Any useful campus tips/tricks from current UW students?

<p>Here’s a good one:
-Do extensive google searches for old class exams to prep for midterms and finals. Do as many as you can find, and when you’re done with that, do them again. Maybe even a 3rd time. Old exams are absolutely the best way to review. In google, if you type for example “chem 142 midterm site:washington.edu”, it’ll refine your search to only uw sites, which is where you need to be looking anyways.</p>

<p>For the most part, CLUE review sessions aren’t very helpful at all. Stay home, make note sheets, and practice old exams and review problems instead.</p>

<p>On the other hand, if your teacher or TA offers a review session, absolutely show up to that. It’s basically free potential exam answers.</p>

<p>Go to office hours! While making yourself known to your teacher isn’t as important in objectively graded classes like math, it’s crucial in other courses like VLPAs. Bring questions about the coursework, homework, or discuss possible paper topics. Fun fact: I got a 3.8 instead of a 2.6 on a midterm paper because I went to office hours and discovered there was a gross mistake in grading. Go to office hours.</p>