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- If you
did not have to study in high school, YOU WILL have to study in
college.
- Rewrite
or type your class notes.
- Review notes while you are waiting for classes to start.
- Make sure you understand them, ask for help if you don't.
- Make
flashcards. Take them with you wherever you go. When you have
free time--study them!
- Attend a
Learning Resources Center seminar on study skills.
- Read your
class notes within 24 hours--you'll remember more.
- Highlight
your notes/textbook.
- Don't cram.
Study/read a little each night, versus leaving everything until
the night before the test.
- Study with
others--form study groups; work with others in your classes.
- Get to know
your professor/TA
- If you can't understand something, ask him/her about it.
- Go to
office hours.
- Have a roommate/friend
quiz you.
- Ask for
help if you need it!
- Attend a
review session. Be prepared i.e., bring a list of questions/topics
with which you need help.
- Take notes
as you study. Write notes in the margins of your notebook/textbook,
etc.
- Try to guess
what questions will be on the test. Write "practice" responses
to essays.
- Create an
outline as you study.
- As you are
studying/reading, ask yourself if you understand the material.
Could you teach it to someone else?
- Read captions,
footnotes, graphs, charts, maps, pictures, etc. They are often
on exams, quizzes, etc.
- Answer study
questions at end of chapter.
- Know the
vocabulary.
- Summarize
the material in the chapter.
- Draw pictures,
charts, diagrams and highlight with various colors if it will
help you remember the material.
- Refer to
your syllabus--what will be covered on the test?
- If your
professor sends e-mails regarding your assignments, these may
contain hints for test material.
- Use your
class email list and/or ANGEL if you need to get information you
missed or communicate with your classmates.
- Use help
rooms.
- Some classes
have supplemental study guides at the bookstore.
- Do reading before class!
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