<p>Many high schools teach students to annotate their literary texts. Have you continued to use this method after matriculating to Harvard? How does annotating texts help? </p>
<p>Did you annotate during SAT CR/Lit and AP English tests?</p>
<p>On a side note, how closely do you read your texts in college? Do most students have the time to scrutinize and close-read assigned texts?</p>
<p>What, exactly, do you mean by “annotating” the text? Do you just mean making marginal notes, underlining key passages, etc.? If so, I think you’ll find that some college students do this, and others don’t.</p>
<p>Try Harvard College Writing Center Resources: [WRITING</a> RESOURCES Harvard College Writing Center](<a href=“http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k33202&pageid=icb.page143936]WRITING”>http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k33202&pageid=icb.page143936)</p>
<p>It really depends. Every student has a different style. When I read I tend to not underline or annotate or make any marks whatsoever.</p>
<p>It always bothered me when high school teachers assigned annotation or did binder-checks or that sort of thing. If my own way of studying/organization worked for me, I didn’t see why I should have been marked down for not doing it differently.</p>
<p>^I also feel annoyed at assigned annotation! It feels really unnatural for me. Everybody keeps telling me that it helps, but I can’t help feeling like it’s a waste of time when I try it…</p>
<p>To each his own…thanks everyone for the confirmation</p>