Macroecon in a month

[Fakesmile]

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I'm taking a macroeconomics course for the summer semester. This is my first economics course ever so I lack any economics background. I've been procrastinating for the past 2 months (I don't know what I was thinking). I've been going to class and taking notes, but not keeping up on the reading and studying, though I'm on top of all my other courses. Now I need to learn a whole semester's worth of material by August 6 which is the day of the final exam which is worth 90%. (We had two midterms and had the option of making them 40% so that the final is worth only 50%, but I didn't make use of that opportunity, stupid me.) My goal is to get at least 90% on the final. I'm thinking of using lecture notes to read relevant sections of the text and also do all the problems in weekly practice questions given by the prof. Will that work? I'm really desperate and I really need to get an A on the course. Thanks!

 

[ChicoMaki]

I'm taking a macroeconomics course for the summer semester. This is my first economics course ever so I lack any economics background. I've been procrastinating for the past 2 months (I don't know what I was thinking). I've been going to class and taking notes, but not keeping up on the reading and studying, though I'm on top of all my other courses. Now I need to learn a month's worth of material by August 6 which is the day of the final exam. The final exam is worth 90%. (We had two midterms and had the option of making them 40% so that the final is worth only 50%, but I didn't make use of that opportunity, stupid me.) My goal is to get at least 90% on the final. I'm thinking of using lecture notes to read relevant sections of the text and also do all the problems in weekly practice questions given by the prof. Will that work? I'm really desperate and I really need to get an A on the course. Thanks!

that should work. I learned the course over a weekend and ended up with an A (mind you i didn't go to any classes - 830AM) and studied only a day or two before the 2 midterms. Just don't overthink - econ is very straight forward

 

[Fakesmile]

that should work. I learned the course over a weekend and ended up with an A (mind you i didn't go to any classes - 830AM) and studied only a day or two before the 2 midterms. Just don't overthink - econ is very straight forward

Are you a genius? If not, it seems like you at least did some studying throughout the semester, unlike me who abandoned it completely until yesteday. When you said you learned it over a weekend, did you mean you also read a whole semester's worth of textbook and lecture note material in a week? Impossible for me! I'm a slow reader.

 

[ArkansasRanger]

Are you a genius? If not, it seems like you at least did some studying throughout the semester, unlike me who abandoned it completely until yesteday. When you said you learned it over a weekend, did you mean you also read a whole semester's worth of textbook and lecture note material in a week? Impossible for me! I'm a slow reader.

So I should've devoted an entire weekend. Ahhhh. I did macroecon one night and pulled a B, lol. I hated that class ugh, it still gives me the creeps, and it was eight years ago.

 

[IceMan0824]

As an Econ major and a tutor for the courses, I will tell you to disregard ChicoMaki's advice. Econ is not easy or straightforward for everyone. There are two types of people in regards to Econ classes: those who just get it, and those who need to keep staring at it before they get it.

The first thing you need to find out is if your class is a more math/equation focused macroeconomics class or one that stress the concepts with qualitative explanations. Trust me when I tell you that both classes can carry the macroecon name and be radically different.

When you find out which type of knowledge your professor is focusing on (quant or not), you need to start studying for that type of test. If there are old exam available, you need to practice those tests and make sure you understand the concepts, if not, go back to the book and reread the chapters. Also, do not be afraid to use external sources like the internet to supplement your textbook (it has been my experience that most intro econ textbooks suck).

You just need to keep going over the questions and problems until you can finally understand instanteously something like what will happen in a open economy if the government finances borrowing with foreign capital but its population don't act rational or are credit constraints (i.e don't save enough to eliminate the public deficit). The answer is the twin deficit by the way.

I can't promise that you will get a 90% on the final, but it is a starting point.

Good Luck.

 

[sizillyd]

It is definitely possible. Just work hard and don't work your mind over time. Just study as much as you can and you will do great!