How do you know when you're done studying?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Even though I’m a senior in high school, I’m still not totally sure of how to study. So far, this year I’ve been doing better than last year in classes even though I’m not doing anything differently. </p>

<p>So this question occurred to me today, as I was studying for AP Econ nearly the entire the day and checking CC sporadically. </p>

<p>How do you know when to stop studying or that you’re done? </p>

<p>I still don’t feel like I’ve studied enough for AP Econ… I mean the only reason I’m stopping soon is so that I get enough sleep, not because I’m done.</p>

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<p>I know to stop studying when there is no longer any topic that I can’t explain (or “do” in the case of Calculus) sufficiently. I don’t keep studying until I’ve mastered everything - because that would take hours - I study until the point where I believe myself capable of getting at least a 90 on the assessment.</p>

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<p>I know I’m done studying when the teacher says to put our books away because the test is starting. I procrastinate too much.</p>

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<p>I guess I’m more the type who doesn’t stop studying until the teacher says the test is starting. I find it easier to know when to finish for math and chemistry, but it’s harder for the social sciences. Like Econ, I can read the textbook, look at example problems, do those example problems, and still not be prepared.</p>

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<p>When it’s 12 and i need to go to sleep</p>

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<p>Study? What is study?</p>

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<p>@Yakisoba - I’m like 70% sure its Minnesota’s state bird or something.</p>

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<p>omg i actually don’t know</p>

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<p>Typically I’m done when I can reteach the material. However long that takes. If not, I look up practice tests online and take most (if not all) of them.</p>

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<p>When I know everything on the study guide…</p>

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<p>when i was in college, i know i am done studying, when i can relax and go out and see a movie (pre VHS) the night before the test.</p>

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<p>what crappy school do you go to, where they give you study guides</p>

<p>study guides LOL</p>

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<p>The kind where 98% of students matriculate to four year colleges.</p>

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<p>because they think it’ll be easy like high school but then they fail</p>

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<p>I sometimes get study guides, but they’re more like AP syllabi from the CollegeBoard. </p>

<p>Sometimes I feel like I’ve done all of these things (know the study guide, be able to reteach someone and do all the practice problems I can find) but I’m still not ready.</p>

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<p>Haha, my high school is apparently harder than college. Although… I haven’t heard back from my friends at CalTech, Harvard, or MIT yet.</p>

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<p>I just read everything (all text book pages, all handouts, all worksheets) over once through and then I’m done.
It’s horrible work ethic though, because this means I’m sometimes studying for like 5 hours for a single class.</p>