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How do you manage time when it comes to school (projects, homework, tests and EXAMS)? :O Options
milliex51
#1 Posted : Monday, May 07, 2012 6:17:40 PM
Rank: Senior Student




Joined: 3/3/2012
Posts: 96
Hi! If you guys don't mind any tips on how to use time wisely when it comes to big tests, projects due, and of course... exams? I'm going to take one early exam in May but the rest of the 6 courses will be in June. Any advice? Routines? Ahhh... I still have so much projects, essays and assignments to do before I can take the exams! Help? bounce
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Topiary
#2 Posted : Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:17:08 AM
Rank: Senior Student




Joined: 11/9/2011
Posts: 246
If I were you I would get my projects, essays, and assignments out of the way before anything; set them as your primary focus for now, with some studying for the early exam factored in.

Try to plan things out before you do them. Forget Facebook for a couple days and just get your work out of the way so you can put some time toward studying.

Try to finish all your essays, assignments, and projects a week before any of your exams. During that week devote yourself to reading over course materials, note that it doesn't need to be everything at once. If you've got seven days before your first exam read a sixth of your courses' materials each day until you reach the final day before your first exam. By then, in theory, you should have read all of your courses' content. Take that last day to read over the exam you have on the next day.

Rinse and repeat until you're finished you're exams.
freebird
#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 08, 2012 10:23:52 PM
Rank: Senior Student


Joined: 4/23/2011
Posts: 230
Prioritize. Unless I actually have time to do everything at my absolute best (which is practically never), I choose which tasks I'm going to put my time and effort into. I look at how much assignments, quizzes, etc, are worth and how beneficial they'll be for helping me study for my exams. Then if something has minimal benefit and isn't worth very much, I cut my losses and do the minimum required to get an all right mark.

Find a good study space. Force yourself to go somewhere where you won't be easily distracted like your room or the kitchen. Getting out of my room is half the battle for me.

For exams, I think it depends on how you learn. I usually can't study like Topiary does (by simply reading notes) because I'm a very visual learner and I have to organize my thoughts into tables, pictures, mind maps, etc. After three years, I still haven't figured out the best way to study, but I think the most efficient method so far has been making mind maps/tables/drawings immediately after lecture, so I can just study that later. But it really depends on the course. Oh, also practice exams are amazing. I do those and then correct all my mistakes thoroughly. While this takes time, it's extremely effective and I've done well on exams doing little more than that.
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MarsAgain
#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:12:03 PM
Rank: Frosh




Joined: 4/23/2012
Posts: 11
For tests, it depends as courses vary.

For problem-based courses (In my case Functions, Chemistry, Physics) I find that the best way to study for tests is to review every "type" of question that you covered in the unit, chapter, whatever. HOWEVER, remember that I said "type" of question, meaning that you shouldn't redo all of your homework. Although, try to pick the (1 or 2) most challenging problem(s) of a specific chapter and redo them. If you did your homework, you'll be able to check over every step you made and correct any mistakes (and hopefully learn from them). Plan to study 1 or 2 chapters a night days before the test, and on the day of the test, write with confidence.

When it comes down to exams, I can't tell you how beneficial it is to study your past tests. Look over and redo the key-concept questions on the test. If you wrote the test and corrected it afterwards, you'll be able to check over your steps and make sure you did it right! Again, plan this process over a week or so and you should be well prepared for the exam!

As for homework, I try to complete it as soon as I get home. I do this because you end up having more free time than you thought. Plus, it also saves you a lot of stress compared to doing your homework at 11 o'clock! :)

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