Where do you study?

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I'm having a hard time concentrating inside my dorm room.
So where do you guys study? Starbucks, the library, McDonalds, local parks?
I could use some study place suggestions.

 

[shadowfox87]

library, anywhere else just doesn't cut it for me. In your room, you'll procrastinate b/c nobody's watching you, so you don't feel guilty. In social places, well you'll tend to be social..

 

[Dr McSexy]

Either at home or since the school campus is open 24/7, random places that are nice and quiet.

 

[EgotiStick]

I mix it up, but probably half is at home. I have a nice little home-office setup.

The other half is at med school libraries and other libraries around campus. I do a little group studying, but thats more towards the "end" of my learning for each block

 

[metallica81788]

School - I can almost never concentrate at home.

I get these cool group study rooms since I get to school early and study alone in those for a little while, then other people come in and study with me. I need a mix of solitary and group study to really be productive.

 

[OveractiveBrain]

I'm having a hard time concentrating inside my dorm room.
So where do you guys study? Starbucks, the library, McDonalds, local parks?
I could use some study place suggestions.

There is a great Ted Talk about getting work done, and why it doesnt get done at the office. Its intended for business people, but works well for students as well.

Treat studying like sleeping. You go through cycles. You cant get to the really deep sleep, the REM sleep, the stuff your body needs without going through phases 1-4. You naturally go through phases 1-4 and eventually end up at REM. If you keep getting woken up before REM, you don't get restful sleep, and are tired all the next day.

Being interuppted from sleep is like distractions while studying. But some distractions are important. Things that people usually identify as barriers to studying are things like internet (facebook, email) or the TV. If you have it, youll use it, and you won't get any work done. The truth is that more people get work done on their own time than they do being forced into an office.

its OK to study at home, even procrastinate a little, if it means you do great studying instead of just some studying. I knew a girl who would spend 12 hours in our student lounge (which was quiet, since we have like 3 buildings) but would study only 5-6 hours while there. She got all As / Hs. When she got into the groove, she did great work. She had to spend a lot of time getting there, but when she was there, it totally worked.

The place people site getting the most work done? The library, the coffee shop, the train, and the plane. Places where regular distractions (important tasks like "do the dishes" or "finish this report" don't happen, and where climate is not an issue). As long as distractions are planned, and controlled (headphones at a coffee shop, pausing to watch two episodes of teh good wife on tivo), they aren't really distractions at all, but rather "sleep phases" getting the student in to the groove.

Probably too much... So, I'll chime in... I studied in my house, at the library, or, when internet wasn't accessible, at McDonlad's (trance pumping through noise canceling headphones with judge judy turned WAY down).

 

[tehdude]

I go somewhere that has absolutely nothing to distract me.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I like white noise usually, so mostly coffee shops. I also do library time when I need a pc nearby.

 

[cbrons]

There is a great Ted Talk about getting work done, and why it doesnt get done at the office. Its intended for business people, but works well for students as well.

Treat studying like sleeping. You go through cycles. You cant get to the really deep sleep, the REM sleep, the stuff your body needs without going through phases 1-4. You naturally go through phases 1-4 and eventually end up at REM. If you keep getting woken up before REM, you don't get restful sleep, and are tired all the next day.

Being interuppted from sleep is like distractions while studying. But some distractions are important. Things that people usually identify as barriers to studying are things like internet (facebook, email) or the TV. If you have it, youll use it, and you won't get any work done. The truth is that more people get work done on their own time than they do being forced into an office.

its OK to study at home, even procrastinate a little, if it means you do great studying instead of just some studying. I knew a girl who would spend 12 hours in our student lounge (which was quiet, since we have like 3 buildings) but would study only 5-6 hours while there. She got all As / Hs. When she got into the groove, she did great work. She had to spend a lot of time getting there, but when she was there, it totally worked.

The place people site getting the most work done? The library, the coffee shop, the train, and the plane. Places where regular distractions (important tasks like "do the dishes" or "finish this report" don't happen, and where climate is not an issue). As long as distractions are planned, and controlled (headphones at a coffee shop, pausing to watch two episodes of teh good wife on tivo), they aren't really distractions at all, but rather "sleep phases" getting the student in to the groove.

Probably too much... So, I'll chime in... I studied in my house, at the library, or, when internet wasn't accessible, at McDonlad's (trance pumping through noise canceling headphones with judge judy turned WAY down).

Interesting, do you know who gave the lecture on TED?

 

[SirGecko]

I like studying at the coffee shop under my apartment. Why? They have coffee there. (also it gets me out of my apartment and I don't have to be in uniform to study there like I would if I went to the library at school, not a common concern I know)

 

[OveractiveBrain]

Interesting, do you know who gave the lecture on TED?

Doi. Should have included the link.

Jason Fried gave this Ted Talk

 

[FunnyCurrent]

I'm having a hard time concentrating inside my dorm room.
So where do you guys study? Starbucks, the library, McDonalds, local parks?
I could use some study place suggestions.

Right now Panera Bread.

What is dorm life like as a medical student? How much do you pay approximately for your dorm room?

 

[betsywetsy]

Studying is for n00bs.

 

[qmcat]

at home or reserve a private study room at school or in the library -- those are pretty nice because they have huge whiteboards

 

[tinery]

I can't study at home, too many distractions: TV, snacks, cleaning (it's amazing how many chores become urgent when you don't want to study)

My top places are Starbucks at a B&N because they're usually really brightly lit and you get non-distracting background noise; big atria at school (libraries are too stuffy), or with ONE friend in an apartment, more than that is distracting.

Panera is OK but it's a little dark for me, and too expensive.