<p>I think that it would be a really helpful idea if everyone posted their best study tips. Of course, there isn't a single method that will work perfectly for every type of student... but the more ideas, the better. So, come on!</p>
<p>I read the material like five minutes before the test.</p>
<p>Don't procrastinate. Review your notes every day. Study a bit each day, not just the day before the test. If you're memorizing facts, maybe come up with acronyms or word pictures to help you remember.</p>
<p>Cramming right before always works a little better if you've already read the stuff once...</p>
<p>Usually I just pay attention in class, and don't study at home. Then, the morning of the test, I cram insanely, and my final average for this year was 98.16 ( highest in my grade.) However, procrastination really isn't cool. It's worked so far, but I'd like to quit.</p>
<p>flash cards! (for some things)</p>
<p>take them everwhere you go to study easily</p>
<p>CrazedAmbition: Procrastination is awesome. Don't be hatin'. :D</p>
<p>also, eat nutrituous meals (esp breakfast) and try to sleep at least 7 hours.</p>
<p>good luck! :)</p>
<p>I just always feel so unprepared when my classmates have their home-written notes and studyguides with them. I hate to hear them repeat useless facts that really onyl show that they stayed up memorizing answers to random questions.... and I hate that everyone gets upset when I get a higher grade, because I didn't " study." Studying is more than memorizing, it is more important to learn and understand!</p>
<p>^^Exactly. If people would just actually LISTEN to the teacher and not write down what they say verbatim, they might actually understand the material covered.</p>
<p>I'm also taking my first AP class this year. Of course, the pre-requisite was writing a paper long enough to be published as one of three comprehensive essays in a scholarly-type book.</p>
<p>^^What the hell?</p>
<p>Torture...... evil assignment.... I started trying to sound passionate, and immersing myself in the topic. Of course, 15 pages later, I think my paper has lost its spirit. It's almost dead. The conclusion is actually a dramatic realization, written in pretty language that makes it sound like I am a writer in love with the sound of my own voice.</p>
<p>^^LMAO. What AP class was this for? It would have been even more cruel and unusual if it had been an AP science course...<em>shivers</em></p>
<p>AP European History ( 10 char.... errrrr)</p>
<p>Geez, you must have a horrible teacher...</p>
<p>Why the hell did he/she make you do that to get into that class?</p>
<p>Other students say she is the best teacher they have ever had in their life. She just doesn't like students getting " lazy" over the summer.</p>
<p>The teacher said it's because we are AP students..... we have to know how to take a thesis, prove it, expand on it, give it a view, etc. And, if you can't handle the paper, you should ask to be moved out of the class. ( We are sophomores, students with the highest average are placed into the class)</p>
<p>Jesus Christ, that's crazy.<br>
My school only offers four APs (I can only take two because they are all scheduled together...).<br>
APUSH and AP World History are offered alternate years and are a serious joke at my school.<br>
AP Calculus AB is a really good class (the teacher always has students score 4-5).
AP English Comp & Lit is hard as hell (the teacher is a psycho) but it's a really good class.</p>
<p>NONE of those classes requires summer papers...Though we did have to read three novels for English...</p>