Learning How to Study

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Ok, so I'm a hs senior and will be graduating this June. I've always made good grades, am a naturally decent writer, and have always found school rather easy and boring - at least until I got a social life.</p>

<p>Anyways, I've recently come to the realization, in part due to chem AP, that I should either learn to study now or receive a huge culture shock in the beginning of my college education (been accepted to and will be attending USNA). I've never really found the need to before, and I've still managed to pull off good grades in hard classes. However, I know this needs to change. At Annapolis they cover a whole year of calc AP in the first six weeks, and I'm not even taking a calc class this year, so I need to teach myself or at the very least get a good grasp on the basics.</p>

<p>In short: how do I learn to set aside everything else and just face the books until I have everything memorized when I've never had to before? Just suck it up and do it, or is it something I'll have to learn through experience (i.e. getting terrible grades until I do)?</p>

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<p>I don’t know how to study either… I just do my homework.</p>

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<p>Two words: Cal Newport.</p>

<p>Google it and make him your best friend. He has perfected studying (while remaining as lazy as possible).</p>

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<p>^Seconded.</p>

<p>[Study</a> Hacks](<a href=“http://www.calnewport.com/blog/]Study”>Study Hacks - Decoding Patterns of Success - Cal Newport) <—Great blog. Minimal effort with maximum results.</p>

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<p>A good science textbook will be easy to read.
A good math textbook will have all the equations you need to memorize in boxes. memorize the boxes.
A good english/history book will be hilarious.
If you don’t have a good textbook…not so good.</p>