<p>Hello fellow CC members! Please share your time-saving tips that have helped you manage busy schedules in high school. Thanks!</p>
<p>Make effective use of your free periods…don’t just talk with your friends if you have important assignments due</p>
<p>In your homework planner, write how long you think it will take you to do each assignment, and try to stay under that amount of time when doing it</p>
<p>Do important things first, and save less important things for later</p>
<p>Do something.</p>
<p>Don’t psych yourself out about whether or not you think you can do something, but instead pursue the goal at maximum effort.</p>
<p>Stay off CC until your homework is finished.</p>
<p>The glass isn’t half full or half empty, the glass is twice the size it needs to be.</p>
<p>If you care about being the stereotypical responsible student, ignore this.
- Don’t do busywork unless your grades depend on it. I skip all stupid assignments, since a 91=100=A at my school.
- Skip school to study. If you aren’t learning anything at school, why not learn more at home?
- Quick lunch + Library = ~30-50 minutes of productiveness. This one isn’t really an “irresponsible” idea.
- Prioritize! Classes where hw is weighted low should always have hw done last, unless you HAVE to do the hw to get good test scores.
- Get your CC surfing done during class. Lol I do this a lot.
- Best one: work on HW during class. I get SO much done doing this that I rarely, if ever, have hw to do at home. I have this really nice folder that I open and work on other things. If the teacher walks by, I shift my classwork to the other side.
Be prepared to have the least amount of work you’ve ever had. :)</p>
<p>When you are in your productive mode do as much work as possible, when you can’t focus do less work</p>
<p>Check all social networking sites before or after you do your homework. Don’t check it while you’re doing an assignment/studying for a test. </p>
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<li>I would definitely recommend doing all assignments so that you have something to fall back on if you screw up a test. </li>
<li>Have some kind of planner and calendar. Google owns my soul, so I use Google Calendar and the Tasks function in Gmail. </li>
<li>If you can concentrate with stuff going on in the background, I’d recommend listening to music or interesting lectures while you’re doing boring work. </li>
<li>Go somewhere other than your house. I can usually get more work done at the library than I do at home because the ambiance is better. </li>
<li>Start things as soon as they’re assigned. You don’t have to finish them, but at least write your name at the top of a piece of paper or something. </li>
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<p>I always tell my friends: If you don’t see a desired improvement in your grades then change your study habits. Even if it means skipping naps and studying more than others. Don’t compare yourself with the valedictorian or the kid with 10,000 EC’s. Focus on yourself and becoming a well-rounded individual. </p>
<p>With that said, definitely don’t waste time and do homework during school. Prevent procrastination as much as possible, it’s a terrible habit. Skip social networking sites and video games until the weekend. Make a concrete schedule that works for you. Organization is a must if you are overwhelmed by a busy schedule. Trust me, if you use your time wisely you’ll see yourself becoming more responsible and perhaps sleeping more and having more energy for the day, as long as you have a balance between your classes and EC’s. You have to take into account if it’s too much, and maybe play a little give and take according to your priorities.</p>
<p>Learn from your failures and literally program yourself to start over again and do the best you can, or more if possible. 
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<p>Well, you see, I don’t think organization or a planner is key. I don’t use a planner but just remember what homework assignment I have left. I also communicate with my friends and remind myself by asking them if there is homework in ___ class. The key is to work on everything during school, now don’t skip school like another guy said (that is just plain stupid in my opinion). If there is nothing going on in your class, ask your teacher if you can go to a quiet place (or the media center where I go) to work on anything that needs to be done. </p>
<p>^ Better to have good orginizational habits now, in college you won’t be doing your assignments in class or asking your friends about homework! [-X </p>
<p>@Magicial Skipping school to study is only advisable iff your school is academically inferior AND you’re studying for AP tests or being overwhelmed with extracurricular activities.
Like halycoln mentioned, podcasts/lectures while doing boring homework is something that I also recommend! </p>
<p>1) Exercise, that always helps me to feel like I have more energy
2) Have a life other than grades or you could possibly develop test anxiety
3) Have confidence in yourself; if you’ve studied for hours and you usually set the scale… you’re more than likely going to set the scale again (even if you feel as if you are failing)
4) Blow off homework and do something to get rid of your stress every once in awhile; skip school the next day to finish it if you have to. (Btw, skipping school is not always stupid; two or three times a year to relieve some stress is not a bad thing IMHO)
5) Homework before CC</p>
<p>Don’t listen to lectures or podcasts while studyings. It just divides your attention. They are not like music. Try out a lot of the suggestions and see if they work for you. </p>
<p>I hope this becomes a hot topic; it’s way more helpful than a lot of the other HSL threads.</p>
<p>Kill your homework faster than your teachers can assign them, then you have free time to do what you want.</p>
<p>Bleh I hate to say this, but BS the busywork and find effective study techniques such as using the AP review books. As an engineer, a lot of classes that are memory intensive I view as simply requirements and will find the easiest way to simply get by with an A and pass the AP test to rid the requirement from college. If you stay focused on the items you need to know, you will excel.</p>
<p>golden rule: maximum output using minimum input
double golden rule: double maximum output using double minimum input.</p>
<p>if u werk twice as hard u get twise the results</p>