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College students..how much did you/do you study? (pg. 3)
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
I studied effectively never. Your mileage may vary. |
+1. in my opinion if i'm gonna actually learn it, i'll learn it as the class goes. anything i get by studying i end up forgetting not long after. anything i learn as the class goes, i still remember years later
so while my grades usually aren't top of the class, a year later i retain almost everything i knew back then while all my classmates who stay up all night studying to get an A end up forgetting everything
grades aren't everything |
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| Magnus |
| I completed college in 3.5 years, even taking off a year in there to work. I was able to get it done by doing 4 semesters of 18 credit hours once I started back. I goofed off a lot but got serious towards the end. Statistics was probably the hardest class I had. I had a tudor and studied all the time and still got a C. The professor would always start class by saying today we will be going at normal speed which is fast. He would get mad if you asked a question. It was all I could do to take notes as fast as I could type. Anyways, I guess its different for everyone. |
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| iclone |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
+1. in my opinion if i'm gonna actually learn it, i'll learn it as the class goes. anything i get by studying i end up forgetting not long after. anything i learn as the class goes, i still remember years later
so while my grades usually aren't top of the class, a year later i retain almost everything i knew back then while all my classmates who stay up all night studying to get an A end up forgetting everything
grades aren't everything |
same here. |
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| nefardec |
| i rarely study, partially because i study architecture, which means instead of taking notes and reading stuff, I get to work from 5 PM to 5 AM seven days a week drawing little lines in AutoCAD and 3DS Max, or cutting my fingers with exacto blades and inhaling resin fumes and molten plexiglass and laser cutter smoke |
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| sot |
rarely
maybe an hour or two before a test,midterm or final. i still manage a 3.0 gpa which is good enough for me lol.
also cheatsheets ftw
open up wordpad, 8 font. use abbreviations for facts and such. cut out the part u used with a scissor. then tuck it in your lap
take it out when u need it
works all the time :) |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by BobbyV
I'm majoring in Business Administration, unsure of the concentration..possibly accounting. People have been telling me that when I take 4 classes, some of which being managerial accounting, business calculus, etc., I'll need to be studying about 8 - 10 hours per day, 7 days per week. Sounds like overkill to me, I would get burned out pretty quick studying that much. What were/are your study habits like? |
lol, you're studying that much for BUSINESS CLASSES?!?!?!?!!? :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
lol, you're studying that much for BUSINESS CLASSES?!?!?!?!!? :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
No no, he's not studying that much. People are telling him he'll need to study that much.
I average 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
No no, he's not studying that much. People are telling him he'll need to study that much.
I average 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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lol, i'm lucky if i averaged 10 hrs a week.
totally depended on the classes tho. all my meteor classes, it was easily 1-2 hours a day. other bull classes that i didn't give a rats ass about? 1-2 hours before the test. LOL.
some classes, were just suuuuuuuuuuch a waste |
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| PatMcGroin |
for some classes and some majors especially you will need to study quite a bit.
thats why make sure you like what you're majoring in. if you dont, you're really going to hate life.
over the summer i was at school almost every sat/sun from about noon till 8 at the earliest and midnight at the latest. it sucked, but you gotta do what you gotta do. |
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| Akridrot |
I do better in classes that are more intelligence-based than knowledge-based. That will tell you how much/what kind of studying you will be doing.
With math, once you get the concepts, a brief skimming of equations will refresh your memory and get you in problem-solving mode again.
With a knowledge-based class, you have to read a LOT more and memorize every detail, because you never know if some tricky question will pop up.
Math exam:
You don't remember the exact equation because you didn't study, but you're able to solve the problem and find the answer in a half-assed way. You get partial credit because you understood the theory behind solving the problem.
History Exam:
You don't remember , because you never studied. There's no way to work your way out of this one, and you fail completely.
It's really the easy classes that I have problems with, in a really weird way. A lot of the classes that keep me up all night are memory based. them.
Classes that focus on problem-solving and logic = Easy
Classes that focus on rote memorization = Hard (depending on amount of material), lots of procrastination |
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| _Nut_ |
Freshman year - rarely
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Senior Year - 7 - 10 hours a day (including classes). I treated it as a job.
Grad school - Life does not exist. |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
Grad school - Life does not exist. |
agree. |
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