#collegestudying

[explainlearning]

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[tv-head-media]

My first pear study for Painting 1 - I am proud of it but there is definitely room for improvement 😊

[sassblogsstuff]

Update on college:

I had to call my school because I took a few of those classes, so I am hoping that some credits will transfer. I am waiting for an email within 5 business days. It's so frustrating because it could've been done... oh well. What's done is done. (Waiting game)

I can't do any classes until the email,I'll have to cancel all the to-do list I've made for this week.

[digitalmurgi]

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[kids-worldfun]

Do My Programming Homework: Top Best Study Tips for Undergrads. When attending college, loads of students find themselves stuck when it’s time for study sessions. Check out some hot tips on how to make your academic journey less painful. 

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Various classifications have different expectations. A basic cover does not take into account genre trends and expectations. A nonfiction book should not look like a kid's activity book or vice versa. Unless you’re an experienced graphic designer, avoid using tools offered by Amazon. Find an experienced designer who is familiar with your theme and check their portfolio. Try to reach out to other authors for recommendations, or browse Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to find a freelance designer who works with other authors. 5. Emphasize covers and interior design. The quickest way to a one-star review is an ugly book cover or interior. When your print book format is a mess, Amazon's visitors will move on to the next competitor. Don’t gloss over this step. There is a lot of software, like Canva, Photoshop, or Illustrator, that allows you to format your book and make it look professional. You can also outsource your formatting to an expert. In our case, the Student Planner Weekly is already formatted for KDP, so you will save a lot of time and money. 6. Adjust Prices for International Markets When you publish a journal or planner on Amazon KDP, make sure that you adjust the price accordingly .99 : This is a marketing psychology that works on any markets. If KDP adjusts the price automatically for other markets, You can manually change it to international prices, however. You can add a .99 to the end of each price for each currency. And keep your eyes on royalty rates. You should also monitor the pricing boundaries for 30% and 70% royalties for each currency. 7. Becoming an Affiliate for Your Own Book Promote affiliate links for your own book and earn 70% royalties! Use your Amazon affiliate link on social media, website links, and anywhere else you can think of. Your amazon affiliate link allows you to earn additional 4% on the selling price of your book. It seems like not much, but that additional 4% can add up quickly with enough sales. Keep in mind that you only get this income when someone buys through your affiliate Amazon link, not from Amazon's search box. Finally, make Amazon KDP your friend; Using tips and tricks like these can assist you in succeeding on Amazon KDP.

[theadultsarealwaystalking]

Pandemic and College

This semester has probably been the toughest semester I have had to face thus far. 

The pandemic has honestly and unfortunately wiped the student out of me. I find myself falling behind and struggling to keep up. Getting COVID in the middle of the semester took a toll on my academic performance. Professors have been accommodating but it doesn’t take away from the overwhelming amount of work still there. I have felt a decline in my mental health and it’s unfortunate how much has changed in the last year. The world has felt like a duller place. 

I am posting this as a way for other college students to react to how their semester is going and how college in the pandemic has been for them. 

I know a lot of my friends have felt the same struggle and it is comforting to know there is a community of students out there that are going through this as well. 

Would you want school to get back in person or are you used to classes being online? Personally I am frightened for classes to get back in-person, but I am looking forward to an in-person environment again. I wonder what the next few years will look like.

[loudreams-studying]

AHHHHHHH

Okay, so We got zoom college and all that jazz right? Right. So I have this one professor who we don't talk to cause it's simply all online and each week it just unlocks a new lesson plan. TELL ME WHY THIS PROFESSOR JUST MESSAGED THE WHOLE CLASS THAT WE WERE CHEATING BECAUSE THERE WAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ANSWERS... 

Ma'am I HAVE SOCIAL ANXIETY THE IDEA OF ASKING A CLASSMATE FOR THEIR CONTACT INFO GIVES ME THE SAME SHIT THAT I GET WHEN I DRINK COFFEE!!!

[dreamingincapri]

A cozy corner of my college room :)

[studycell]

Hello everyone! Haven’t posted a masterpost in a long time! Hopefully this will be helpful to all of you in the following semester! I’m posting this now and not in the middle of finals week because some of these tips actually require of you to plan ahead so don’t be lazy, start the summer semester right!

The tips are organised more or less chronologically through the progression of the semester.

Disclaimer: This masterpost is aimed mostly at college students, seeing as we sometimes take big exams with 1000+ pages of study material, but I believe these tips could be helpful for anyone else! So let’s get started!

[check out my other masterposts here]

1. Start on time

Starting with a big one. Start. On. Time. The earlier you start with revising and going through the material, the more time you’ll have to do practice test which are one of the most important aspects of your revision (more on practice tests below!)

