<p>Thanks a lot for your very informative, detailed response mikeyc765. I guess what I was doing fit into #2 of what you suggested I shouldn’t do, which is to “read” my notes to study. I was essentially reading the textbook, taking notes of practically EVERYTHING in the book because I wasn’t sure what to specifically narrow down and then become overwhelmed later when studying for exams because I took too many notes (if that makes sense). </p>
<p>Cornell notes would probably be a great start I guess since it forces me to think of questions to ask and to eventually answer.</p>