How long do you study?

DEmeant0r

I study in or around 4 hours a day, not alot but enough to get the 350 points I need.

joePC

4 hours a day

Dam, I never studied for my leaving cert, how can you study for something you have no interest in what-so-ever.

Now im in college studying comp sci, loving it.

The leaving cert is the worst system in the world.....next to the chinese system.

Thanks JoePC

DEmeant0r

Ah but I do have interest in what I study (maybe except Irish), that's why I chose those subjects, but I like them and have an interest in them.

DS

Haven't done much up until now as far as revision goes. Maybe a few hours here and there over the past couple of weeks. That all changed today with my new, drastic, 10 hours a day plan for the next 13 days. About 17 hours per subject.

conZ

Well, on a good day, I'm woken at 9am. Get a cup of coffee and go back up to bed. Start studying at about 10am, steady until ~2pm when hunger knocks.

Then, I head into supervised study in School from 4.30-8.30 or 5-9.

Other days, bad days, I'm woken at 9, go back to sleep til 12 and go into study at 4.30 or 5, depending on the day.
Saturdays, I've maths grind so I dont go to supervised study, or generally dont do any at home - but that's got to change. Grinds are ending this Saturday.

Sundays, I go into study from 2-6.

DEmeant0r

I was thinking of doing that, but 10 hours is too much, I'll probably do 6 hours/day for the next two weeks. 12 hours/subject.

Anima

I'm finding it very hard to study at all

RobertFoster

Originally posted by Discharger Snake
10 hours a day plan for the next 13 days. About 17 hours per subject.

:eek:

I don't think I did 17 hours study for all 7 subject combined!

Q_Elexra

I said 3-4 but it all depends on what subjects I do. I could study Classical Studies for 4 alone.

AndrewWK

Originally posted by Discharger Snake
10 hours a day plan for the next 13 days. About 17 hours per subject.

I'm sure

Im not really sure how long I usually study for. I mostly just pick about two questions from two or three subjects and do them, don't think about time really.

stuey

I find it impossible to study. I have an extremly short attention span. I could be in my room studying and i'll turn my head and it will be like "oh look a toy" and i'll have to play with, or take it apart. I do a couple of hours a day before I go completly nuts. Im just enjoying life too much at the mo to bother. It fantastic

subway_ie

Originally posted by stuey
I find it impossible to study. I have an extremly short attention span. I could be in my room studying and i'll turn my head and it will be like "oh look a toy" and i'll have to play with, or take it apart. I do a couple of hours a day before I go completly nuts. Im just enjoying life too much at the mo to bother. It fantastic

I was exactly the same was (minus the fantastic life part), and I found that getting rid of my computer, tv, radio, and pretty much all the junk I have around my desk, just helps concentration. If your school allows you back in to do study before the exams (supervised or otherwise) I'd give it a go: as long as you're in a group of people who are fairly eager to succeed and study well, then you'll probably be motivated to study too. Or they'll just kick the ****e outta you for being distracting. Either way, it'll work.

DS

Originally posted by AndrewWK
I'm sure

I know it's ambitious. Two days ago I honestly thought there was no hope for me. I'd sit down in front of a book, and I'll still be pondering away about nothing half an hour later, on the same page. It was the most frustrating thing, I've been on a constant guilt trip for the past 2 weeks. Then I was talking to one of the lads yesterday who said he did a schedule for 9 hours a day. So, naturally, I did out my own for 10, and, staggeringly enough, it's working. 8 hours done, I'll do 2 later. I'm stunned at the difference a simple timetable makes. Could be one to try if you're stuck.

stuey

ah jaysus I couldn't get rid of the PC thats taking it to the next level. I'm just havin such a good time at the mo that I dont want anything to ruin it. Nothin has been able to get me down. I scrathed my lovely watch after a bunch of guys of school jumped on me and i'll probably have to spend 40 euro replacing the face of it, and it doesn't bother me at all. I dont know what I have done to deserve this feeling but im bloody delighted

Seifer

I was doing more after school when it was on than I am now in the whole day. It's very hard to motivate yourself. I just want to get it over with now.

User45701

I saw this topic from the main page and decided to have a look.
Explain why ur poll dosnet have a option for 0 hours.

DEmeant0r

Because everyone should study? I just forgot to put it in, If any mods can edit it, please add a "I don't study" option. Ta.

conZ

Or an "I'm not doin nah ****in Leavin'' option.

nebomb

8am-10pm, Im hardcore. Youre all going to fail.

Seifer

Nerd:p

AndrewWK

Holy wow, are you serious!? 14 hours is amazing.

DEmeant0r

Originally posted by conZ
Or an "I'm not doin nah ****in Leavin'' option.

Then what are you doing on this forum then?

conZ

It's meant to be for people like AndrewWK and the likes.

User45701

Originally posted by nebomb
8am-10pm, Im hardcore. Youre all going to fail.

We cannot see the future for all u know you may die tomorrow or have a breakdown during ur leaving and then you will have lost.

AndrewWK

Originally posted by conZ
It's meant to be for people like AndrewWK and the likes.

lol?

DEmeant0r

anyone find that they can't study without music on or am I the only one?

subway_ie

Yeah, music all the time. Usually radio though, which is even more distracting. Tom Dunnes Pet Sounds usually, which has fecked up my study this week since there's a new guy presenting. Bastards.

