. Nothing you can do. Force yourself to constantly stay focused. It'll be hard but possible. When you actually get down to it, spend more time on the derivation of formulas and fundamental concepts if it's a technical course. It's better to know how to derive a formula than to memorize it. After getting down the fundamentals, do HARD problems. Don't waste your time on easy 2-second ones.

If it isn't a technical course, stop and go to sleep. Last-minute studying isn't likely to help.
BaDayOri
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)469 Posts
June 11 2008 00:08 GMT
#12
On June 11 2008 08:33 GeneralStan wrote:
The best option is really some sort of stimulant. If you can get your hands on adderall, that's the best, but ephedrine will also serve your purposes (can be difficult to find these days)

addys are flyin around fucking everywhere these days
and no homo but you better show your boy respect, before the heck blow your head off like oral sex -CASSIDY
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
June 11 2008 00:15 GMT
#13
On June 11 2008 08:34 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
Ask for a temp ban from teamliquid.

Shit's like internet meth.


You can still lurk though =/
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
pangshai
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Chinatown5333 Posts
June 11 2008 01:00 GMT
#14
with so little time, i'd say just do the practice papers and if you're unsure of anything, flip through your notes and look for that section. chances are they'll repeat questions with some variations.
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skyglow1
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
New Zealand3962 Posts
June 11 2008 02:13 GMT
#15
I've been in this situation every second night for my past week of exams. I had about 50 pages to do as well. I just read through it all at a decent pace and typed up anything I found I couldn't memorise fully, then go through the document that I had made in the end like twice to make sure I knew the unsure stuff. That took about 4 hours, then I just did as many old papers or practise questions as much as possible.
kpcrew
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1071 Posts
June 11 2008 02:17 GMT
#16
yea seriously
why post on tl when u should be studying
Clan Lzuruha
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24777 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-11 02:27:53
June 11 2008 02:27 GMT
#17
On June 11 2008 08:33 GeneralStan wrote:
The best option is really some sort of stimulant. If you can get your hands on adderall, that's the best, but ephedrine will also serve your purposes (can be difficult to find these days)

I disagree. In my opinion, this is close to the worst option. Don't rely on drugs when you are in a fairly default situation. If you have a one time emergency and you start popping red bulls or some shit I won't give you a hard time, but I don't think turning to drugs for a practice 'method' is what you want to do.

Edit: Depending on what you mean by 50 pages of 'notes' you might be in an emergency situation. Why are you in this situation?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-11 03:23:37
June 11 2008 03:22 GMT
#18
Smoke the reafer and don't even attempt to study.

(I'm sure you'll do fine!)
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
June 11 2008 04:11 GMT
#19
read it in front of the mirror.

;o
it worked for me.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24777 Posts
June 11 2008 15:42 GMT
#20
So how did it go?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Elvin_vn
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Vietnam2038 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-11 16:46:18
June 11 2008 16:43 GMT
#21
Tip #1: Ask friends if there is some chapter/content that the prof. said it won't be out.
Tip #2: Find previous test/similar test, they would be useful
Tip #3: Sleep properly before the test. The optimal sleep time is 4 hours or 6-7 hours. If you ran out of time then just sleep for exactly 4 hours, or else you will wake up in a very tired state.

Now follow these steps:

Step 1: Take a look at the previous tests to see what sort of question is going to be given out. Get a feel for it. Now there are two scenarios:

Step 2:
Phase 1: absorbing (3-4 hours)
- going through the slide make sure you understand them. It's better to refer to a book since slides are just notes honestly.
- if you are stuck at some slides, just take a note and skip them. May be after some slides, you'll go back and understand them. If they are practical material, make sure you understand the calculation.
- continue until the end of the slide. You might want to skip the few last chapters since they are normally additional stuff (do it if you think you can get away with it)
- Take a short break (20 mins)

Phase 2: reinforcing (2-3 hours)
- Now scan through the slides again and make sure you understand everything, all the plot-holes that you made earlier, make sure you cover all of them
- Take a short break

Phase 3: finalizing
- Do exercise, sample test, get question from the text book and do them. Put yourself in something similar to the test that help to enrich your problem solving experience for this subject.

Step 3: Go to sleep (see tip 3). Make sure you wake up early so that you will have around 30 mins to scan through the slides for the last time, iron out any last minute issues.

Step 4: Get your id, pen/extra pen, calculator and get ur ass to the test.

Step 5: ???

Step 6: Profit !
do not agrue with idiots, they will pull you down to their level and beat you with their experiences
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
June 12 2008 05:38 GMT
#22
So how did it go :p
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
gg_hertzz
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
2152 Posts
June 12 2008 19:56 GMT
#23
sit down and plan out what you think is the most important. going through everything page by page is worthless cause some stuff are more important than others. give yourself 30 minutes, go over things like formulas topics that are the most important. you might even want to be specific about how you study like when you take the break, what you'll study first, etc.

basically, just give yourself 30 minutes to plan everything and stick to it.
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