do you have any advice to help a new uni student to get good grades? (1 Viewer)

[zaijan_85]

SO basically its a 100m sprint first day at uni???
GREAT!! it'll take me ages to get into that rhythm where as the smart ppl r like easy as

 

[flyin']

Don't worry. The final examinations are ages away, so you have plenty of time.

 

[GoodToGo]

Originally posted by perfectionist
hi, so do u reckon that we should start studying once we know we are accepted into our course??

The effort u put into reading up early is a waste of time... especially for me in law. I know most people here are very studious, but really...I'm sure you have better things to do with your time!

 

[flyin']

The fact that many of us are posting here, says we really don't have better things to with out time.

 

[perfectionist]

it seems that in uni..there is too much work to get done and very less time!!

People how do u manage your studies and work??

 

[flyin']

Work? It's easy! It's a matter of not procrastinating too much.

It's alot of study if you do everything, but if you selectively study (ie. subjects which you have to) and neglect the rest, it should be alright. It's almost impossible to do all the readings, or most can't be bothered. I mean, if you look at some textbook sizes, you're more inclined to fall asleep.

 

[evilc]

Originally posted by perfectionist

People how do u manage your studies and work??

by pulling all nighters before exams and assignments

 

[Minai]

hehe yes..as flyin' said - do 'selective' study

it helps in subjects where they actually tell u wat's going to be in the final exam so u can go off and cram those topics..

 

[zaijan_85]

so the lecture sorta hints on wot they expect in the exam...??
kool... unlike at skool...

 

[flyin']

Well, it depends on the lecturer... but sometimes they do.

 

[Mambomeg]

yeah, i mostly knew what i had to study and what i didnt. Plus, most lecturers use the same exams over if they can, so looking at past papers helps, sometimes they work in a 3 year cycle sort of thing.
Dont stress so much, uni is not that bad, and it is hard, but not immensley hard. you've always got the 3 month holiday in your sights!

 

[izi]

sometimes they trick you too. dont take hinting to heart. try and cover everything briefly, rather than learning what was hinted in absolute detail. after all, you are not at uni to get high marks like in high school, you are there to learn as much as possible coz you will use it for the rest of your life

 

[zaijan_85]

ok thx... so they might trick me those evil lecturers...
*money under the table* muahahahahaha

 

[evilc]

one of my lecturers went to the trouble of typing a sheet out that hinted what topic areas were covered in each question of the final exam (there were 100 multiple choice questions), so i wrote out 100 summaries and just crammed like crazy..and it worked

 

[Kittycat]

wow, what a nice lecturer!

 

[evilc]

Originally posted by Kittycat
wow, what a nice lecturer!

yeah, he is a deadset champion, a really smart guy, makes every lecture interesting with his teaching methods as well. A good lecturer makes a huge difference

 

[zaijan_85]

IF only i went to newcastle...

 

[evilc]

you find lecturers like that everywhere though

 

[zaijan_85]

hahahahaha excellent *twiddles thumbs*




























YEY MY 100th POST

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Originally posted by evilc
one of my lecturers went to the trouble of typing a sheet out that hinted what topic areas were covered in each question of the final exam (there were 100 multiple choice questions), so i wrote out 100 summaries and just crammed like crazy..and it worked

You think thats good...our sociology lecturer in first semester gave us the exact, word for word exam questions 3 weeks before the exam so we could pre-prepare our answers!
And even then I only got a stoopid credit.