For those of you who study around the clock..

[TecHNooB]

How do you do it?

HOW DO YOU DO IT??

AHHHHHHHHHHH

<-- bummed out college student

 

[IronWing]

Caffeine.

 

[TecHNooB]

But the focus... where does it come from. Maybe I need to take ritalin or something

 

[BradT]

Caffeine.

 

[TecHNooB]

If only I could be like that guy in the The Firm. Super studying machine. Thatd be nice. I think I'm falling apart here T__T

 

[frostedflakes]

I guess I'm lucky that I don't really need to study a whole lot, most stuff I pick up pretty quick. I definitely don't think I'd have the motivation to spend exorbitant amounts of time studying, I'd be looking at a different major first, lol. So far my engineering courses are hard enough to be fun/challenging/engaging but not enough to drive me crazy.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
I guess I'm lucky that I don't really need to study a whole lot, most stuff I pick up pretty quick. I definitely don't think I'd have the motivation to spend exorbitant amounts of time studying, I'd be looking at a different major first, lol. So far my engineering courses are hard enough to be fun/challenging/engaging but not enough to drive me crazy.

I pick up things pretty quickly as well. But odd circumstances seem to hit me when I don't put in the time. Like I guilt-trip myself into making mistakes that I shouldn't be making simply because I studied less than usual.

 

[Siddhartha]

Studying four to five hours a day bump my gpa up 1 grade point.

Get yourself on a schedule.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Studying four to five hours a day bump my gpa up 1 grade point.

Get yourself on a schedule.

4 to 5 hours outside of homework? Doesn't that drive you insane though? I've actually done that first and second semester to avoid messing up my freshman year (which supposedly hurts students the most). Tried to take it easier my third (well, actually my fourth; took classes in the summer) because I wanted to do other things (mostly play basketball and get into shape). My understanding is still spot on but for some reason I'm being forced to pay on exams (random careless mistakes). Not until recently though was I really forced to pay. Hit my all-time low on a recent ECE exam. Was not expecting that at all. 44/100. Goddamn..... Got a 100 on the first one too

 

[moshquerade]

diet pills

 

[KillerCharlie]

Enjoying what you're studying certainly helps... if you don't enjoy the subject matter, you're in trouble.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I was up at 8am this morning marching my ass over to 'Java City' to get a coffee and marching my ass back to study for my calc exam Wednesday. As everyone else said.. caffeine. Just gotta do it.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
I was up at 8am this morning marching my ass over to 'Java City' to get a coffee and marching my ass back to study for my calc exam Wednesday. As everyone else said.. caffeine. Just gotta do it.

There's no need for it... I made it through college (aerospace engineering) studying A LOT without ever having a single drop of caffeine.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Enjoying what you're studying certainly helps... if you don't enjoy the subject matter, you're in trouble.

I don't know if I can say I really enjoy what I'm doing. I like what the CmpE s are doing but my official major is EE. I will be dabbling in the CmpE courses however. Right now I'm just bummed out from a terrible exam and am trying to study for another one which is tomorrow.

Like I said in another thread, what kind of child says he enjoys engineering and actually knows what engineering is all about? Anyway, my thing with classes goes like this: If I get it, I'll enjoy it. I get satisfaction in understanding things which are difficult. Doesn't matter what the subject is.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
I was up at 8am this morning marching my ass over to 'Java City' to get a coffee and marching my ass back to study for my calc exam Wednesday. As everyone else said.. caffeine. Just gotta do it.

There's no need for it... I made it through college (aerospace engineering) studying A LOT without ever having a single drop of caffeine.

Everyone is different. Some prefer water, nothing, some caffeine drink, coffee, candy, etc. You're apparently a lucky soul

Where did you graduate from?

 

[frostedflakes]

I don't think I could do 4-5hrs a day. For me if I just attend lectures, labs/recitations, and do homework I can usually get a B without much extra effort. To get As consistently though it seems to take significantly more effort, just isn't worth it for me. Heck, what annoys me is that in many cases I'll have a very good grasp on the material, but I'll just make some silly mistake on the test that knocks me down to a B. They are really stingy with the partial credit in my engineering physics class, on the 3rd test I set up a conservation of momentum problem wrong (I was in a hurry and misread the problem, I read it as one piece going in the y direction and one in the x, when it was one in the y and one 30 degrees from the x axis; did everything right after that and got 4 out of 14 points... *sigh* difference between an 88 and 98).

TecHNooB is is going to hurt your grade really bad for that class? I know in some classes a bombed test isn't necessarily going to hurt you that bad. Is that with or without a curve?

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
I don't think I could do 4-5hrs a day. For me if I just attend lectures, labs/recitations, and do homework I can usually get a B without much extra effort. To get As consistently though it seems to take significantly more effort, just isn't worth it for me. Heck, what annoys me is that in many cases I'll have a very good grasp on the material, but I'll just make some silly mistake on the test that knocks me down to a B. They are really stingy with the partial credit in my engineering physics class, on the 3rd test I set up a conservation of momentum problem wrong (I was in a hurry and misread the problem, I read it as one piece going in the y direction and one in the x, when it was one in the y and one 30 degrees from the x axis; did everything right after that and got 4 out of 14 points... *sigh* difference between an 88 and 98).

TecHNooB is is going to hurt your grade really bad for that class? I know in some classes a bombed test isn't necessarily going to hurt you that bad. Is that with or without a curve?

That's without the curve. The grade will probably turn into a C. And I know exactly what you mean about the A/B thing.

 

[ForumMaster]

well currently, since the education system in israel is fucked up, the larger of the two teacher unions is on strike which really sucks. i may go to school and learn for 1-2 hours and then be stuck there until the day is over. and since we're missing so much material, we're going to have to cram when the strike is over. 1 month so far. i try to learn by my self but it's not the same.

i just know that i'll have a lot of studying to do hopefully sooner rather then later.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
diet pills

Speed?

 

[Mr Incognito]

Just take some adderal. Legal speed son.

 

[chin311]

adderall++

i was up for 36 hrs from fri morn til sat night , haha.