Study Tips

jackiebaron · 19-01-2011 04:26AM

tommyhaas wrote: »

Dont agree with that, when I was in college I used to say up half the night prior to an exam. Im sure a good night's sleep is benefical, however if your fcuked for an exam, a good nights sleep wont help, you need to stay up and keep revising. As a previous poster mentioned, use bullet points. Keep reciting them until you can write them out off by heart. Use any method you can to learn, personally I used to make strange sentences out of the first word from each bullet point as a trigger to remember the point, the strangere the sentence, the easier it was to remember

EDIT: Either that or cheat, and later admit cheating on boards only to see your revelation make the national newspapers

And if the exam is Mathematics, Physics, App Maths, Chemistry, where many of the questions will be best tackled with a ripe mind? Then what? A person who's had a good night's sleep or a bleary-eyed sap with nausea from Maxwell House and JP Blue?

I spent, almost 30 hours studying for my final Mathematics degree exam in Trinity, puked my guts up before the exam, sat the exam....went home ....and FAILED.

Sat the supplemental in August and passed snugly after a a few days of sane studying and a good night's sleep.

Cram all you want, but from experience, all the **** you cram will not even show up on the test and if you do pass, you'll pass on that that you've absorbed naturally.

garv123 · 19-01-2011 04:37AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Fap. Fap like the wind.

27 posts before someone actually decided to give a serious answer.
Shameful.

Cook my sock · 19-01-2011 05:51AM

heres one, get off the internet.

fakearms123 · 19-01-2011 11:11AM

Anyone else think that this lad is half asleep, bewildered and extremely on edge in his exam right now?

Andy-Pandy · 19-01-2011 11:20AM

I've my last exam at 3.30. Woot Woot woo!!!!!

Wompa1 · 19-01-2011 11:24AM

There goes our little boy off into the big world, Oh Martha isn't he wonderful?

Yes dear you're right, he gets the procrastinating from me and my lazy sperm

tommyhaas · 19-01-2011 12:52PM

jackiebaron wrote: »

And if the exam is Mathematics, Physics, App Maths, Chemistry, where many of the questions will be best tackled with a ripe mind? Then what? A person who's had a good night's sleep or a bleary-eyed sap with nausea from Maxwell House and JP Blue?

I spent, almost 30 hours studying for my final Mathematics degree exam in Trinity, puked my guts up before the exam, sat the exam....went home ....and FAILED.

Sat the supplemental in August and passed snugly after a a few days of sane studying and a good night's sleep.

Cram all you want, but from experience, all the **** you cram will not even show up on the test and if you do pass, you'll pass on that that you've absorbed naturally.

Im not disputing the benefits of a good nights sleep, my point is that when it comes to the night before the exam, and you have fcuk all revision done, its better to go into the exam tired after a night of studying then it is to go in nice and refreshed but without a clue about the examination

Desire to Aspire · 19-01-2011 02:20PM

How did you get on?

Shryke · 19-01-2011 02:22PM

Masturbate before hand to clear your head, and afterward as a reward.

starlit · 19-01-2011 03:10PM

There is a reason why you study over time and build up the study gradually and have learnt all the necessary info that sticks! There is a reason why studying last minute can prove not to be the best option. It might work for some people who can rely on short term memory those who rely on long term are snookered if they haven't some level of study done.
Studying last minute will get the better of anyone whether you studied all year or just nearer to the end or whether or not you are a bright or average student doesn't matter.

Hope you got on ok OP. At least you tried your best. You have studied though so if you have to repeate might be a good thing you be more prepared next time but hey if you pass great that's all you need is a pass.
Hope all goes well for you.

TeddyTedson · 19-01-2011 04:26PM

Wonder how the young lad got on..

General Zod · 19-01-2011 04:34PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Wonder how the young lad got on..

test results are back, it's the clap.

