How many hours put toward studying?

[XxAlbertoxX]

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Hi, I'm doing pretty good in my pre-req's right now, trying to keep A's. It seems like I study "hard" near 1 or 2 days prior to the EXAM or LAB report etc... I try to pay attention in lecture very attentively, and stay actively involved in class (answering questions) and take notes manually, despite getting the notes on power point slides.

I have put multiple hours one night before an exam, from 10pm until 4am studying, needless to say, I was very tired when I awoke at 7am for lab at 9am....

What kind of things do you fellow hopefully pharmacists commit to ?

Thank you

 

[rxlea]

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[Passion4Sci]

Hi, I'm doing pretty good in my pre-req's right now, trying to keep A's. It seems like I study "hard" near 1 or 2 days prior to the EXAM or LAB report etc... I try to pay attention in lecture very attentively, and stay actively involved in class (answering questions) and take notes manually, despite getting the notes on power point slides.

I have put multiple hours one night before an exam, from 10pm until 4am studying, needless to say, I was very tired when I awoke at 7am for lab at 9am....

What kind of things do you fellow hopefully pharmacists commit to ?

Thank you

I studied a little bit every single day, never leaving a lot of studying to do directly before an exam. This affords me several privileges, including plenty of time to see the professor prior to the exam to flesh out concepts or ask questions. This is a good time to feel out what might be on the exam, as well.

I lived and will live in pharmacy school under the adage: Procrastination is like masturbation. It's fun for a while until you realize you're only ****ing yourself.

 

[b1234]

Study more often but for shorter periods of time.

 

[XxAlbertoxX]

I've seen you guys talk about the livescribe pen. I'm going to have to order one of those.

Ugh, its 3:56AM and I have to wake up at 7:00AM for class (Chem).

I finished up this lab report (it was our last one for summer session) and am going to wake up and revise it slightly (it's due at 9:05AM).

I'm so sick of running on >3hrs of sleep before chemistry labs and such. Having to mix different, acidic chemicals is definitely not fun.

On the other hand, I get into this "zone" in the late hours of the night, when it's quiet and dark, I feel like I focus so intensively and am one with my homework.... Maybe? Maybe not? Maybe I shall recall from Psy101 that I am using a coping mechanism? Studying late and justifying it via my "in the zone studying".

Pfffftt.... I am def. am going to start breaking my study sessions in bits and pieces.

You guys are the best 😍

 

[gluglugs]

I think this applies to all people, or at least it applies to me. I can only mental exert myself at 100% efficiency for about 1-2 hours, usually less if I'm doing a very-easy-tons-of-memorizing sort of subject.

Shortly put, if you have a low attention span, short and frequent study sessions is mandatory.

 

[lauradiddle]

Procrastination is like masturbation. It's fun for a while until you realize you're only ****ing yourself.

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

[ChemistWiz]

Hi, I'm doing pretty good in my pre-req's right now, trying to keep A's. It seems like I study "hard" near 1 or 2 days prior to the EXAM or LAB report etc... I try to pay attention in lecture very attentively, and stay actively involved in class (answering questions) and take notes manually, despite getting the notes on power point slides.

I have put multiple hours one night before an exam, from 10pm until 4am studying, needless to say, I was very tired when I awoke at 7am for lab at 9am....

What kind of things do you fellow hopefully pharmacists commit to ?

Thank you

I remember reading somewhere you SHOULD study an hour for every hour your in class...I jsut go 30 minutes for every hour in class.

 

[b1234]

I remember reading somewhere you SHOULD study an hour for every hour your in class...I jsut go 30 minutes for every hour in class.

That's an approximation that schools like to give for people that don't know what to expect - and they say that you should expect to spend 2 hours outside of class for every hour of class - which includes any assignments etc. too not just studying.
What you really should do, is study as much as you need to... Depending on the person and the course this can range from next to no time outside of class to much much more time than just 2 hours per hour of class.

 

[PharmOl]

Hi, I'm doing pretty good in my pre-req's right now, trying to keep A's. It seems like I study "hard" near 1 or 2 days prior to the EXAM or LAB report etc... I try to pay attention in lecture very attentively, and stay actively involved in class (answering questions) and take notes manually, despite getting the notes on power point slides.

I have put multiple hours one night before an exam, from 10pm until 4am studying, needless to say, I was very tired when I awoke at 7am for lab at 9am....

What kind of things do you fellow hopefully pharmacists commit to ?

Thank you

Maybe if you start at 6 pm, you'd be done at midnight and still have enough time to sleep?..

 

[bottlecap1990]

I usually start reading the materials that will be tested on 2-3 days before. Then about 1 day before I start doing some intense memorization and practice problems

 

[phathead]

You may burn yourself out in a way if you keep studying like that right before a test.

I start at least a week before the test reviewing. A few hours each night usually does it. The night before the test, I know the material well enough to do one last review and doublecheck the areas I was initially weak in.

When I started doing that instead of the marathon sessions like you did, I started doing a ton better on tests and I retained a lot more. It also became handy when I started having multiple big tests in one day.

Try that next time instead of cramming. You may like that more.

 

[ExpressMaiL]

Undergrad studying was a lot easier and mellow compared to pharmacy school. One night cramming before exams was easy and yielded good results. I tried (not really though; naturally "did") cramming during 1st year and it was very stressful with satisfactory results.

Pharmacy curriculum is a lot more intense, and to be honest- there's no use in cramming because you can't retain the same amount as consistent (but not necessarily "maintenance") studying. No matter how smart you think you are, you will be much more knowledgeable in rotations and out in the field if you can actually understand and not just regurgitate the material.