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Discussion in 'Optometry' started by nova2010, Mar 25, 2007.

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  1. nova2010

    nova2010 New Member
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    I Am A First Year Student And I Worry About Grades All The Time. I Study All The Time And I Feel Like A Lot Of Others Come To Class Whenever They Want. I Have Never Missed A Class And I Seem To Come Up With Worse Grades Than Those "part Timers" Does Anyone Have Any Studying Advice For Me? Trust Me, I Study More Than Most. I Really Care About My Grades About The Boards.
     
    #1 nova2010, Mar 25, 2007
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  2. EyeBaller

    EyeBaller SUNY-O Class of 2008
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    What worked for you in undergrad? Did you change your study habits?

    PS: Why is every word capitalized in your post?
     
    #2 EyeBaller, Mar 25, 2007
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    Is the time you study quality study time? I would limit the destractions first of all. Do you struggle in all the classes, or just certain ones? Maybe you have a binocular vision problem ;). Are you getting enough sleep?

    There are probably plenty of faculty or older students who would help you.

    The most important thing is you actually learn the material.
     
    #3 IndianaOD, Mar 26, 2007
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    Good pointers, there is a world of difference between just studying all you can for the sake of covering the information and actually learning it. For myself, I find that I do much better when I take enough time to carefully study and critically analyze the concepts. Teaching those concepts to other students helps getting you to actually think about it too. Getting a decent amount of sleep is the second most important, if I haven't covered everything yet and its midnight, I'd rather just go to sleep and wake up just in time to make it to the test so that my REM sleep gets a chance to consolidate what I've already learned without much, if any, active effort on my part. :sleep:
     
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  5. nova2010

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    I don't know why every word was in caps, except I must have had the caps lock on. ANYWAY!!!! Thanks for pointing that out.
     
    #5 nova2010, Mar 26, 2007
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    Then all of the letters would have been captilized, not just the first one of every word.
     
    #6 eyestrain, Mar 26, 2007
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    H _ _ L, I don't know why it did that, but it did. I just know I had the caps lock on and that's how it happened. I certainly wouldn't have taken the time to cap every word. Why are you so hung up on that? A little a _ _ l, are we? Sorry, I just couldn't resist.
     
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