<p>I am trying to get my grades up this semester to boost my chances for a top college, however I find it extremely hard to</p>
<p>(a)start working
(b)keep working
(c)motivate myself</p>
<p>As soon as I think of work, like "I need to do my maths homework", I get this overpowering lethargic feeling which keeps me from doing anything.
See? Right now is a good example. I should be working, but I'm posting here instead.
I'm a lazy b*****d. </p>
<p>So basically what I'm asking is, please give me tips on how to start working and keep working. Also, do you recommend me studying every night?
I want to get at least a 3.8 GPA by the end of this year and keep it up for the two years I have left in school, so basically to achieve this what do I need to do?</p>
<p>Anyone else have this problem? Right now my GPA is 2.9-3.0.</p>
<p>By the way I'd like to get into Georgetown (really like to get into this one), Columbia (same as previous), Yale, Harvard (as a graduate, and study law), Berkeley, Cornell (my heart is set on this one), University of Chicago, Duke, Stanford or Brown.
Also maybe Queen's in Canada (very selective)</p>
<p>try breaking up what you have to do and giving yourself little rewards...such as doing 5 math problems instead of the 30 or however many you have and after the 5 doing something you like, eating a piece of chocolate or playing a short game whatever... about the studying every night if you are taking the most advanced courses at your school then doing that work should be enough to keep you busy...make short term goals and find out exactly what helps you and hurts you; if you study with friends do you get anything done? if not then don't; if you start as soon as you get home from school do you end up finishing? if yes then don't put it off, ever</p>
<p>I would use the colleges that you listed as your motivation to work (anytime you're feeling really lazy just think of going to Cornell or Georgetown). I was kind of hitting a wall last year with my work when I started visiting schools and it really helped me stay motivated. good luck dude.</p>
<p>Statman and Hyp, why don't you give Nick a break? It sounds like it may be his freshman or sophomore year, which means he still has time to bring his grades up. Besides, why do you want to be rude and hurtful to someone you don't even know, instead of encouraging them? It's just lame.</p>
<p>Best of luck at achieving your dreams, Nick.</p>
<p>I think it's good that you're trying to get yourself to work. You just have to force yourself to do it- it's not any fun for anyone. The real question is how badly do you want it. If you want it enough, then actually doing it is no problem. You just have to be a jerk to yourself, and don't let yourself make any excuses.</p>
<p>If you can't get yourself to work, then why do you even want to go to a top college? They're filled with workaholics. State schools will give you a good enough degree to pursue any field, and you'll have more fun in college.</p>
<p>hey nick. heres a cool idea. my high school maths teacher used to give out huge sets of maths problems to solve. what i did was i designed a software dat solved the problems step by step and then i could print out those steps on the paper. so the next time i got 30 problems i handed my lil sis the sheet and told her to enter everything in the software make a word document of the steps and print them out. problem solved. Just try to imagine dat whtever u r doing now will payoff later and try to motivate urself with dat and in university choose a major about something dat u r passionate about. cuz when u r doing something u r passionate about u dont view that as work but as fun. and ur passion is ur motivation.</p>
<p>Wow, man. You embody laziness. Doing stuff like that will ultimately screw you; your math skills will atrophy and eventually it'll seriously hurt you. (I know this because I'm just like you; as soon as I learned quadratic function in 8th grade, I made a calculator program so I wouldn't have to step through the difficult steps).</p>
<p>wanna know what i do nick3333? I sllep in class and am as lazy as hell, but still get good marks on tests. how do I do it? Well, the secret is to cram, but not a lot the day before the test. I listen for 5 minutes of the teacher's boring lecture everyday to understand the basic principals of how ta do a question. LOL my math teacher isn't capable of anything beyond indoctrinating me anyways. So anyway, the day before the exam, I look at the question and do the 5 hardest question only, and occasionally 1 or 2 easy ones. All in all it takes me about 30-45 minutes to do it. And I always get this overwhelming joyous feeling tthat is self-capability. FYI, I've only done this for math cause its pure logic. For other subjects, esp. history and english, I actully have to get my lathargic brain into gear. Science is special, I do the work and do well, cause it's easy and doesn't require a lot of work or thinking, thank God. However, be warned yet again that these methods have only worked for me and at times they have failed me due to the fact that my laziness transcended all that my brain could handle. In conclusion, I just want to state natural intelligence like einstein's is so rare, it basically doesn't exist altogether. I say, if you want to succeed, work. Though I do not do as much of it as I should, it sure feels rewarding when i complete something.</p>
<p>please excuse the coarse vocabulary, grammar, and spelling. I typed this quickly cause i wanted to offer the guy advice. People on this site have a knack to point out the slightest mistakes that posters make. I know this from experience. LOL</p>
<p>lol dude i need to know maths to make a software that can do maths. it was jus boring solivng the same kinda maths stuff over and over. i was soo bored with the maths at my school dat i dropped maths class at high school, studied the two year Alevel(british exam) Maths course at home myself in a year and gave the exam. and got an A. but the real fun was throwing a copy of the certificate at my conselers face who told me dat i wud fail if i studied maths at home and dat too in one year and t wont be good for my uni chances.</p>
<p>koodes desbravado. Wish i could drop math. All i'd need is a book of the basic concepts of math and I'd teach myself. Unfortunately, my life ain't as beautiful as yours. i know what you mean by math being boring. its the same repeated stuff over and over again. Wish we learned at a quiker pace. I'm not that smart or anything, but it doesn't imply dislike of challenges or anything.</p>
<p>let's just say i'm at a high-school that is the ultimate representation of intellectual inferiorty. the worst part is that i'm part of it! It's like my worst ****ened nightmare! LOL</p>
<p>lol i know what u mean. my high school wasnt great eihter. at one time this teacher gave us 4 series and told us to write computer algorithms dat would reproduce the series. he gave us like maximum 1 h 40 min. i finshed all 4 in 10 min and the teacher wouldnt even let me leave the class. i had to spend the rest of the class sitting and doing nothing. and my conseler dint know a **** abt usa unis. my hs was in another country. dats why i ended up wastin a year cuz i missed all the uni deadlines.</p>
<p>have you ever read of men and mice? Well i've doing doin acomprehensive study on it fer lit class, and the <strong><em>enedteacher screws up the entire theme of this wonderful book. Either way, loved the movie, so it sort of neutralizes my anger at my incompetent stupidity and ignorance personifier teacher. I tell ya, highschool is a *</em></strong>ened rip off. Ya learn nothing unless ya pay to go ta a private high-school. Whatever, I'm just gonna enjoy life from now on.(i wish, i'm so ***ened uptight about the ivies that their haunting my dreams...and I'm only a sophomore!)</p>