Hurricane-Dean · 19-01-2011 04:44PM

Just home from my exam there and I have to say it went great! The 4 main topics I covered came up in the form of 3 questions, not bad when I had to answer 5. Thanks to all those for the advice it really helped, I have one more exam left on Friday but I will be okay for tips on that because it is my best subject

Thanks again guys

BOHtox · 19-01-2011 04:45PM

Does anyone else give themselves 'study breaks' even though you've done no work at all.

Carl Sagan · 19-01-2011 04:57PM

BOHtox wrote: »

Does anyone else give themselves 'study breaks' even though you've done no work at all.

Yeah but I'm getting better at actually studying now.

Spunge · 19-01-2011 05:02PM

BOHtox wrote: »

Does anyone else give themselves 'study breaks' even though you've done no work at all.

My entire time in college is one big study break.

starlit · 19-01-2011 07:45PM

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

Just home from my exam there and I have to say it went great! The 4 main topics I covered came up in the form of 3 questions, not bad when I had to answer 5. Thanks to all those for the advice it really helped, I have one more exam left on Friday but I will be okay for tips on that because it is my best subject
Thanks again guys

Great. Congrats. If you can manange 3 or 4 questions out of 5 you be doing well. There is such a thing as being able to cut out a few things if you can unless the lecturer stated everything could turn up or depending what tips they gave you for the exam. I say if you cut out one or two chapters it wouldn't be a big deal but if its the type of subject anything could come up then well you need to cover as much of the material as you can. Great that your last subject is your best one. Think its a good thing as you can give it your all then! Good look with it OP.

BOHtox wrote: »

Does anyone else give themselves 'study breaks' even though you've done no work at all.

Ya I often took study breaks but for like only a couple of minutes here and there or just to have a quick nap. I'd study over a long period of time and just short breaks in between my subjects. I would be studying for the whole day like so that I could finish up earlyish at night, relax for a short while and get a decent nights kip worked wonders. So just a matter of refreshing the memory for a quick review the next morning/afternoon before the exam.

Lemsiper · 19-01-2011 08:54PM

Ritalin or Adderall will give you a distinct advantage when studying.

TeddyTedson · 19-01-2011 09:01PM

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

Just home from my exam there and I have to say it went great! The 4 main topics I covered came up in the form of 3 questions, not bad when I had to answer 5. Thanks to all those for the advice it really helped, I have one more exam left on Friday but I will be okay for tips on that because it is my best subject
Thanks again guys

Well done there little buddy!

Hurricane-Dean · 19-01-2011 09:05PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Well done there little buddy!

How old does everyone think I am?

I'm 22

Carl Sagan · 19-01-2011 09:10PM

Lemsiper wrote: »

Ritalin or Adderall will give you a distinct advantage when studying.

I want them.

TeddyTedson · 19-01-2011 11:50PM

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

How old does everyone think I am?
I'm 22

I was thinking you were maybe around 20.
You're still only a baba though.

Hurricane-Dean · 20-01-2011 12:29AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I was thinking you were maybe around 20.
You're still only a baba though.

Ah I am a young adult

Dr conrad murray · 20-01-2011 09:31PM

what i found good was to record some of my lecture notes onto a dictaphone
and then play on repeat till they stayed in my head ie make an audio tape of all your notes and just play them over and over.

Hurricane-Dean · 07-02-2011 04:23PM

This is a thread to say thanks. For those of you who gave me advice in my study tips thread, you will be pleased to know that I got my exam results today and I passed everything and the one exam I was getting tips for I did particularly well in. So thanks to all those in AH who gave me advice.

:D:D

antodeco · 07-02-2011 04:25PM

Tips from AH??

Im assuming it was a rectal exam?

Ali Babba · 07-02-2011 04:25PM

You're welcome........where's the party!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hurricane-Dean · 07-02-2011 04:27PM

antodeco wrote: »

Tips from AH??

Im assuming it was a rectal exam?

After the sarcasm I actually got a lot of help

Dravokivich · 07-02-2011 04:27PM

you can thank us with coke and hookers...

phasers · 07-02-2011 04:27PM

I don't remember you.

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