<p>I prioritize. </p>
<p>For example, worksheets and easy assignments that don't need to be typed, I ignore and do during school the next day. At home, I focus on the larger projects and papers I need to get done. :) Then, the night before a test, I reread the chapter(s) that the test is on or do practice problems if it's math. :)</p>
<p>i'm not a straight A student. i missed an A in history by 1pt on the final, but i think the biggest thing for me atleast was doing exactly what the guy above me said. do the important stuff and home. turn in all your homework. study like hell the nights before the tests.</p>
<p>how to get straight A's?</p>
<p>JUST DO IT!!........does that help? :)</p>
<p>It is all on the mind... smart mind = good scorers even if they have horrible time managing and self-discipline.</p>
<p>hm. be productive when it is necessary. this helps alot with hw and projects and saves time. </p>
<p>and when the time comes, turn off all distractions and whatnot.</p>
<p>I can only give one tip, but I think it's the most important advice I could offer anyone in high school. Allot your time to specific tasks! I would surely have gone insane by now if I didn't divide up my homework and activities into manageable chunks. At the end of the day, I'll have written down all of the things I have to do. Then I decide when to do them, so it doesn't seem like such an overwhelming task. Maybe I'll do math and english homework at home around 6pm, because I need to use a computer, then I'll do french at school before first period tomorrow, and history during lunch. This "system" lets me be a procrastinator but still feel accomplished and get things done. Good luck!</p>
<p>well here's my schedule...
6:30am- wake up get ready for school
7:00am- do hw for classes i didn't get done the night before (typically calculus)
7:35am- school
3:00pm- lifting for football
5:00pm- shower
5:30pm- chill for an hour
6:30pm- eat dinner
7:00pm- hw for four hours (this includes three AP classes and an insane spanish three teacher who believes mexico is the greatest country on earth... seriously)
11:30- sleep</p>
<p>repeat routine daily, fit in social life and ec's where possible, typically weekends</p>
<p>I think those who have responded before me have hit the nail on the head: it all boils down to dedication and perspiration in the end.</p>
<p>I consider myself lucky as most of my EC's meet during lunch-time (school policy). I'm involved in: French Honor Society (President), Key Club (Vice President), Newspaper (Copy Editor), Students for Change in Darfur (Treasurer).</p>
<p>I'm a regular member of the: National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, and Yearbook. I also am a teen volunteer at the local library.</p>
<p>If this helps, here is my daily schedule:</p>
<p>5:00am --> Wake up.
5:00am - 5:45am --> Get ready.
5:45am - 6:15am --> Study (I don't do any homework/assignments during this time. Only studying).
6:15am - 6:30am --> Eat Breakfast
6:30am - 6:50am --> Watch television/Relax.
6:50am --> Head to school</p>
<p>7:25am - 2:10pm --> School & EC's</p>
<p>2:20pm - 4:00pm --> Homework
4:00pm - 5:00pm --> Finish any school-related/EC-related work (long-term projects, fundraising ideas, book reviews for the library website, etc.)
5:00pm - 5:45pm --> Read/Study
5:45pm - 6:30pm --> Relax
6:30pm - 7:30pm --> Dinner
7:30pm - 8:15pm --> Shower/Straighten my hair/Choose clothes for the next day.
8:15pm - 9:30pm --> Relax/Surf the net/Watch television
9:30pm --> Sleep!</p>
<p>Since I'm an early sleeper, I usually TiVo all my shows and watch them on the weekend. I do all my socializing on the weekends/school breaks too as the week is busy with school work. </p>
<p>I also have tons of fun and do loads of "work" during the summer time. I have participated in two college-sponsored summer programs (one lasted three weeks, the other was only one week), volunteered a lot at a local hospital (community service hours > 200), and taken several college-level classes at the local community college. I've even been able to take a month long volunteer trip to a third-world country and that was amazing!</p>
<p>So I guess the moral of the story is use your time wisely and prioritize. Study hard and play hard I suppose.</p>
<p>i dont know.</p>
<p>GUElle, i wish i could do that...i'm really jealous of people who can keep themselves on a schedule.</p>
<p>i'm a procrastinator to the max. i never study or do any homework until the day they're due, so i'm constantly stressed, but i manage to pull my straight A's because of the pressure/stress i put myself under by procrastinating.
