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“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

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Exam wisdom

I just finished my exams today and I am absolutely drained. I’m running on caffeine and 2 hours of sleep. Gonna reward myself with a nice nap now :))

Here are a few things that are worth remembering:

- Start early. Seriously. It makes a huge difference.

- DO PRACTICE PAPERS (if you’re an IB student who takes sciences, get the IB questionbanks!!!!)

- Try your hardest and try not to beat yourself up for struggling despite working hard. Shit happens. Exams aren’t always going to great, even with preparation.

- Prepare yourself as much as you possibly can. Remember that all of the efforts and hard work that you put in during this short period of time will be rewarded.

- You are smart and you are capable. Do not let laziness stop you from achieving your potential.

- Treat your body right. This is something that I still have to work on a lot but for real. Don’t put your body through hell. Get enough sleep (or at least try to get as much as you can) and eat nutritious food (protein, fruits, vegetables, etc.). Even try to exercise if you can, but I know that it becomes impossible with exams.

- Try to plan your time as much as possible to make sure that you devote the study time needed for each subject you need to study for.

- Believe in yourself. You are intelligent and your grades do not define your intellect or your potential. You are capable of achieving your goals, all it takes is hard work.

I will try to continuously update this list :) pls add more content if you can think of something important that I’ve missed.

Have an amazing week everyone:)

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How to Study or Methods of Learning

I work as a tutor for a year now, and I noticed that many students know only one way to study for an exam: flash cards. They come to me with a pile of hundreds of flashcards and tell me that this is the only way works for them. I probably could write another post about how much I don’t like flash cards but it’s a different story…

Here I want to list all kinds of study methods that I found helpful after three years in college

1.      Rewrite notes

Many professors now upload copies of the notes or PowerPoints. If they don’t do this, you can use your own notes or a student book. One of the study methods is to rewrite those notes. That doesn’t mean that you need to rewrite word by word, it’s the opposite. The purpose of this technique is to analyze the material, put it in your own words, organize it as you want, and then write it down. Never rewrite information when you don’t understand it, it defeats the whole purpose.

2.      Make diagrams, tables, and trees

You can’t use these visuals to study everything, however, they’re extremely helpful to remember complicated concepts and processes. I draw them in my notes and sometimes redraw them on a draft paper multiple times if a concept is very hard to remember.

3.      Use other visuals

If you can’t create your own diagrams, you can look for them on the Internet or use visual resources like Crash Course and Khan Academy

4.      Teach your friend

As a tutor, I teach many students.  Teaching others helps to remember any material and even understand it better. It works because you talk about a subject aloud and you force your brain to recall information as fast as possible. You don’t have to be a tutor to do this. You can teach anyone: your friend, sibling, mother, or you can pretend that you teach someone. This method is also great because it uncovers all hidden parts that you didn’t know you don’t understand/remember.

5.      Imagine what you study

Most people probably do it on an intuitive level, but there are some students that don’t do it. You can incorporate this method while you’re reading or rewriting notes. I always imagine different processes in my head. For example, how molecules collapse and interact with each other or how gases diffuse from alveoli into capillaries. I kinda create “a movie” in my mind. It’s fun!

6.      Read out loud

It doesn’t work for me, but I know it does for some.

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30/100 days of productivity   +  THURS 6/30/16 // 2:48pm

theme of the day: “winging it?” molecular genetics and unfinished ( ¬ω¬ ) bio notes out of Cliff’s! today’s post is dedicated to my froinds @stuhhhdy (who is NOT a fan of birds) and @asazora (who absolutely is). 

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wednesday april 5, 2017; 8:06 pm

studying for my chapter 4 psych test!

i have been listening 2 pwr bttm sooooo much this week they give me such good vibes! i have also been listening to vampire weekend a Ton and i just want to spend all of my days dancing around my room! (preferably w my gf also!)

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- ̗̀ march 30 2017 ̖́-

sneak peek of this week’s spread 🌷 // follow me on instagram: @carlostudies

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1st April 2017

Atomic Structure notes!! I love my brown pen, it makes my handwriting nice :,,) Since it is the first of the month, I hope you all have a great month!!

Studygram: acadehmic

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[2/11/17] 

Trying and failing to channel my inner @studylustre today. I wanted to work on my handwriting today, so I decided to rewrite some vocabulary that my english class did a really long time ago. I think it turned out pretty well :)

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august 21st | chemistry revision for my test this Wednesday is going pretty smoothly!

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02.02.17 - my first month on studyblr has been phenomenal. i’m seeing results in my studies and my bullet journal. thank you everyone, the response has been insane i can hardly believe it! my new resolution is to learn how to take better photos and edit them, for sure.

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Spanish Midterms

It’s never too early to start studying for big upcoming tests! My midterms are the 2nd week of January. Here’s the beginnings of my all-you-need-to-know Spanish study guide :)

Your notes don’t need to be perfect to be pretty :)

12.31.16

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4.18.16+6:36pm // journal set-up for the week! i liked the two-page spread i had last week, so i just tweaked it into a space theme for this week. hopefully i can find some washi tape that fits it! haha. 

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+ updated tags page

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1.24.17+10:53am // spread 13: star ocean queen // haven’t posted in forever, but here’s the spread i made for this week (with some sunlight streaking through the blinds haha). i got pretty stressed about my inconsistent handwriting, so i amped up the freestyle this time. i really like how it turned out! hope everyone is having a great week :D

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[07.22 PM] | 01/07/2017

I hope 2017 continues to treat me as well as my first week~ Here’s to a productive year! 🙌🏼

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only now finished my books to-read list for 2017! also if you have any book suggestions, i’d really like to hear them ♡