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Super great thoughts on how to study well and keep your grades up. I follow all of this pretty religiously. School starts again soon, my friends!

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So the year is over! I survived the semester! Only one more semester of classes until I start student teaching and graduate in the spring!

I’ll be studying for my Professional exams to get my teaching certification this summer. I’m hoping to take them in August before I go back to school, so lots of studying for the summer too!

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Ignoring the crappy photo quality, an easy method to learning how to solve specific type of equations is obviously to write down the steps. If you have a list of steps to complete in your head for a specific type of problem, you’ll be much less likely to mess up by missing a smaller step.

This particular set of just about determining the nonstandard cell potential of a reaction, but if you mess up one of the steps you screw up the whole equation. Memorize steps with your equations! It helps!

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Crying because I've done this too hahahah chemistry is such a party.

I just spent like ten minutes trying to raise the pH of my buffer by adding KCl…

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Hahahaha yasss, me.

Who needs 1000 note cards? I need 1000 note cards 🙌🙌🙌

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A couple weeks ago I posted a walk-through on how I study for tests using Quizlet. That’s usually how I study now, but every now and then I revert to a method I used a lot during my freshman year of college before discovering Quizlet. Taking the same question/answer format of rewriting notes, just print the entire thing out. I use three highlighter colors and go through, question by question. If I know the answer without hesitation, I mark it in pink. If I know it generally but not entirely, I mark it in orange. If I don’t know it at all, I mark it in purple.

The goal is to go through it enough that you can change all your purples to oranges and all your oranges to pinks. Ideally, the whole thing would be marked pink before the exam, but that rarely will happen, so don’t stress it. These particular notes are from a study guide I wrote for an exam I have coming up in my Cell & Molecular Biology class.

I’m also a huge fan of the Pomodoro technique in which you set a timer for 25 minutes and focus on one thing specifically. When it goes off, set a 5 minute timer for a break, then complete another 25 minutes. After 3-4 sets of 25 minutes, take a longer break of about 15-20 minutes. This is a good focus technique. I also like to have something to drink with me too.

This method is great if you’re easily distracted by being at your computer (I’m flipping through my quizlet, oh wait how I’d get onto a social media page??? We’ve all been there). Put the computer away, set a timer, drink something relaxing. Focus my friend. Get it done.

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Pull yourself together and get to work. You only have so long to achieve what you want to, stop putting things off and start working your ass off. Get yourself moving and putting in the effort. Get the help you need to succeed and do what is necessary. Just wait and see everything falling into place before you and see your dreams become a consistent reality.

I’m Trying By Amy Kennedy

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When you realize Quizlet censors the note cards you wrote. 😂😂😂

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Just a peek into a relatively simple Chem 2 problem from my homework tonight.

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Studying for tests well depends a lot on how you learn. Personally, I’ve honed my method over the years. Even still, how I study varies slightly depending on the class. Most classes I take hand written notes, but my professor for Cell & Molecular uploads his lecture slides before class. He also goes through a huge number of slides in one lecture, so for that reason I take notes on my computer for that particular class. Keeping in mind, not all professors will do that, here are the steps of my studying process in that class, as it is, with notes taken on a computer.

Review the lecture slides before attending the lecture in class for familiarity. Not studying them, just scanning them to get a feel.

Take good notes in the notes section of the PPT as the class progresses, so I can keep track of generally what slide correlates to which part of my notes.

Compile a list of concepts that will be covered on the test as they are covered. Some professors will write this type of list for the class, others won’t.

Turn notes and concepts into a set of questions and answers. Make the questions detailed enough to be more than yes/no, but also simple enough that each question only covers one aspect of a concept.

I personally will then important my list of questions and answers into Quizlet to review as flashcards.

Go through each flashcard from start to finish. Star the questions I don’t answer correctly or completely on the first run through.

Take a break, drink some coffee, eat a snack, generally do something besides stare at my material so all the questions I just asked myself can settle in my head. I try to finish my first run through at least 3 days before a test.

Two days before the test, review the flashcards originally starred, once or twice, un-starring questions if I can answer them correctly and completely on the first try. I keep running through the sets until I have no more starred cards, taking periodic breaks.

The day before the test: run through the entire set once more for review. Then leave it alone. Go to bed. Trust the brain to do its job.

Obviously this is slightly more detailed than many may need, but it works well for me. I don’t always finish everything in a timely orderly fashion, and I don’t always learn EVERY note card to my own satisfaction. Every test I take, however, ends up being in this style of study guide, with me outlining and reviewing. I just learn well this way.

Quizlet is also good because it can read the cards and answers to you. It’s not so good if you’re in a chemistry or physics or math class that requires less memorization and more application of memorized equations, etc. I’ll be posting about how I study for that type of material as well in the future.

It IS really important to take breaks. I usually end up with 300 or so flashcards for each exam, which can be overwhelming sometimes. Prioritize mental health, my friends. Grades are not life. If you need a break, take one. You’ll do better if you’re not freaking yourself out.

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Feed body and mind alike my friends. Eating well will help you learn well. As for me, I’m outlining a scientific review for Cell & Molecular Biology. Research is always interesting.

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Reviewing Chem 2 notes. We were going over rate expression and rate law. Note taking is important, and having good note taking skills will take you far in life. Personally, I prefer to take hand written notes because they help me process the material as we’re covering it. I’ll type them into a study guide later. Always copy down example problems!

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So on top of my homework tracking app, and regular calendar planning app, I use this weekly desk planner. Every Sunday night I go through what I need to get done in the next week or so, and divide it up into days. This lets me pace myself in my assignments instead of sitting down on Thursday night to complete a huge assignment due Friday morning. Plus, physically crossing tasks of a list will help you feel like you’ve achieved more and give you some positive motivation to finish the next task.

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Work zone.

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So this is a plate of E. Coli that my lab partner and I grew last session in genetics. We injected the E. Coli with a P GLO plasmid so that it would express Green Fluorescent Protein and glow under a blacklight. Then, because we’re awesome, we drew a tropical scene. Because science.

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These are screenshots of a program I use called My Homework. It syncs between your phone and your desktop. I use it to keep track of when my homework is due, as well as to set up reminders in advance for when I need to start studying for each assignment. I set all of this up at the start of each session, so I can refer back to it and get an idea of how busy I’ll be any particular day or week. It’s a good, easy, mobile way of keeping organized. I used to use a paper planner, but started with this app last fall. It’s easier to keep updated and carry around.

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Introduction

Hello friends!

My name is Emily. I’m currently a junior at a small college in Indiana. I’m studying Life Science Education, and plan to start teaching high school biology after graduation next May. I’m starting this studyblr to share how I go about studying and organizing my classes. My school operates on an 8 week session format rather than a 16 week semester format. That means every 8 weeks I take 2-3 new classes rather than 5-6 every semester. This upcoming session starts on Thursday for me. I’m taking Chemistry 2, as well as Cell & Molecular Biology.

Mostly, I’ll be posting from my planner, notes, and study strategies. I’m definitely type A, so it’s all very pre-planned for me. I hope it can help some of you get a better grasp on study strategies, especially for those of you in science specific majors. College can be hard. Having good planning and studying skills are a necessity.

Science is awesome. I’ll probably nerd out a bit, so no judging. Study on my friends!

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