Cannibal Ox

I was doing 8 hours a day for the past three weeks but by this point, I'm so ****ing bored with studying I'm getting about two hours done before I just fall asleep or watch TV or something like that.

subway_ie

8 hours a day for three weeks is madness. I can barely get 6 done for the past 3 days. Supposed to be doing 8. Problem is, after I get to about 4-5, I'm readin/writing the stuff, but I'm not remembering it. If I change a page, I wont even remember what's on the previous page, which seems a bit futile really. Gotta do some serious work on English paper one and two, Maths paper one (especially any proofs that come up. And that feckin implicit differentiation. Thinking I might do question 5 instead of 6/7 (honours), seems to be a bit easier). Plus my eyes are vibrating, which is a tiny bit annoying.

Boston

What wrong with implicity differentiation it's jsut pratice. I was doing 8 hours a day for a good month before the exam, 5 hours a good 2 months pior and about 3 hours pior to that. You can't work for longer hten an hour at one go, and maths is best done in the morning.

subway_ie

Originally posted by Boston
What wrong with implicity differentiation it's jsut pratice.

Just never really understood it, apparently it's a fairly basic concept, I just get it wrong most of the time. I'm googling it right now, try to get a better explanation of it. Plus I've ran out of maths papers to do... got a bit ahead of myself last week.

Cannibal Ox

8 hours a day for three weeks is madness. I can barely get 6 done for the past 3 days.

I think I peaked too early.
I just tried studying for Maths, did some Complex Numbers work and got confused, so now I'm..um, printing out the exam time table and highlighting my exams in big red letters in a bid to pretend that I'm doing work related to the LC and thus, feel less guilty about not doing any real study.

Problem is, after I get to about 4-5, I'm readin/writing the stuff, but I'm not remembering it. If I change a page, I wont even remember what's on the previous page, which seems a bit futile really

That happens to me too, and what I do (used to do?) was get up and go for a quick walk around the block. Get some fresh air, glass of water etc, etc. Either that or a cold shower should wake your brain up.

DS

Thinking I might do question 5 instead of 6/7 (honours), seems to be a bit easier). Plus my eyes are vibrating, which is a tiny bit annoying.

5 is a doddle. I love sequences and series, logs are always a joke, and induction is just the same thing everytime with only one part that takes a bit of thought, and you get marks for it really easy. Everyone tends to do 1-3, 6-8, and for that reason they always put the stickler part c's in those questions. There's a lot of stigma surrounding sequences and series, but the questions aren't hugely challenging once you get to grips with it. I'm gonna attempt every question except 3. Complex numbers are just annoying, and matrices tend to take ages and it's far too easy to make a mistake with all that multiplication.

subway_ie

Originally posted by Discharger Snake
There's a lot of stigma surrounding sequences and series, but the questions aren't hugely challenging once you get to grips with it.

I haven't actually revised sequences and series at all - so if a sequences/series question comes up (apart from binomial) then I'll just have to leave out the whole question.

I'm gonna attempt every question except 3. Complex numbers are just annoying, and matrices tend to take ages and it's far too easy to make a mistake with all that multiplication.

Well, the multiplication can be tedius - but any mistake is a slip (ie, lose 1 mark), at the very most a blunder (ie, lose 3 marks). It takes a while, but the theory is simple. Complex is nice, fairly basic - and the proof of De Moivres theorem can be done by induction, so it's a handy thing to revise for Q5 too. Generally Q3 is quite nice - especially when you've got a calculator that does matrices (handy for checking answers, but you can't just write down the answer without showing workings). Not that I have one, since that would be illegal. :ninja:

DS

Speaking of calculators, do you have to write down "calculator" where you use one? And why didn't my teacher tell us you should write down the make and model you're using at the start, as it says in the little rule book. Or does it matter? The rules also outline what's legal and isn't calculator-wise, and one of the stipulations is that expressions can't be stored for later use. But as far as I can see all the basic scientific calculators can do this. You just press the up button or whatever to get old expressions, and you could easily store formulas in them temporarily. So what's the deal with that? Maybe I'm being too picky, but wouldn't it be a lovely surprise to do 2 great maths papers and find out a month later you're getting a 0 for using the wrong calculator.

subway_ie

Discharger Snake - Yeah, you're supposed to write down the model number on the front of the exam, but then again, you were supposed to do it in Junior Cert business too. If you've got an illegal calculator (which is unlikely if you've got a mainstream Casio/Sharp), then you just write down the number of a crappy one that only does addition/subtraction. The examiner won't know the difference.

Storing expressions means storing forumale and ****, like "x^2 + y^2 + 2gx + 2fy = 0" - if you try and store that in the calculator, the moment you press "=", you'll get some sort of error. The only thing that will make it obvious that it's an illegal calculator is if it's a graphing calculator - with the massive (sometimes colour) screens, look more like a PDA than your average scientific calculator.

subway_ie

This is the kind of calculator you'll need if you're planning on storing formulae/functions, not that you'd want to do that kind of thing or anything.

DS

Mine's ok for exams according to that anyway, thanks.

Nietzschean

Ah i did 13/14hrs/day back in my day...don't really know why...but eh,,,thing looks nice i spose for the 10 odd seconds it mattered......................:ninja:

plastic_axe

i have yet to lift a finger.

i know its a stupid cliche but studying genuinely doesnt work for me. if i dont know it now i never will.

subway_ie

Originally posted by plastic_axe
i have yet to lift a finger.

i know its a stupid cliche but studying genuinely doesnt work for me. if i dont know it now i never will.

I don't think "cliché" is the word you're looking for there...

plastic_axe

well maybe some english study wouldnt kill