<p>I always wondered how others stufy for their classes [regular and pre-med classes].</p>
<p>Do you guys:</p>
<ol>
<li>Read over the relevant material and then go to lecture, take notes</li>
<li>Go to lecture, take notes, and then read over the text before attempting the hw</li>
<li>only go to lecture and take notes, never read or even buy the textbook[s]</li>
<li>other</li>
</ol>
<p>Share your story! I personally go to lecture and take notes, and then read the relevant text material before attempting the hw. </p>
<p>I understand this is a personal thing and there is no right or wrong, this is just for fun :)</p>
<p>when i was dual-enrolled at Drexel U. I would:</p>
<p>read relevant textbook chapters before class
go to lecture & take notes
review notes and skim the text
do p-sets/homework</p>
<p>I plan to stick with this formula in college. I don’t know if it’s overkill or not, but it really helps to integrate things into the long term memory. I didn’t do any of that stuff for my high school classes and consequently, I’ve forgotten everything i’ve ever learned in high school. Now I’m stuck reading over bio and chem books my summer before college. :/</p>
<p>For all classes, I skim/passively read chapters / sections before class, go to lecture take notes, undertake an indepth reading while outlining key topics, do homework sets. </p>
<p>Then, for major classes, I pick out the problems that gave me the most trouble and re-write my notes with my outline in a marble notebook with those most difficult problems at the end. I don’t do this for gen-ed / non-major classes.</p>
<p>I end up with my own little textbook at the end of the course that has the material written in a in a clear coincise format the way I understand it. Lot of work, end up spending about 4-5 hours per each class, but this way I’ll have good notes to refer back to for subsequent courses and in my career. Plus it makes it easy to study for finals.</p>