<p>How do you guys with countless of AP classes manage to get straight A's and still maintain a schedule with extracurriculars?</p>
<p>What strategy do you guys use, how do you manage your time? How do you study? </p>
<p>I think these tips would help us all the most. :)</p>
<p>I figured it out: do your homework during class.</p>
<p>Also has any specific books helped you at all? Do you read alot of stuff that is not assigned in school?</p>
<p>YOU BECOME A SLAVE TO STUDYING......YOUR MASTER IS SCHOOL.......AND YOUR ITS SLAVE.......thats how you do it</p>
<p>I used to have spare reading periods. High school doesn't allow me with that special time anymore. Doing homework in class or free period is a good idea. Saves a lot of time. Study more in the classes that you are struggling in.</p>
<p>Thats a good idea. </p>
<p>What about study tactics? Any specific note-taking strategies, or organization skills that have helped you? Do you take or organize your notes in a special way?</p>
<p>Do you think you prepare for tests in a special way.</p>
<p>Because think about it. To get straight 95+ in all classes, the main criteria is basically homework and quizzes/tests. Quizzes and tests being the most important obviously, to have high scores like that you do need to get atleast many 100's on them. </p>
<p>So what special strategies do you have to preparing for weekly tests in your hard classes in history (like AP history) or science, math, english aswell. I would have to say history and english are in the same league, both require interpretation and lots of detail. Science is in the middle, and math I believe is practice.</p>
<p>But how do you schedule, and find the time to prepare for these classes, do the reading, etc, besides just doing work in class. And what strategies do you use to remember all the info?</p>
<p>dude......everyone has their own style of studying tactics......looks like your eager to do well in school.......you have to find your own way. you know yourself better than anyone of us...i mean we can tell many ways but in the end, its you who have to do well in school, so you need to find your own strategy.....somepeople dont study and ace tests, while others have to study their butt off to do well....its all about individualism</p>
<p>Pay attention....close attention...in class so you don't have to study much. Or else do homework all through the class for whatever class comes next and study for tests in the class preceding that one. Either works. :)</p>
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dude......everyone has their own style of studying tactics......looks like your eager to do well in school.......you have to find your own way. you know yourself better than anyone of us...i mean we can tell many ways but in the end, its you who have to do well in school, so you need to find your own strategy.....somepeople dont study and ace tests, while others have to study their butt off to do well....its all about individualism
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<p>Its individualistic to the extent that you have tried all the current strategies, especially other people's strategies and tactics, THEN after trying all of them do you develop your own. Personally, I just want to learn how you guys do it, for the sake of learning how you guys do it, and possibly applying some of these strategies myself. Some of the tips have been helpful already, I haven't noticed the possibility of trying to do most of my work in class, so I will definately try that for myself, and see if it works for me, if it doesn't, then I scratch it.</p>
<p>So if you have any special tactics, strategies, or just anything that you think helps you get the grades you get, share them. I am sure it will help me aswell as many others. :)</p>
<p>alright then...here is what i do:
take note in class that i think is important
pay attention to the teacher
ask question if i have uncertaintty
do hw in home and free periods
go to x-tra help in classess i am struggling
look over the notes i took in class for physics and review them a little
read the textbook to gain more knowlede
when i have few minutes to spare, i pull out a review book and do some practice question (especially in math and physic)
read the required english books that are assigned.....take notes (look at literary elements, author's technique, motiffs, themes etc)
brainstorm ideas before writing an essay
STUDY FOR A TEST FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT PRIOR TO THE TEST
and my parents let me stay home if i am not prepared to take a test ( I DONT ABUSE IT BECAUSE ITS A VERY GOOD PRIVILIGE I GOT AND IT HELPS ME OUT A LOT)</p>
<p>Don't fall asleep in class. I never do, although this year has been getting to me. If you are on the verge of falling asleep, take notes. I usually think about the homework I have to do and what tests/quizzes are coming up during the week if I am about to fall asleep. It keep my mind running endlessly on random thoughts.</p>
<p>Now what about remembering techniques (not memorization, unless you really depend on that). How are you guys able to actually remember detailed AP European history texts, AP biology, AP English, etc and get atleast a 95 in the tests... which is basically like only 1 or 2 wrong.</p>
<p>^ Talk to yourself. If you can, find a place where you can study in solitude. If you need to talk to memorize, you wouldn't have to worry about acting like a lunatic because there's no one there to make fun of you.</p>
<p>Repetition is key.. whether it's through notecards or rereading textbook material. I prefer the latter cause I'm too lazy.</p>
<p>Well, if you're memorizing vocabulary, flash cards help a lot. Acts as a good visual aid and retains memory.</p>
<p>Also consider the fact that you don't really need to take AP classes to the hilt. Why not just sit back, relax, take just a few AP classes, and still do as well in the long run? 10 years from now, nobody will care about what you were like in high school.</p>
<p>Jhsu's right.</p>
<pre><code> have fun. I find that when I'm enjoying what I do I get good grades....
For history APs this little trick saves me everytime: make jokes about EVERYTHING --> especially names.
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<p>I pay attention in classes.
I don't do homework unless it's graded/checked.
Study for all tests the night before.
Read the book and do sample problems in math/sci classes - the real problems take too long.
Procrastinate work a lot and study for tests when you're half asleep.
Do assignments and papers the night before.
I work well under pressure and I need serious motivation (lack of time) to produce my best quality work.</p>
<p>** I would not recommend my way for anyone... it's horrible, but it works for me for now. **</p>
<p>i use post-it notes with things I HAVE TO DO and put them all over my daily planner...... and i force myself to cross out everything before i go to bed at night... i keep tabs on my tests/quizzes regularly and the moment i dont understand sth, i pose a question...............................</p>
<p>when i start to lose focus, i just think about what i'm working towards.......................</p>
<p>I think paying attention is very important, especially in classes where thesubject doesn't come naturally to you.</p>
<p>For instance, I never payed much attention during Year 12 calculus and yet i was always getting near enough to a perfect score in every test. I would do practise questions for homework from time to time, but they would mainly be extension problems, or questions on a totally unrelated area. Where as in French, I found that when I listened intentively for a week or so of class, I would do well in an upcoming test. And yet I didn't do one bit of French homework throughout the entire year.</p>
<p>It totally depends on you and the subjects you take. you'll find out wat maximises your performance through experience and analysing your mistakes and successes in the process.</p>