I am not posting a whole bunch of tips, just tips that actually worked for me. \u00a0So for my second semester my average went up by 7% by making some big changes. \u00a0Some changes were probably too much for me, and I didn’t follow through, but some I did, and they definitely helped me.<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0Check out your classes before hand! \u00a0If it’s one of those courses with a lot of sections, try and choose the professor who’s grading scheme fits you best. \u00a0Eg. \u00a0When I was chosing a Math 103 prof, i checked every prof’s grading scheme, and when I saw one professor doing some weird online thing for grades, and the other doing clickers, I chose the clickers! \u00a0And checking ratemyprof is helpful but not COMPLETELY reliable. \u00a0It does help you get the gist of the professor. \u00a0I really liked my Math professor’s grading scheme, some quizzes to keep me on my toes, labs were 10% :D, etc.<\/p>\n
2. \u00a0GO to OTHER lectures. \u00a0I actually said this during christmas break on a post. \u00a0I said it’s something I wanted to do, and thought would help..and it did. \u00a0I did this for math 103, only because I couldn’t do it for chem or bio(timetable conflicts). \u00a0But even though most people do worse in math 103, i went up 15% from first semester math to second semester math. \u00a0So a big jump. \u00a0I can honestly say that the extra lectures contributed, especially because I set it up in a way that I was having math every single day. \u00a0It also helped to reaffirm things, and most of all, each professor has their strengths, and if one professor was weak on a certain subject, the other professor seemed to be strong. \u00a0My professor was Rolfsen, and my extra class was taught by Christoph Hauert.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0Go to Office Hours. \u00a0Going to office hours helps. \u00a0It’s amazing how so many students are in a lecture, and how few of them come to office hours. \u00a0Even if you know your stuff, in office hours I was able to find out about things to come before others, and also got a lot of things cleared up.<\/p>\n
4. Take practice tests. \u00a0I am the queen of practice tests. \u00a0I have about 5 billion for each first year course. \u00a0So if your a first year in science, and want something that WILL help you, contact me, and I will happily send them your way. \u00a0For my first chem midterm I did the pratice test posted online + about 7 others that I had found. \u00a0Result: \u00a0My highest midterm grade EVER.<\/p>\n
5. \u00a0Dont get caught up with your great midterm grades…and start slacking off. \u00a0After chem I was too confident, and Biol140 started distracting me and getting in the way (I regret putting so much time into this horrible course) and I for some reason put Bio 140 in higher priority and fell off the Bio 112, Math \u00a0103 and Chem 123 trains. \u00a0Thus my downfall…I did well my second semester, I am very proud of how much I improved. \u00a0But I do wish I wasn’t in Bio 140, I have a feeling my average would be atleast 4% higher.<\/p>\n
6. \u00a0Take some time for yourself. \u00a0Sometimes constant focus on work will suck up all the energy you have…and then finals hit. \u00a0You want to have gotten the fun out of the way when you have to study for finals. \u00a0So don’t be the person in the library from 9am to 1am monday through sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am not posting a whole bunch of tips, just tips that actually worked for me. \u00a0So for my second semester my average went up by 7% by making some big changes. \u00a0Some changes were probably too much for me, and I didn’t follow through, but some I did, and they definitely helped me. 1. … Continue reading