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Methods & Strategies for Getting Straight A's - Page 4
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
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Clasic
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
On August 16 2009 17:26 SnK-Arcbound wrote: My recommendation: Have sex with the lonely ugly teachers. That will only work about half of the time though. Lmfao, this is true. Fuck the fat teacher with a million warts on her face, you will surely get A's. | ||
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CubEdIn
Romania5359 Posts
On August 16 2009 17:54 DownMaxX wrote: Coming from someone who got everything from A+ to C in his first year: GET YOUR ASS IN CLASS. And do your homework. It's not worth it to skip half a semester of school and kill yourself for two weeks before exams only to pull a shitty grade out of it. -_- Actually, the first year of Uni I did the following thing: 1st Semester: went to ALL classes, all labs, etc. Got 6As 1B 1C 2nd Semester: skipped 90% of the classes, went to mid-term exams, studied before finals for 2 weeks: got 2As 4Bs 2Cs Time spent in school during first semester = about 420 hours. Time spent during 2nd = about 20 hours. So, my question is: Is it really worth the extra 400 hours for the difference in grades? And don't get me wrong, I didn't stay home to play starcraft, I worked 6h/day as opposed to 3-4 as I did before, and spent some more time outdoors. I made about twice as much money working and building my career. Anyway, I'm not looking for a straight answer, as everyone does what they want and thinks it's more important for them, obviously, but this is the reason why I tend to go for Bs with 5% of the time spent on studying for As. | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
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SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
China685 Posts
Although 4 hours of sleep is actually quite doable, just not for over a month straight. Any longer than that and your brain starts to do funny stuff to you. | ||
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LOcDowN
United States1015 Posts
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Exteray
United States1094 Posts
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Specialist
United States803 Posts
Then during the day before, I always realize I did something wrong, or forgot to review something. And this is when I really 'finish'. It's helped me improve my grades throughout my first year in a top 20 university in the US. And hopefully I'll get straight A's from now on =p The other points are good. Drinking/drugs is tricky. I don't do it because I personally don't find it fun or healthy, but there are plenty of people who think otherwise. I know plenty of people who drink/smoke/wtv, and do perfectly fine. To each his own! | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
-go to lecture and pay attention: just make this a habit. doing this by itself (even without taking any notes) pretty much guarantees a 75+ in any class for me (of course this is probably directly related to my learning style: see pt 3) -don't mindlessly sink time into studying. i tried that one term, read the books/did questions ahead of time in my spare time.. and wound up with marks same as ever. in other words, have a plan when you're sitting down with a book. know what you want to learn and why you want to learn it (say an upcoming exam, or just general catching-up) -also, like has been mentioned, figure out how you learn. i'm an auditory learner, but for certain classes i need to put the practice in (usually classes like accounting or calculus) -play to your strengths and find time to relax. also, cramming is always good, regardless of what anyone else says -realize that getting higher grades requires exponentially more work. decide whether you want to make that tradeoff early on, and be honest with yourself (i thought i did.. but in the end, who cares? i still graduate with the same piece of paper, i'm just aiming for the dean's list cutoff  )edit: oh yeah to those in canada.. maybe i'm the only one confused by the 4.0 gpa scale of our southern brethren, but i found this http://www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/c_omsas_b.pdf not sure if it's accurate or not, but it's what ill be going by from now on | ||
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SpiritAshura
United States1271 Posts
On August 17 2009 00:07 Nevuk wrote: Drugs and drinking and stopping studying improved my gpa from like a 3.1 to 3.5-3.6 . drinking and in particular pot has improved my GPA over the last year by about 0.4 in 2 semesters (not a terrible increase), I think because i'm happier with my free time i pay attention a bit more in classes now so i can study less, smoke/drink more, and still do better in school. everybody wins! | ||
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
but thats no criticism of ur advice... what u wrote helps ppl maximize their results within their potential. i just wanted to note that, depending on the subject and the student´s talent for it, there might very well be cases where a 4.0 (or whatever the perfect grade in the USA is called) is simply out of reach. | ||
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Vision
United States113 Posts
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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bh.
United States342 Posts
On August 17 2009 02:29 Exteray wrote: The grades you get also depend on how rigorous the college is. In a highly competitive college it's almost impossible to get all A's whats your definition of highly competitive? there are quite a few people at UCLA + cal that i know have 4.0 and if not 4.0, then maybe 3.98 etc. these are your typical anal premed kids, and it is definitely posisble to get all A's at 'competitive' colleges, unless theses are not competitive. | ||
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
If you're smart, you can get away without it. So if you're smart in highschool, you won't have any organization habits going into college. Start organizing! Slow yourself down. Print out assignments. Get binders. Use highlighters. Make outlines. Use post its. Organizing is a form of studying! | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Typically though, I just get a good nights sleep, and listen to songs from Rocky right before my test with maybe a once over my notes. Since my classes are easy and I pay attention, I can get away with that. When I have hard classes though, it's basically mandatory to do the first thing I said. Good grades aren't about being particularly smart. Yeah, it helps if you already know the stuff from somewhere else, but basically if you study and act responsible, anyone can get A's. Unless you literally have a brain defect, like down syndrome, there's no reason you can't do as well as anyone else when it comes to tests. | ||
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
On August 16 2009 18:44 evanthebouncy! wrote: love studying I recommend this one! I would though add: Develop a genuine interest for the stuff you're studying. When you're interested, your brain will help you out unconsciously. Not always as easy yeah.. But try looking at the stuff that school doesn't tell you. The applications and possible huge explosions you could have (be imaginative). Study history so you can MAKE history. Learn biology so you can impress .... others. Learn math so that you can get the cool jobs. It helps to set a career and get yourself informed so you know you're cool with the plan. | ||
cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
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Exteray
United States1094 Posts
On August 17 2009 03:28 bh. wrote: whats your definition of highly competitive? there are quite a few people at UCLA + cal that i know have 4.0 and if not 4.0, then maybe 3.98 etc. these are your typical anal premed kids, and it is definitely posisble to get all A's at 'competitive' colleges, unless theses are not competitive. Sorry I meant ultra-competitive then. HYPS for example. At Stanford I haven't heard anyone who has above 3.95. | ||
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Kurosaki
United States158 Posts
This is true in my case. In ALL my classes, 90% of my classmates are quiet as fuck. I was the same as them because I was too much of a pussy to ask, talk, or raise my hand when I wanted to ask a question. Before the start of every semester, I kept thinking how much socializing I would do in class and out of class. Guess what? I didn't do shit but kept my mouth shut. During the summer, I looked back and regretted how much better my life would have been had I spoken up. I hate to quote Oprah but she's right in one case. "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." How did I change? Practice practice practice. Get that nervousness out of your system. I was afraid of what might happen if I do talk to a girl in class. She might think I'm weird, ugly(as if), short, clingy, annoying, talkative, or plain out boring. I'm aiming for girls because they're friends with benefits. I'm getting a little off topic so I'll just get to the point. College life with fake* or no friends in class = GPA was 2.7 College life with real friends in class = GPA increased to 3.6 Note: I studied with them and hanged out with them. My classes seem easier and studying became fun. *People who you just chat with in class and rarely see them anywhere else. | ||
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