I can't take it any longer: I'm going to SKIP CLASS!

[Raidergate]

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I will give you the benefit of the doubt but I can't say that I'm doubtful of his methods. Bubbling sounds like too much extra work. It reminds me of all those "cute" study techniques in the early 90's that made you use colored pencils and the like. But I have found these type of study techniques to be a gimic for the most part. They tend to be highly impractical. I mean who has time to bubble and make tons of drawings for anatomy? It doesn't sound practical at all. But I'm willing to check out the book anyway.

Well, do you honestly have time to read and reread all of your anatomy, biochem, histo, and whatever else you are taking? The point of Dr. Pelley's book is that passive reading is NOT effective studying. If you adapt the notes to a way of learning that is best for you, you will learn much faster. Bubble diagrams tie in facts that, on the surface, don't have much to do with each other. It may take longer initially to make the diagrams and stuff like that, but in the long run, what is faster? Reading the same 200 page passage three or four times, or going through it thoroughly once and organizing it to fit your learning style?

Of course, I don't bubble diagram everything in my classes, but some things like the brachial plexus, or the axillary artery in the arm are tough just to straight memorize. It helped me to bubble diagram the branches, where they go, and what levels branches come off. It took me about 1/2 the time to get it down than if I'd tried to read it out of a book, or just looked at a diagram for hours upon hours.

Again, get Pelley's book, he's a lot more eloquent than I am, and explains the methods much better.

 

[bivwack]

You are doing yourself a disservice by skipping class

Sorry but I have to laugh at the notion of auditory vs. visual learners. bla bla bla ......

People who skip class don't get honors. Notice that trend. It's always the slackers who don't want to get up in the morning that feel they need to miss class. The people who skip class aren't the top people in the class. They never are. bla bla bla .......

It's that simple.

dude you have no idea what you are talking about,

I show up to get the sylabus, then i show up for the tests. In my school most people dont know who i am or that i am part of the class, but ..

I have scored at the top of my class.
I am scoring at the top of my class.
I will continue to score at the top of my class.

And i dont skip class, so i can sit around all day and pull my pud. I dont go because i have to much studying to do. There just isnt enough hours in the day to do both.

 

[thackl]

I will give you the benefit of the doubt but I can't say that I'm doubtful of his methods. Bubbling sounds like too much extra work. It reminds me of all those "cute" study techniques in the early 90's that made you use colored pencils and the like. But I have found these type of study techniques to be a gimic for the most part. They tend to be highly impractical. I mean who has time to bubble and make tons of drawings for anatomy? It doesn't sound practical at all. But I'm willing to check out the book anyway.

The mesthod is more focused toward SF types (sensing-feeling rather than intuitive-thinking) who don't naturally make intuitive interconnections. However, there are parts of the book that are for everyone (especially stress type behaviors). Bubbling and linking forces them to do it and helps to develope their lesser functions. He's very sucessful at connecting with 'at risk' students and getting them through.


I tried bubbling and thought it was ok, but no huge breakthough....... but I'm also an ENTJ engineer. If you're stuggling it's certainly worth looking at.

 

[Runtita]

I'm INFP...so concept mapping is really working for me. I naturally see the big picture first and leave out the details. My maps give me a framework to put in all the seemingly insignificant crap.

I don't think this is a gimmick. Not when I can visualize my maps during an exam.

Concept mapping is not natural for most people in med school. Med school has a higher proportion of ES types, people who work better in study groups and like details. You really have to practice it for it to work, usually. But when it clicks, you have another study tool.

I find that mapping works well for biochem and histology. Not so well for anatomy.

 

[Ypo.]

Skipping class means you're paying all that tuition money to get an outline. It also gives you the chance to take tests to become a doctor which you would have not been able to take otherwise.

I go to class on the princible that each one is costing a very large amount of money. Sometimes I just ignore the lecture and study myself while they're rambling on but at least I got my ass out of bed to do it. If I don't go to class I slack too much.

I suspect that I will do this too, while figuring out whether attending class, or not attending class works best for me. I like to be around other people to learn, and I have had lots of practice tuning my surroundings out when I study.

 

[xaelia]

Meh; don't get hopelessly bent out of shape over whether you skip or attend class. If you skip class, you'll occasionally miss details that could focus your studying for exams. If you attend class, you'll wear down faster and be undermotivated to study in your remaining free time. Find whatever balance is most productive for you and your style of learning. Plenty of folks attending class at my school are dragging the average down, and plenty of us class-skippers are pulling it up. Our school even has an Independent Study pathway for the first two years; lecture is not the only valid way of learning material.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

My attention span is horrible. When I went to lecture, I'd be zonked 10 minutes into it. Hence, skipping class was the only option.

 

[m1forever]

it all depends on what class it is. Embryo, cell bio/biochem are classes that *need* to be skipped. That's a couple hours I could be studying or sleeping. The only problem I have is that our transcript notes are variable as to when they will come out. Sometimes its the next day and sometimes its 6 days later. I like to do the lectures in order and it sucks to be waiting and waiting for the transcript to be put online so you can know what the note packet really meant.

Anatomy I usually go to because it's required to actually show up and dissect immediately following, but I get absolutely nothing out of it and it just makes me tired and weary about the dissection.

Histology is good to go to because the lab part is 50% and the professors will really guide you through the required slides. If I don't go to that I spend far more time trying to figure out what the hell is going on with some of them.

 

[m1forever]

I have sufferred thus far because I never feel like I have enough time to cover everything. I barely passed my first set of exams. .

Passing isn't suffering...lol. But good job on realizing that not going to class works best for you. Now if you just study 5-6 hrs/day you can still easily pass and have much more time to do whatever.