• 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!