reasons i haven’t been blogging this term:
1) science one term 2 research project
2) totem park presents “legally blonde: the musical”
3) mental health dragging me along for a roller coaster ride
reasons i’m blogging now:
1) i don’t want to study
2) i want to write
leading logically into
3) i need to write about studying.
i’ve written two of my four exams so far, with my next two coming up this week. what i’ve realized is somewhere between missing lecture and struggling to keep my head above water is that my normal study habits? for when i’ve been keeping up with the semester? don’t work when you haven’t been to class.
what i’ve been doing to make up for this (aka the megan study system, uni edition):
- making very detailed checklists of exactly what i need to do to feel prepared for the exam. just thinking about how to study and what to study really focuses me. Should have done it for my first final, but it really helped for the second. I have my checklist for physics next to me now, ready to start at 10am sharp.
biology checklist. didn’t get all the way through this one, oops.
checklist for physics
- get out of my room. I live in res, so i’ve been making a huge effort to get out of res and out of my usual study spaces in irving (which honestly SMELLS SO BAD by day three of finals anyway) so I can focus. there are some really nice lecture theaters that are not being used for exams to study in around campus if you look. I quite like Swing, Hebb, and ESB.
- breaking up my studying with other productive work, like studying for the final after the next one and writing blog posts (though the productivity of that one may be. debatable).
- POMODORO STUDYING. listen. i love pomodoro. its not so good for assignments during the year but it does WONDERS for me during exams. google it. i’m adding to the blog post during the break times.
- Move Forward. I do not talk about exams after they’re over. all thats going to do is stress me out. my math prof handed out the answers to the exam literally as we walked out the door. i haven’t looked at it yet. got to keep Moving Forward.
what study techniques work for you? i’m always looking for new things to try. good luck with finals y’all!