<p>Whats your choice on studying? Do you read the book? Look over notes? Study the week before a midterm? Go to tutoring? Patrickjmt? What kind of results do you get (grade)? Which class?</p>
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<p>I blow off studying until the night before and it works out pretty well.</p>
<p>I just go to class and do the hardest (most stars or w/e) homework questions.</p>
<p>Problems, problems and more problems. There should be no problem that you can find that you don’t know how to solve. Get a study group and do as many problems as you can. Look for themes and generalizations. Break problems into smaller problems until you can solve them. Study far enough in advance and bring problems that your group can’t solve to office hours.</p>
<p>I read the book and summarize the materials in my words. Then I attempt to do the sample problems, which are usually easy and trivial, but help me understand what I studied. Then I do homework. Before the exam, I really dont have to study much. I Just go through my note. I think the key for studying math, science, or engineering courses is to put enough time to understand the materials. Simply memorizing does nothing for these courses.</p>
<p>Keep up with the class. Don’t stop. Try to do as many problems as possible. Go to tutoring if there’s one. Make friends with your classmate. Go to office hours.
READ READ READ.</p>
<p>PROBLEMS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS
Also, start learning using Google efficently. Say for physics…
type in keywords like “wave pdf lecture” "ppt wave ", etc…</p>
<p>Thanks keep the advice and studying techniques coming. I will definitely try the new ones out. Usually I go to class take notes, go to tutoring to do my homework. That’s pretty much it.then a week before midterms that’s when I get down and dirty with the material to fully understand the concepts. </p>
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<p>I always try to get homework done ASAP to make sure I understand concepts, and if Im struggling then I turn to the textbook or ask my professor. I also try not to work with others as it tends to be a waste of my time and when it comes to test and quizzes it comes down to what you know and not what your group knows, but thats just me it might be different in other people’s cases. Also if your professor posts sample midterms/quizzes, DO THEM!</p>
<p>No one has mentioned this yet, but I feel it is important. Try and take breaks to let your mind rest once an hour or so at least and make sure you get plenty of sleep. Trust me, an extra hour of studying usually isn’t worth it at the expense of a good night’s sleep before an exam. I have a huge exam tomorrow, and I plan to be in bed by 10 tonight.</p>
<p>I found that working with others can be quite productive sometimes (though I’m sure there are people who have experienced the opposite). If you’re staring at the same problem for an hour and still don’t get it, chances are another hour won’t help. That’s when it time to ask a friend for help.</p>
<p>damn jwxie thanks for the tip about learning how to use google efficiently.it’s helping right now… hah
The other comments are looking good. they sound like successful tips to a good student. I will for sure do my homework ASAP, I will get a goodnight sleep before the test. And i’ll try to work with others. hah Thanks for the tips</p>
<p>Since most of my classes are math-based, I just pick out the hardest math problems from the book and work them out on my board. Once I’ve done that, I move on to easier ones. I do this collectively before an exam as well.</p>
<p>Uh huh keep them coming.</p>
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<p>Man, you youngbucks now have the internet which I did not have as an undergrad.</p>
<p>When I went to grad school (about 9 years after undergrad), there was not a question nor solved similar problem that I could not find on the net.</p>
<p>…made grad school so much easier.</p>
<p>Yea I can see how it would be a lot harder without the internet. I’ve only used a library once during the 2 years I’ve been in college haha</p>
<p>lol how did it make grad school easier? is it because you had to actually find a way to solve the problem?</p>
<p>Yet I’m not a college student, but I found khanacademy.com to be very helpful. Sal is a man of wisdom. I didn’t learn much in class when I took AP Calc, AP Physics, and AP Chem. Sal’s videos helped me to understand the concepts.</p>
<p>Here’s a quote from him:
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<p>Recite and repeat.</p>
<p>lol very interesting…anybody else? I used some of these tips for my midterm this past thursday and friday lets hope they worked lol</p>
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<p>Nobody has mentioned the most important thing - Old Exams! Engineering problems look exactly the same as past exams. Just get those down, understand the concepts, and you’re good to go.</p>