Study habits

[twitchee2]

So I had finals last week. Didn't do as well as I had hoped. i blame it on lack of knowing how to study. No one has ever really taught me how to do it correctly. All i really do it just review the notes I have, that usually is not enough. I am a junior in HS so this is kind of a bad time to start asking for help, but better late then never. So I was wondering what everyone would sugest and what has worked for you. If you are wondering I have a 3.3 gpa. Not to great but respectable. I need to do better. Thanks for all your help.


Edit: Typos

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
So i had finals last week. Didnt do as well as i had hoped. i blame it on lack of knowing how to study. no one has ever really taught me how to do it. all i really do it jsut review the nots i have, that usually is not enough. I am a Journor in HS so this is kind of a bad time to start asking for help, but better late then never. So i was wondering what everyone would sugest and what has worked for your. If you are wondering i have a 3.3 gpa. Not to great but respectable. i need to do better. thanks.

Pull up that English mark of yours and your GPA will be fine.

 

[twitchee2]

the funny thing that is the class i have a A in. i cant spell if my life depends upon it. ill go change that.

 

[olds]

First things first, learn to spell.

 

[BigJ]

Addy and blow do wonders for studying.

 

[Jpark]

you're in hs and have that nice of a computer?

 

[nageov3t]

you just, you know... study.

time management is key. don't screw yourself by not learning the material until the night before.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Jpark
you're in hs and have that nice of a computer?

HS is the time when you can have a job and blow all of your money on everything. I wouldn't be suprised if the majority of HSers had better computers than 1-2 year college students.

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: loki8481
you just, you know... study.

time management is key. don't screw yourself by not learning the material until the night before.

I have been working on that one. Learn as you go along.

Originally posted by: Jpark
you're in hs and have that nice of a computer?

I have a job. I saved up for 8 months.

 

[Jpark]

Originally posted by: twitchee2

Originally posted by: loki8481
you just, you know... study.

time management is key. don't screw yourself by not learning the material until the night before.

I have been working on that one. Learn as you go along.

Originally posted by: Jpark
you're in hs and have that nice of a computer?

I have a job. I saved up for 8 months.

glad to hear that. i blew my money on guitars and amps when I was in hs and i'm still doing it today.

 

[twitchee2]

i need to work on time managment mainly. I really need help with Spanish. I need ideas on how to study for that....kind of screwed me over

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
i need to work on time managment mainly. I really need help with Spanish. I need ideas on how to study for that....kind of screwed me over

Wanna learn Spanish? Get a job in a fast food restaurant.

 

[Mo0o]

In high school I just read the book. In college it depends on the class. In my ochem class the book was much more helpful while in bio classes its all about notes. If you're getting distracted its better to go to the library or out of the room that has the computer/tv

 

[twitchee2]

I can certainly try that. im sure it will help.

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
So I had finals last week. Didn't do as well as I had hoped. i blame it on lack of knowing how to study. No one has ever really taught me how to do it correctly. All i really do it just review the notes I have, that usually is not enough. I am a junior in HS so this is kind of a bad time to start asking for help, but better late then never. So I was wondering what everyone would sugest and what has worked for you. If you are wondering I have a 3.3 gpa. Not to great but respectable. I need to do better. Thanks for all your help.


Edit: Typos

study all year you so you dont cram for finals.
Im one of the lucky few that did not need to study hard for stellar gpa my worst semester was a 3.5.

 

[twitchee2]

im setting my goals to give 100% and get a 4.0 or better (gotta love AP but its only Physics)

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
im setting my goals to give 100% and get a 4.0 or better (gotta love AP but its only Physics)

in high school I got gpa ~4.73 for two semsters my final was 4.23.

 

[nageov3t]

I found studying as a group to be really helpful when studying for a foreign language test (especially if parts of the test are oral/aural).

that's about it, though any other subject and I find studying as a group to be super distracting. heh.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: twitchee2
So i had finals last week. Didnt do as well as i had hoped. i blame it on lack of knowing how to study. no one has ever really taught me how to do it. all i really do it jsut review the nots i have, that usually is not enough. I am a Journor in HS so this is kind of a bad time to start asking for help, but better late then never. So i was wondering what everyone would sugest and what has worked for your. If you are wondering i have a 3.3 gpa. Not to great but respectable. i need to do better. thanks.

Pull up that English mark of yours and your GPA will be fine.

I read the post and thought the same exact thing.

Edit: I found that if i wrote things down, i would remember them. sometimes i had to write them more than once though.

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: twitchee2
So i had finals last week. Didnt do as well as i had hoped. i blame it on lack of knowing how to study. no one has ever really taught me how to do it. all i really do it jsut review the nots i have, that usually is not enough. I am a Journor in HS so this is kind of a bad time to start asking for help, but better late then never. So i was wondering what everyone would sugest and what has worked for your. If you are wondering i have a 3.3 gpa. Not to great but respectable. i need to do better. thanks.

Pull up that English mark of yours and your GPA will be fine.

I read the post and thought the same exact thing.

The sad part is that english is my highest grade...and I dispise english and history the classes I have A's in

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I found studying as a group to be really helpful when studying for a foreign language test (especially if parts of the test are oral/aural).

that's about it, though any other subject and I find studying as a group to be super distracting. heh.

Yup I gave up on group study sessions.....not much studing went on.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: twitchee2

Originally posted by: loki8481
I found studying as a group to be really helpful when studying for a foreign language test (especially if parts of the test are oral/aural).

that's about it, though any other subject and I find studying as a group to be super distracting. heh.

Yup I gave up on group study sessions.....not much studing went on.

I find that studying in small groups, no more than 4 is useful for concept heavy science courses. We would all study at our own pace then whenever one of us didn't understand a portion or was cloudy we would just ask to the gruop and we'd discuss it. Quite a few misconceptions of the material somehow just materialize in these discussions so those get addressed as well

 

[twitchee2]

what about note cards? are they worth it. by the time i get around to making them its too late. im going to try that for the the spanish vocab.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
what about note cards? are they worth it. by the time i get around to making them its too late. im going to try that for the the spanish vocab.

Only for things you need to brute memorize like vocab

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Two things : 1) What do you really want? 2) Prioritization

1) (Not saying that's the case here) I've met lots of folks who kinda only give lip service that they want a high GPA. This leads to...

2) Prioritization. If you really want that high GPA, you'll prioritize your tasks accordingly and make the appropriate sacrifices/compromises. Time management follows naturally from that.

Its different strokes for different folks, but when school is in session, classes/homework/projects/research ==> numero uno for me. That's the only way I could think of to get my GPA. Neffing on ATOT can come close though (damn you people!)