rc4ch said:
Its finals week, and I dont have a lot of time left in my hands. The past week was used to study for a Zoology practical and a Calc 2 test. Now, I have today, and the weekend and a little bit of time after each final to study for 4 finals. How do you guys do it? Zoology is really kicking my ass. Anyone with great grades that have good time management help me make a productive schedule? Sociology and Chem 2 are Monday, Zoology is Tuesday, and Calc 2 is Wedsnesday. I know Im asking for too much, but anything would help.
I have a problem, I can't concentrate studying after I get sleepy or burnt out. So I usually have around 6 hours a day, with coffee. Any of you have this problem too?
Well first of all don't try to study 6 hours at a time. You should really only study about 20 minutes at a time with 5 -10 minute breaks. You will burn out less and be more attentive. So do this:
1) Find an extremely quiet place, like most libraries have a reference floor which usually doesn't have loud conversations or also libraries have study rooms, with doors and you could go into one of them shut the door and be free of distractions.
2) Plan what you need to study, do a quick 10 minute assesment of your areas of needs, maybe calc 2 you only need to make an 80 in to keep an A or something like that, so it can be your lowest priority. Set up a little schedule like, friday study for zoology, calc2 and chem, saturday zoology calc2 and sociology, etc.
3) Study 1 hour (2 20 minute sessions) for your highest priority class. Take 10-15 minute break, maybe eat a snack, then study for your second highest priority for an hour. Then after this go eat or do something for an hour, maybe read a newspaper or watch some TV, but don't get too involved. Then come back and do another hour. Do this until you are burned out or covered as much as you need.
4) Right now you probably have enough time to avoid cramming. Get a lot of sleep, wake up and be ready to study for 4-5 hours for the next few days and you should be fine.
Additional stuff:
-Note cards can be helpful if you have the time to write them out.
-Outlining chapters isn't a bad idea if these classes would be benefited by that.
- For chemistry and calc2 (I haven't taken it but I presume from my other maths this will help) do problems! Problems in the back of the book, problems the teacher gave you, do any problems you can find.
-If it comes to memorizing large lists of things or a lot of words, try writing the list out, then try to write the first few words out, then continue this until you have done it by yourself at least 7 times. Usually after 7 times it should be hammered into your head.
-Also make sure you understand things completely, a lot of the time I'll think , "well I've pretty much got that" and then the teacher will ask the question in a slightly different way and I wont know how to answer it. But if I understand the concept completely changing the words around can't fool me. So if you aren't fully sure of a concept ask your professor, or you could probably ask someone on here to explain it to you.
