<p>how do you guys remember stuff for a stuff? like do you have method or do you simply keep saying it to yourself till you remember it></p>
<p>One way I stayed on top of my classes for notes and remembering stuff was taking notes. Constantly. Like I would sit for 3-4 hours taking verbatim notes from the chapter. I would copy down the entire chapter and then I would review. In the car, and in school, and before the test. This way I would have all this knowledge in my head floating.</p>
<p>Now I didn’t think this was cramming. I did this days before a test was scheduled. I had to do it, to remember all the facts and then some.</p>
<p>Now the actual, helpful part, with all the studying and notes I had, I would read and be able to make connections between the information. When the test rolled around, I would have all the concepts in my head, and as I read the questions, all the other information floated in and would be there. </p>
<p>Kind-of overkill, but it worked for me. You gotta adapt though to your schedule. Over this summer, I’ve started taking more direct, faster notes that get to the point. Then I throw it into quizlet, and just study the notecards.</p>
<p>If you take AP Psych, you’ll learn that the best way to retain information is self rehearsal- that is, repeating information over and over again in your head. This is essentially what copying notes is. </p>
<p>Another way to retain information is to assign strong visual ties to an otherwise meaningless word. If you want to be a doctor, you can remember that the pelvis socket is called the acetabulum by knowing that “acetabulum” means “little cup of vinegar,” which is exactly what the socket looks like. </p>
<p>Suppose you have a list:
-Math
-Apple
-English
-Pi
-Harry Potter
-College
-Confidential</p>
<p>First you would read “math”, then you would cover the first word and recite it out loud. Then you would read “Apple”, then cover both and recite both words. Then read “English”, cover the previous words and recite them aloud. If you fail to say the words correctly then redo that string of words. This technique is also good for remembering numbers and pairing of words. </p>
<p>-BreakingSAT</p>
<p>It depends on what I’m trying to memorise - I’m a VERY visually-oriented person, so if, for example, I’m trying to memorise ending charts in Latin or Ancient Greek, I write them out from memory, even if I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. Then, I compare my answers to the correct answers. If I’m incorrect, I type or write the correct answer over/in place of my incorrect answer in bright red. Then I repeat until I can do it all perfectly multiple times. I have pitch/letter/number --> colour synaesthesia, so I use that to my advantage, but that probably wouldn’t help most people ^.^</p>
<p>I got my mobile quizlet</p>
<p>Oddly enough, my best memorization comes from reading the same book over and over again. Books with special assignments, questions, and images are the best because I remember every fact with respect to its location on the page. For example, I took precalculus three years ago, and I can still remember that the polar equations section of the textbook started about two inches below the top of a right-hand page and featured multiple polar graphs directly below the section title.</p>
<p>If we’ve got any prospective psych majors in the house, feel free to shed some light on this!</p>
<p>Repetition is key for me (:</p>
<p>A few other tricks as well though, I’m hoping to really further optimize how I study this year.</p>
<p>More than anything, you need to maintain focus. No one ever really remembers something if they have not paid any attention to it. You must get into the mindset that it is you are on a mission to remember everything. Also looking over your notes and revising things. For history (which I used to despise), I pretend that there is a story that I have been assigned to uncover and I have to get down all the important*** facts. Just don’t let anything seem daunting to you. That’s when things get overwhelming and you worry too much & ultimately get nothing done. </p>
<p>Reading out loud to myself usually helps.</p>
<p>Try mnemonic devices.</p>
<p>For instance, I memorized a section of the periodic table by pronouncing the following:</p>
<p>Namgal Sipsclar K-casc TiV Crmn Feconi </p>
<p>If you use quizlet, try flashcardlet (it’s an iPhone app) that lets you star the words/terms/etc. that you have trouble with and then later you can choose to just review the ones you miss. It lets you get card decks from quizlet as well. Otherwise, I just read things over and over again, underline or highlight key parts to remember, and have a friend ask me questions about the material.</p>