Posts on studying in college and getting good grades
What is your take on the following: [B][COLOR="Blue"]?Studying far ahead of time (aka?1 week or more) is a great method to help you retain the information and do better on the subsequent examination?[/COLOR][/B]. I used to tutor middle school students and we were trained to teach them this. I had such a hard time saying this. First of all, since when does one method work for all students? Some kids like to make a note card for every sentence in their notebook, some ...
[I]Uno. Dos. Tres.[/I] Don?t ask. I just had a [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]flashback [/COLOR][/B]to my days as a little 9th grade Spanish student. No, I am not of Spanish decent. I am the little American kiddo in class attempting to say ?Yo quiero?? without sounding completely incompetent. Apparently, I did okay; but talk to me in Spanish today and I might know two words that come out of your mouth. [I]Maybe. [/I] I spent two years of high school and one year of middle school ...
Ahhh?one more day and the weekend will be upon us. [B][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Can you feel it now?[/COLOR][/B] However, until then, we?ve got to power through the week. What?s a better way to kick off summer than by digging around for scholarships?[I] I know, I know?[/I]that is like the very last thing on many students? minds at this time of year, but that is exactly the point.:cool: This is the [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]prime time[/COLOR] [/B]to look for scholarships because ...
Want to graduate early or on time, but don?t have the time or desire to sign up for summer school? [B][COLOR="Blue"]Well, have you ever thought about testing out of a class?[/COLOR][/B] I recently took the CLEP test to exempt out of Freshman English and it was nothing like I had expected. I have been checking out the ?study guide? from the library and talking about taking this test since I started college, but I just never found the time and energy to ?study? and therefore, ...
Isn't it funny how some things happen at the WORST of times. I mean pick any other day, but this one and (while I still wouldn't like it)...I could deal with it. See, last night as I was attempting to study for my Calculus final and prepare for the CLEP essay that I have today[SIZE="1"] (the final hurrah to determine how many English credits I am awarded)[/SIZE], I began to feel horrible. Horrible. My whole body was aching and not in a "I just cleaned out my whole ...