What this includes:

Going to lectures - this is an important step in gaining passive knowledge about the subject, by paying attention to what your professor says, you are already saving some of the concepts in your short-term memory [find about more about short-term vs. long-term memory here]

Taking notes during the lecture - doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just follow the main concepts of the lecture and write down main points - do not write down every single word you hear!!! this has no effect and you just become a human tape recorder. [this makes you pay attention and has your brain actually process information it’s hearing instead of just recording it]

Make your notes such as they are editable, meaning either use a computer or binder paper so you can insert additional pages and add content from different sources (textbooks, past papers, etc.)

Revise your notes after lecture - this takes just up to 30 minutes every day and for me it would be colour coding the notes I made in class. [colour coding your notes during the class simply takes too much time and imo takes a lot of time, at home you can take time to colour code and sort the material so your brain doesn’t only remember recording the information, but now sees it as an organised unit]

2. Have a life outside of school

Make friends, join a sport club, join the chapel choir, go jogging every weekend, go clubbing on Fridays, whatever you like!

Personally I like learning Swedish, going to dance parties whenever I can and taking long walks along the river. I study Microbiology and Genetics so learning a language is a nice way to “stimulate other parts of my brain”, so to speak. The different the hobby from your major, the better!

I am very aware that during the finals week, you’ll probably have to cut some time on some of these activities, but keep in mind that just because you’re at Uni, you don’t have to abandon every other aspect of your personality.

This also includes:

Taking breaks

Treating yourself with some nice things whenever you reach a goal

Dating!! (if you want, of course)

3. Take care of your (mental) health

This is a tricky topic, but I am fully aware that a lot, and I mean A LOT of students struggle with mental health issues, some of us have had this struggle even before starting college/uni.

After having a horrible first semester mental health-wise as a student abroad AND a queer female student in the STEM field that already had a life long history of depression, this January I’ve realised how much of my potential is wasted on horrible panic attacks when I should be studying and dreading existential depression when I should be going out and exploring the city. I reached out to my Uni therapist and asked for help. I’ve been visiting the organisation for two months now and it is completely FREE. I am still struggling but just ASKING FOR HELP has helped me so so much. I thought there are no free options for me and I’d have to waste a ton of money on just getting help, but if you use that magical lil thing called google, I’m sure you’ll find many options for students in your area.

This also includes:

Taking care of your physical health - no school subject should make you get sick because you sleep too little or make you loose a ton of weight because you think you don’t have the time to eat healthy

Taking care of your reproductive health!!! - if you are sexually active and live in a college campus/alone away from your parents, chances are, you are in great risk of getting an STI or unwanted pregnancy. I think this isn’t mentioned enough but check in with your insurance company about the coverage for things such as IUD, birth control pills, nuva ring, etc. as well as other contraceptives that prevent STI’s (female and male condoms, etc.)! If you don’t practice heterosexual intercourse, here’s an important link, also here. When in doubt, talk to your doctor!

What does this have to do with big exams?

Well, many students I know seem to ignore their health and sacrifice their sanity, just to get “a good grade”. Emotional, as well as physical health is crucial for being happy and satisfied with yourself. I also mention reproductive health because it is often overlooked as something “people should know already”, but people often overlook the consequences of getting an STI or getting accidentally pregnant. Having a panic attack over a weird growth on your genitalia or missing your period and wondering whether it’s from stressing about exams or getting pregnant is the LAST thing that should be happening to you when you need to thinking about your education. Also letting your mental issues building up and then having a nervous breakdown the day before your big exam probably isn’t a good idea.

4. You are probably not a night owl

Before I get bombarded with hate for this one, I do think that, YES, some people are night owls! But I also believe that some people, SOME people simply have little to no self-control and/or organisational skills and therefore end up staying late at night finishing that last-minute assignment or studying the night before the test. I AM this person, I do this. But when I do manage to get my ass out of bed at an appropriate time and get a good nights sleep beforehand, my productivity is OUTSTANDING. Try rebooting your sleeping schedule and actually getting stuff done in the morning, you might be surprised in realising you are, in fact, a morning person! If you truly try and again fail, then congratulations, you are indeed a creature of the night!

By actually getting myself to be productive in the morning, I managed to have 0 allnighters for my last exam and pass it as well!

Here are some interesting links on the topic:

The AsapSCIENCE video

Sleep and good grades

5. To coffee or not to coffee?

This is also a complicated topic but IF you feel like you are well rested, fairly focused and you usually do not need to drink coffee! If you are like me, the additional caffeine will just send you into anxiety mode and for the rest of the day you’ll feel like someone spiked your drink with DMT. Not joking!! It is also important to remember that drinking too much coffee too early in the morning can indeed affect you negatively in the long run so be careful! The last thing you need during your finals week is to have painful stomach ulcers, yikes.

