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Has anyone here found having study groups to be a worthwhile endeavor?

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Not just talking about asking a guy or vice versa a question about a specific problem or concept or something in a one-off. People that organize groups of a few or even several people with the supposed purpose of studying. I say supposed because it seems like 90% of the time is spent talking about movies or partying or something. I'm sure that good ones exist out there, but I have never personally witnessed one.
 
Oil said:
If they contain hot girls then yes, they definitely are worthwhile
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The mancrush I created an L&R thread about actually approached me and invited me about it. Even that did not deter me.

But I mean worthwhile in an academic sense. I am fully aware that friendships and relationships are formed through them, and won't deny that they could get even nerdy shy types out of their shells, but otherwise, they're worthless. Unless they have an old exam, but in that case they're criminal scum and one shouldn't associate with them in the first place.

EDIT: And FWIW, I have a family member that has studied with one or two individuals (over discrete mathematics IIRC) and he found it to be worthwhile. However, he also has a 100% average in virtually all of his classes and chose to associate with two other students with near-perfect grades. I'm sure that some small percentage are meaningful, but otherwise...
 
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I found them to be useful in the couple of classes where I struggled a lot.

In classes where I was doing well, they did nothing but slow me down.
 
I got talked into a couple of them. It always seemed like it was me helping the others and me not getting any studying done.
 
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I found them to be useful in the couple of classes where I struggled a lot.

In classes where I was doing well, they did nothing but slow me down.
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This is the biggest reason why I've found study groups to be a waste of time. The people that actually understand the material rarely attend them, and the people that do flock to study groups tend to struggle with the material and don't have much to contribute.
 
Depended on the subject. Classes that were lots of theory and/or required long detailed explanations, it was always useful to run things by others to get their opinions.

And yes, to study, tutor and get to know chicks better was always a bonus. Going out for drinks afterwards and hooking-up was a great college experience, better than academic crap.
 
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