<p>I usually read the book and then use the sparknotes for review.</p>
<p>Freshman year I didn’t study a bit and got okay grades, but I wasn’t taking very hard classes. This year I study a LOT- I definitly think I’d be doing a lot worse if I didn’t.</p>
<p>I’m so bad at studying…I’m the world’s biggest procrastinator, so I’ll make a whole schedule for studying for finals and color it and make it pretty, but I seldom follow it.</p>
<p>I do what it takes to KNOW the material on the coming test. If it takes 10 minutes then I’m done. If it takes 3 hours, then I’m still bookin’ it baby.</p>
<p>Knowing how much to study is a skill.</p>
<p>^^yes. and knowing WHAT to study is as well. One time i found the exact AP calc test that the teacher used for the midterm (unknowingly of course, from the PR practice Calc test) and guess who curved it?</p>
<p>As Boobie MIles would say, ain’t gotta study, just gotta show up. </p>
<p>But seriously, I’ve never really studied, and it’s only because of procrastination. Like I do all right by being near the top of my class, etc., but I’ve never done amazing (like being Val), or as good as I know I can. I didn’t even study for the SATs (and I bought the book and stuff). I guess it’s a lot of well intentioned stuff (I’m gonna go home and study, yah!!!), but when push come to shove, I never do anything. Which explains why I’m typing away on CC.</p>
<p>“But if i look at a sheet, i will remember exactly where it is on the page and what it usually says”</p>
<p>Same here! I still remember where what specific pages in my book from two years ago looked like…</p>
<p>I used to overstudy for Chem. I would do the review problems that my teacher gave us, then the review problems in the back of the book, then I would outline the key concepts of the chapter. And then, one day my short attention span got the best of me, and I decided that I would rather just go to sleep. And, lo and behold, I did even better on that test! I haven’t studied for Chem since, and it hasn’t hurt me.</p>
<p>I also never study for Math or English. I mean, with Math you either know the material or you don’t, and I have a really good teacher. And, with English, we have open book tests, so…</p>
<p>Envi Sci, French, and History I have to study for, though, because
1- My Envi Sci teacher likes to include percentages and numbers in our tests, along with other insignificant details
2- My French teacher likes to include strange grammatical ‘nuances’ (she loves to say this to us) on our tests that are meant to trick us
and
3- APUSH is APUSH. That’s really the only explanation that’s needed =)</p>
<p>i always feel a bit guilty when my mom says something like “you’re such a hard worker… look at those grades…” i always plan on studying more, but when you dont get b’s or c’s or whatever, you’re not motivated. i remember the first time i did study was when i missed 2 lectures in biology at a college… and i was like, oh man… and studed RIGHT before the exam. but yeah thats it.</p>
<p>Study? What the heck is that? Some sort of religion?</p>
<p>LOL, JK. I never study. I just remember the stuff I hear in class. My memory is good with equations and facts. I can remember almost the whole thing exactly as said. Sometimes I brush up on it for 5-10 mins before the test to be fresh. That is about it.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention. There is a difference between memorizing temporarily, infinitely, and learning something.</p>
<p>I don’t tend to remember everything on humanities subjects later on like key dates, facts, etc even though I can remember the concepts. Math, reading, and others work great for me though.</p>
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hahaha, that’s EXACTLY what I do!!!</p>
<p>For some of my classes, I get by on pure smarts, but I study, and often overstudy, in some classes.</p>