While there are negative sides to drinking too much coffee, there are also findings that show coffee helps with your memory!

If you find yourself literally OD-ing on coffee and not getting any results, try drinking tea instead. Fun fact: tea leaves actually contain more caffeine than coffee, but by diluting them while prepping your beverage, the effects are weaker.

All things in moderation, especially when preparing for a big exam!

Here are some links:

20 Harmful Effects of Caffeine

Perk Up Your Memory with Caffeine! 

Caffeine and anxiety

6. Practice tests!!!!

Do. Practice. Tests. It doesn’t only prepare your brain for the exam environment, but it also makes you actively learn things.

My usual practice for big tests is 1 month of hardcore studying (going over the materials) and 1 week of going through past papers or practice tests as some call them. You can also do 5 days of going through the material and then 1 day of doing exam questions, but this is mostly up to you, as everyone is different and no person can study the exact same way as you! The uni usually has an entire server of these and a good tip is to join some facebook groups of older students and politely ask them to send you some old questions/give you tips on the exam you are taking! Most of them are usually happy to help.

An interesting study about practice tests

And lastly, don’t forget that your grades aren’t everything and as a college student, you probably won’t be able to get through all of those 1000+ pages of study material and that is okay! Usually the main thing you will be graded on is understanding the concept and applying it to a real-life situation in the field. Focus on the big picture and don’t stress too much over small details! I tried to be as general as possible, as to have this masterpost applicable for anyone and I am fully aware that your studying strategy will differ depending whether you study linguistics, history, computer science, or something completely different!

If you think that I forgot anything or have any questions, feel free to message me and I’ll make sure to answer to you as soon as possible!

Have a lovely Monday!

[studiousblondeblogger]

Studying For College Exams

Everyone tells you it’s going to be different than studying for high school exams. I’m here to tell you, in my experience, this is one of the truest statements I ever heard. Especially since I transitioned from a small high school to a four-year college. I went into my first year of college thinking that how I studied for exams was already perfect, and I would not have to change a thing. I continued to think this way up until I received my first exam. Did not go super well. In high school, I always made notecards and overstudied for exams. It didn’t matter what the class was, this method always worked. So here are 5 tips on how I adapted to college exams.

1. Notecards are NOT always the answer. Trust me. As a student who made notecards for every single thing, it is only an effective measure if the exam is more of a vocabulary based exam. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t make notecards, but don’t make them if you’re going to spend more time making them than actually reviewing them (guilty of this).

2. Study guides are not typically given to you anymore, SO MAKE YOUR OWN!! This became the #1 best method for me by the end of my undergraduate career. Take your notes, lecture notes, homework, and book notes and combine them all. Whether I wrote it all out on paper or typed it up, this method 100% worked for me. It is important to remember that not every detil belongs on a study guide, just the main points. When I make my study guides I usually try to keep the study guide less than 6 pages long. It mostly depends on the amount of notes though. That’s why I started typing my study guides, print them out, and write any details I thought was important enough.

3. Highlighters and colored pens are great, but overusing them will hurt you more than benefit you. This was a hard pill for me to swallow. I love highlighters and my papermate pens/markers. However, they can take away from your material and be distracting. Try setting up a method to the color madness. A certain color for titles, main points, etc. Just try not to mark everything because not everything is important. 

4. Planners will become your best friend. I never really used a planner in high school. I didn’t really need one. When I got to college, I quickly realized I needed a planner just to make sure I kept up with all of my due dates, exams, homework, papers, etc. With a planner, I was able to plan out my day and find time to study. Also, I found time to not focus on school (which is a must!!) **Bullet journals are pretty great too. I had one for a year, and I loved it. 

5. Every class is different and requires a different amount of studying. For one class, you may have to study a whole week before the exam just to make sure you understand the material. For another, you might can review your notes one day before the exam and be fine. Find out early on what each class needs from you. Don’t feel bad for not studying more or less than you need. 

Classes start soon so good luck you guys! 

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[stardustandmargaritas]

Willingness and courage to study are sought.

[emb0126]

Grad school is really throwing me for a loop. I assumed that getting 2 bachelor's degrees would prepare me for a graduate program, but it's so much more different than I could have imagined. The class structure is set up in a way that the students really self-teach and the professor sits back and lets the students discuss the entire time. The amount of work is so much. I had an undergrad advisor tell one of my classes that grad school stress levels were like having finals every week and they were not kidding!!!

[davismilesstuff]

By seeing that it feels like the word 'studying' is derived from the 'student dying'.

Isn't it true? Comment below!