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im really pissed that palindrome isnt palindrome backwards

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where has this been all my life??

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Here’s Rory Gilmore studying to motivate all those lazy asses out there to do the same (mine included).

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#same 🖤🖤

I love planners, highlighters, giant calendars, nice ball point pens, to do lists, & anything else that gives me the illusion that I’m getting my life together

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@asnowballschance #regram

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Your vibe attracts your tribe ✌🏽️

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This!

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True 💅🏼

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Because my family members lives matter ⚫️🔵⚫️

With so many killed in the past few days, it’s heart wrenching. Keep your chin up, blue line. The red, white, and gold all back you.

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I'll be needing this 💪🏽👏🏽

With finals coming up, I just wanted to put together a few tips. Feel free to message me about anything you need help on and I’ll help you to the best of my abilities. Anyways, here we go!

Studying/Prep tips

Don’t leave your studying all to the last minute. I cannot stress this enough. Chemistry can be very confusing and therefore might take longer to study for then other classes. Five 1 hour study sessions beats one 5 hour session every time.

Use your textbook. Honestly, it’s surprising how many people just ignore their book and only use their notes. This is fine in some cases, but in most textbooks there are practice problems at the end of each chapter which may be very similar to the ones of the exam.

Double-check material. You may be tempted to only study the sections you don’t understand or forgot. Don’t do this. Seriously, I’ve done this before and when I got to the test I realized I had forgot the material I was confident with in the first place. Basically, review the hard things first, but don’t forget to go over the things you think you know already. 

Memorize the formulas and constants. This should be obvious but you should know formulas and constants backwards, forwards, and upside down (I’m joking, but seriously..). Looking at a problem and realizing you don’t know the formula is literally the worst thing.

Practice with the calculator you are going to use on the test. Again, this should be obvious but just in case I’m going to put it on here. 

Go over the steps.  Drawing Lewis structures and balancing equations take many steps so make sure you know all of them, and which order the steps go in. 

Watch videos. For auditory and visual learners (like myself), watching videos can be a helpful asset while studying for an exam. My favorites include Crash Course (more general) and Khan Academy (more specific). Pro Tip: I like to speed up Khan Academy videos 1.25x or 1.5x because they are a bit slow for me.

Use premade study guides. Sparknotes has some good ones, you can find a ton if you just google search. If you want the ones I make for myself just send me a message.

Don’t rely on flash cards too much. Flashcards can be useful but if your teacher is anything like mine, you will have to be able to understand and explain concepts, not just rattle off a bunch of definitions. I found that flashcards help me more on multiple choice tests, not so much on free-response ones. 

Review your labs. Concepts found on your labs will most likely appear on your final, and it’s good to have the fresh in your memory. This is also helpful for tactical learners because they might remember concept better that they have seen and experienced themselves. 

While taking the exam

Keep track of your units. Always the unit on the end of an answer. There is usually a unit on everything. 

Look over all of the questions when you get the test. Do the easy ones first. This seems counterintuitive, but seriously, trust me. 

Proofread all of your free response questions before turning in the test. 

Check your math. Twice. Thee times. Make sure it’s right. Stupid math errors are usually what makes the difference between and A- and B+. 

Keep track of sig figs and don’t use rounded values. Rounding your answer should be the very last thing you do.

Write something. Usually you get some points for writing what you know, or guessing, rather than leaving the answer blank. 

Re-check all answers at the end. Honestly, I never used to do this but surprisingly it helps a lot.

Some resources

tons of downloadable content and notes

online quizzes

test where your weak areas are

answered questions on just about any topic concerning chemistry

calculator to balance equations

unit conversion calculator

list of constants

a bunch of free online courseware

all of my personal study guides (made by me featuring material from my awesome chemistry teacher) are now available for free HERE.

Remember that grades don’t matter much compared to learning about how amazing the world is and the intricate processes that allow the universe to exist. Happy studying! 

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Yaaaassss this everyday all day cause I'm over here feeling old as fuck and like i haven't done shit 😒💪🏽💪🏽

Sage advice. See more highlights from Drake’s SNL.

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I love this shit #dentalislife #futuredentalhygienist #lastexamofthesemester #studylife #studyblr #anatomy 🤓🤓🤓🤓

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There's about 4wks left in the semester and this is what studying looks like 😩😩🤓🤓

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What studying looks like today 😴😴🤓🤓

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Because Monday = lab day 🤓🤓

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So useful ☺️

Transition Words For Your Essays

Transition Signals:

Transitions are words and phrases that connect ideas and show how they are related.

To repeat and ideas just stated:

In other words,

That is,

To repeat,

Again,

To illustrate an idea:

For example,

For instance,

In particular,

To illustrate,

In this manner,

Thus,

To announce a contrast, a change in direction:

Yet,

However,

Still,

Nevertheless,

On the other hand,

In contrast,

Instead of,

On the contrary,

Conversely,

Notwithstanding,

In spite of this,

Time:

At once,

In the interim,

At length,

Immediately,

At last,

Meanwhile,

In the meantime,

Presently,

At the same time,

Shortly,

In the end,

Temporarily,

Thereafter,

To restate an idea more precisely:

To be exact,

To be specific,

To be precise,

More specifically,

More precisely,

To mark a new idea as an addition to what has been said:

Similarly,

Also,

Too,

Besides,

Furthermore,

Further,

Moreover,

In addition,

To show cause and effect:

As a result,

For this reason,

Thereafter,

Hence,

Consequently,

Accordingly,

Conclusion:

In short,

To conclude,

In brief,

On the whole,

In summary,

To sum up,

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Beautiful!!! 😍