for english, i write my essays during my lunch periods (30 min.) but i do my brainstorming on the bus to school. the pressure to finish makes me do the essays much better than i would if i had a lot of time on my hands.</p>
<p>Um...I do my homework at random times...study hall, in the morning if I skipped a few the previous the night. In between eating dinner and surfing the net. I get it all done, but NEVER stress myself out over it. </p>
<p>Stressing makes me unable to think straight.</p>
<p>My clubs don't typically last longer than an hour, so I don't really see how that would affect my homework "routine".</p>
<p>School-related? xD HAHAHAHA...no. I only do school-related things that are necessary, unless it's my clubs. I spend the majority of my home time watching TV and on the internet.</p>
<p>I guess I sort of have a routine though:</p>
<p>6:00 Get up
6:30 Take Shower
7:30 Leave for school
8:00 Eat breakfast
8:10 Do left over HW/Ask teachers questions/Study
8:25 Classes start</p>
<p>3:10 Leave school
3:30 Eat microwave meal or Peanut butter sandwich
4:00 Get on Computer
5:00-12:30 Watch TV, Internet, and Intervals of HW in between the two
7:00 Dinner</p>
<p>...or something like that</p>
<p>I'm not a 4.0'er, but I have a 3.72 which is still an "A" average I guess.</p>
<p>Basically, do all your homework, study for tests, and spend more time on the classes ur bad at and you'll get a pretty good GPA. It's seriously not as hard as everyone thinks.
And you can't take it too seriously. Just kind of go with the flow and chill. If you obsess, you'll get stressed, blow evertything off, and get a 1.7 GPA.</p>
<p>Dedication is more important that pure intelligence.</p>
<p>Do the simple things really well and you'll find it easy to make good grades. Don't lose points on stupid things like not doing homework, turning in assignments late, etc. Don't procrastinate; actually study for tests. If you have the will to work you will be rewarded. And it's possible to do while maintaining your social life.</p>
<p>Sleep 20 hours daily. A natural gift from Zeus will come eventually, where you'll have that "sudden" enlightenment.</p>
<p>^Yeah, that's when Pikachu will fall out of the sky and hit you in the face.</p>
<p>I know how you feel. I'm a straight B student, and I keep up with all of my homework, I don't stay up late, and I try my best to pay attention in class. I have ADHD (as in diagnosed with it and prescribed medicine for) and I'm pretty sure that's the factor in hindering essential areas that I need to understand in order to make me an A student. Without my medication, I can survive, but I'd be more like a C average than an B average haha!</p>
<p>I do homework from 4 until 10 most days, except when I have meetings, play practice, community service stuff etc. I get stressed out a lot and it's not fun. When I have an A in a class and someone who didn't study as much as I did has an A+ I get frustrated. Basically being an overachiever isn't fun... at all. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.</p>
<p>same thing that zombies say: "brainsssss..."</p>
<p>@mcb52</p>
<p>I know what you mean. There are two types of overachievers: ones that are naturally gifted and those that put in a lot of effort/time. </p>
<p>I'm (unfortunately) not naturally talented so I have to put in a lot of time/energy into my schoolwork. It gets frustrating at times, seeing some students literally sleep through classes and still understand everything while I'm spending lots of time trying to grasp the same concepts. </p>
<p>BUT in the end, natural ability can only take a person so far. At some point, you've got to put in the effort in order to succeed. And we've already got some practice in doing just that!</p>
<p>Wow, you guys finish school so much earlier than I do... </p>
<p>So I have a daily routine I guess which changes slightly every year...</p>
<p>7:00 -- Wake up and get ready
7:30 -- Eat
7:40 -- Brush teeth
7:50 -- Ride bus & go to school
8:10 -- Tutorials - get help on homework
8:30 -- Go to classes
3:50 -- Athletics practice (I'm not going to say what sport it is)
6:00 -- Go home
6:30 -- Eat and wash
7:20 -- Homework/ Study/ etc.
9 ~ 11 Chill & sleep</p>
<p>So far, it's been really hectic. School finishes so late & we hardly get any holidays. We go to school even on President's Day >:/</p>
<p>I don't really watch TV, don't have time, don't really use the phone, not so much the computer except when I'm bored and just want to do something else... Don't really pay attention to looks and stuff, not really into relationships. So yea... Pretty much my schedule is boring, but this semester my lowest grade on my progress report was a 97...</p>
<p>BTW, I'm not an android or whatever, :B
& yea, the people are pretty much right on what they said about definately paying attention in class- eye contact, hard work, stay after classes, extra-credits, asking questions, keeping an agenda, good sleep, good food, good study habits (flash cards, review notes, acronyms, songs, whatever floats your boat), wanting to get good grades and learn; If you show you're working hard, they're more than likely to give you a better grade for effort or even round up that 88 or 89. I have a competetive nature, so I want to score better and learn more than other people. Oh, and hang around people that are smart. You'll be talking about stuff like how thylakoids look like pancakes, hehe :D</p>
<p>-Tiger</p>