<p>I'm a 2nd year, and I feel like I should know this by now. How do you handle all the readings assigned, especially when you get that one professor who assigns 100 pg/week?
Do you try cutting back on nonproductive things like Facebook? But even then, how does one retain all the information read? **
Do you just skim, only looking for things that overlap with lecture material?
**Do you just not read, depending on the class, and hope lecture is enough?
Please feel free to share advice and experience. :)</p>
<p>depends a ton on the type of class and whether there are essays, short-answers, multiple choice questions, etcetera on the tests. for most classes, it seems like a lot of the readings are unnecessary and do not necessitate a complete reading. if i know the professor is going to give me a study guide for the test, i’ll just put off the readings until i get the study guide and then control f the readings. that usually saves time.</p>
<p>I don’t know how you guys do it. My D is at UT in a major known for reading and writing intensive courses and it is common for her to have 500+ page per week. She says she has just gotten faster at it. But with that said it is not uncommon for her to spend 4-6 hours per day outside of class on reading, research and writing.</p>
<p>I guess what I really meant to ask is how you handle all of your <em>combined</em> readings. I was wondering if anyone had any tips, before I resolve to just read and take notes on several textbook pages.</p>
<p>So many views, so little response 
Any contributors?</p>
<p>There is no magic formula. You simply have to just do the work.</p>