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I only study for about 1-2 hours the night before an exam, and some cramming the morning of the exam and even then only for exams i feel that i dont know the content. Normally i run around before an exam on info gathering missions milking students for their knowledge without their knowing.
This topic can include study habits as well as times
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I try not to cram stuff in, it doesnt work for me. I know loads about the subjects I do anyway (politics, film) and read a lot about them in my free time so its barely studying.
I do cram before my Japanese language exams though (part of my course) and try and practise it as much as possible on language forums and writing on paper.
I didn't study for one single, solitary test in highschool. Only a complete fool would spend their time studying for schoolwork. It's easy enough as it is.
However, I 'study' music for about four hours every day, at least. I don't have any exams to pass, or any grades to earn. Studying is one of the greatest, most rewarding things on the face of this earth, so long as you aren't being forced to do it by some first year, second rate public school teacher.
I'm so much of a procrastinator, I do cram. But...eh. I usually get most of my studying done at night, before going to bed. I usually consider my HOMEWORK "studying".
'owever I do kick myself off the net during exam time, to create fewer distractions. I don't get very much studying done then too ;p
Never ever ever. I'm with Nikotine. I had better things to do with my time, like work or have fun with friends.
That, and I already know how to do everything, so studying is really not necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by theundeadhero
I either don't study, or study right before I'm about to take the test usually and it tends to pay off. If it's a major exam then I study for about an hour, or 15 minutes a day for two days.
I never ever study...it shows in some classes :p
It's recommended by psychologists that in order to retain information you should read the material three times.
Once to get an over picture
Twice to understand it
Thrice to remember
I'm also suggesting, as a prisoner of higher education for the past 4 years, that you get in the habbit of reading it atleast twice and on the second time you make brief notes for review purposes.
Also a lot of classes now seem to offer online content as well as reading material - It's always beneficial to find working models that visualize the material to create a deeper understanding of it.
Personally with all the time I spend double reading the material, making and re writing notes, reviewing notes, and taking online quizes on the material... I probably spend 6 - 8 hours studying per class.
I am the best cram studier I know.
I can go an entire semester without ever cracking open a book, then tear into it and devour it the night before the exam and then do remarkably well on the test.
I procrastinate, always. So intense, panicky cram sessions are just about the only way I've studied for the past... 7 years.
Take this and reduce music to three hours a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
I studied for one math test in 7th grade for an hour, I failed that test, I haven't studied since.
I'm good at understanding material and paying attention in class, so I never usually need to study in order to get an A on any quiz or test. Midterms and Finals are another story though, and I study quite a lot for them.
I study when I don't understand something.
In high school, I barely studied. It usually consisted of cramming the night before and that morning to remember specific terms and their spelling and such (terms in biology, or dates in social studies, etc...). I am a big procrastinator and love to cram. From my own experience the best way to study is to explain it to someone else. In high school, I always had friends or classmates asking me to either explain something or review a topic. I found that in doing so it helped me remember the subject better and be more familiar with it.
In university, I tend to have the same study habits minus people asking for help. That resulted in average marks. I am trying to do more work so that I can bring up my GPA. So I want to try to do about an hour but at the moment I am doing less.
EDIT: Chemical scares me. She is a studying fiend.
Eh I don't really have the ability or need to study...or at least I haven't, basically all i needed to do was read over notes real quick minutes before a test and i was good... although i did kinda study for an hour before my AP exams... got me a 5 in chem so maybe i should study more often haha XD
idk i'll probably start now that i'm in college...i'm actually doing reading homework now which i never did in highschool
I never really studied at for exams school. I do a lot of work at home now I'm at college, though -- because my course includes lots of essays and assignments. I still do no revision, though, but that's because I don't have exams in my course, it's all based on coursework~ :jess:
I have never studied in my life and I don't plan to. Who needs to study when they're "teaching" stuff you learned in 6th grade?
Plus, I'm a genius.
I usually study while I'm walking to class. I've never done any assigned reading ever.
I deffinately wasn't always like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan
In high school I cram studied the night before until I feel asleep in a pile of my own drool then I would Drink a pot of coffee and read on my way to school and read at the desk until the tests were handed out.
But as I said - after going to university for 4 years I find out that I really can't do that anymore and to be honest its a lot less stressful when I manage my time better and I do, do a lot better on my tests.
Depends on the time of year. If I've got exams coming up within the next few months I'll study a fair bit. In the months coming up to my exams in May (say, from February), I generally revised for between 2-3 hours a week. Some subjects, for example History, I do a lot of reading outside of lessons online anyway (I can lose entire evenings just reading about stuff on Wikipedia, for example), so that's easy to revise for. I tend to revise at a pace, as well as cramming at the last minute. I know it doesn't help in the long-run, but I'd much rather be doing something intensive in the hope I remember one or two extra things for the next morning.
I need to start up a schedule when I revise, because at the moment I'm just being too lazy and unmotivated.
Science (Almost never I always make an A)
Math (about 10-20 mins if what I'm studying is hard)
Language Arts (30 mins my worst subject)
Spanish (20mins because its high school credit)
Speech (Haven't yet even though its another high school credit class)
Texas history (10-20 mins if I have to learn something)
Unfortunately I cannot start studying until like 11 at night (for example, it's 2 AM now and I have to read some Thomas Aquinas, write a reflection over it, and come up with a paper topic before 9 AM tomorrow), and go from there for as long as I need to. Even when I do study, I take a lot of breaks, but it's normally between 1 and 2 hours a night.
I crammed throughout college and made it out with a good GPA.
I don't cram language classes, though.
never
i used to be accused of having a near-eidetic memory.
Normally I study one week all day before the exam... if it's english or german... if it's literature I study along the year or semester in this case... ^^
Well, usually I don't cram, but I sometimes I do for like, Biology and all that. I sort of think of my homework as studying, though, since it'll be on the test.
Yeah I tend to use my homework as studying time,so I end up leaving it for right before my test to do,lol
It helps to remember ^^
Yeah, me too. High school was easy. And ridiculous. BUt now in college I've carried those bad habits with me. And so I failed a class last year and I'm struggling so keep this in mind, highschoolers, schoolwork may be dumb but do it so you'll have that habit on your side for college. Oh, answer to question: (sadly) when I feel motivated (which isn't often)Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
whats this "study" thing you speak of? my profs say that word too, but ive nvr done it... i guess i need to figure it out now that im in college. im getting boned in my classes
Well I'm in grade 10 and 1-2 weeks is usually great for me.
Oh no, Neotifa! Are you a me in progress. I failed a 4 credit class last year which put me behind. You've got to study, girl! I may never be able to do it but you better! :) Oh no! And you are a server! I was a server my first year. I'm experiencing massive deja vu!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoTifa