Can any of you ace exams with minimal studying or do you know someone that can?

[Emperor Sol]

I want to know what your secrets are

I'm not saying I don't want to study... just that I don't really think the way I study is all that efficient.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

I want to know what your secrets are

I'm not saying I don't want to study... just that I don't really think the way I study is all that efficient.

go to school 2-3 hours before classes

rate the subject of what your studying by Easy, Medium, or Hard or the star system 5 stars or 1 star ...



Eat blueberries they help memory

study for 20 minutes, take a 10 minute break, study again

 

[Killer Instinct]

Depends on the subject and the persons aptitude for it. It varies. At my uni, Intro To Biology was a weed out course to deter all the pre-meds, pre-dental, & nursing students. Kids dropped like flies, but I, and a few others excelled with little to no problem with only a few hours of study per week. However, in something like Physics, I had to study almost daily and dozens of hours per week in order to attain a B. There's nothing wrong with studying for hours as long as you're getting a good grade out of it. It may mean you're incredibly proficient in the subject, but you don't get cookies for having to study less than your peers.


You say you don't think you're study efficiently. What sort of methods do you use to study? More importantly, what kind of grades are you netting, exactly?

 

[Slystallion]

for college courses unlikely you will either just have to sit there and read the chapters and have a good enough teacher to reinforce it or if its math its just application and doing the problems that just sinks in your head as opposed to learning facts and concepts that you may not retain because they aren't being applied in your life anymore until you go to work and do it everyday.

the other option is to just read the power point slides instead of the chapters but i find that the concepts are incomplete on the power points and don't explain concepts enough for you to understand they are just meant more for the teacher to talk about each concept on the page

everyone has different measures of different types of intelligence but you have to actually at least go over the concepts and apply it at some point and some people are better at retaining facts but you can't just barely read it and expect to know something

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

I know @Broletariat has some tricks. There's no way he spent most his time reading through political science text.....

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

the other option is to just read the power point slides instead of the chapters but i find that the concepts are incomplete on the power points and don't explain concepts enough for you to understand they are just meant more for the teacher to talk about each concept on the page

This is usually what I did. Except I'd skim read through the chapter a day or two before it was lectured, then I'd ask specific questions and jot potential test questions....

Don't work hard, work smart brehs....

 

[Killer Instinct]

This is usually what I did. Except I'd skim read through the chapter a day or two before it was lectured, then I'd ask specific questions and jot potential test questions....

Don't work hard, work smart brehs....

True. That can't be overstated enough. Watching and reviewing the material a day or two before lecture also goes a long way - (if your professor posts previous lecture consisting of the same material about to be reviewed) It seems minor on the outside looking in, but it helps.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I know @Broletariat has some tricks. There's no way he spent most his time reading through political science text.....

Depends on the subject. I lever studied overly hard for poli sci. Thats mostly reasoning, critical thinking, reading comp and writing skill. But for bio and other sciences? Hell yeah I studied ablot for that shyt. The important thing is to put in daily work and to create your own study guides with every lecture. By the end of it all, youve got study guides for the whole semester. And if youve done them right you can

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

The best tip I ever got was this: do your homework as soon as you learn something. After you get out of class and have some free time dive right into that shyt while its still fresh. Itll save you having to relearn shyt later, and cement class concepts

 

[Hersh]

aced most of my college exams without even buying the books.

 

[Elle Driver]

To be honest it depends on if you feel you're actually being challenged or not. A lot of people ace exams without studying because they already understood the information without having to actually apply themselves. You have to look at what you're studying for though, if it's math then no amount of studying you do will help you just need to keep practicing. But it's definitely not the case for say philosophy, or biology. You gotta be mindful of the way you learn, are you visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic? Asses that first and then take appropriate measures from there.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

Depends on the subject. I lever studied overly hard for poli sci. Thats mostly reasoning, critical thinking, reading comp and writing skill. But for bio and other sciences? Hell yeah I studied ablot for that shyt. The important thing is to put in daily work and to create your own study guides with every lecture. By the end of it all, youve got study guides for the whole semester. And if youve done them right you can

shyt's disgusting I always had papers everywhere. Organization is a must. Swear I single handily funded the destruction of the amazon rainforest.....

The best tip I ever got was this: do your homework as soon as you learn something. After you get out of class and have some free time dive right into that shyt while its still fresh. Itll save you having to relearn shyt later, and cement class concepts

true that. Too add on. When taking lab courses. Do the calculations asap. Stay until you're a 110% sure everything is correct

True. That can't be overstated enough. Watching and reviewing the material a day or two before lecture also goes a long way - (if your professor posts previous lecture consisting of the same material about to be reviewed) It seems minor on the outside looking in, but it helps.

I mean you are supposed to read before class
But usually either no one reads like they were supposed too or the same people who are always on the ball, are the only ones soaking up information and answering questions....

 

[Robbie3000]

My advise, read and understand the concepts before class. If it is a difficult class, make an outline of each chapter so during lecture you are not furiously taking notes and you can actually kick back and obsorb the lecture and gain any insights into what the professor is saying.

Basically, self study and preparation is 80% of your success. Don't depend on the professor to learn.

 

[ThatTruth777]

The people I knew that were capable of that stuff were already exposed to it from like when they were a kid or something like with mathematics and what not as it pertains to engineering. Others just have some strong memories or simply understand it in their own way.

 

[godkiller]

I know a person that can but he's extremely intelligent. If you know you can you're already doing it. If you can't then you can't. Go study.