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MEGA - Studying, Exams, Stress, and coping with them

Yeah, the elaborative memorization is definitely more effective than just repeatedly reading over it. What I do is emphasize the meaning of each piece of information; try to contemplate it in your own personal way, and then it'll stick around for that much longer.
 
I find hanging yourself can help you remember things really vividly. In fact, I believe it was that you'd remember your whole life in a flash! That'd help with that exam two hours later!
 
Haha awesome! I'm glad South Park's there to take care of the subregions of my moral spectre!
 
allnighters

it seems that atleast once or twice a week i have to stay up all night writing/researching papers. i think this may cause the quality of my writing to suffer, as after being awake for more than 20 hours or so, my mental function seems to crap out. but... i can't seem to get stuff done otherwise, the only way i can make myself do these papers and research projects is to just sit down and work on them for 12 hours or so. i really have a hard time putting in a couple hours daily. im wondering if anyone else has this problem and if they know of a better way to do this lol. it seems like its working just fine right now, but im still takeing my basic classes, and catching up on math which seems to be the only thing im good at, i have no problem doing math every day and making solid A's or higher on my tests. i really doubt this shit will fly later in school though, especially since i plan on starting an engineering program next year.

anyways, i really have no idea what im asking in this post, so if anyone has any experience/advice/suggestions they would like to share i'm all ears.
 
I understand your problem. If you do drugs, meth is good. If not, try time counting. Meaning you count out 7 (or so) hours of sleep, no matter what time it is and after those hours you start on your work for 17 hours before you allow yourself to go to bed again.
 
I used to be in a similar position....honestly, the only thing that got me motivated was the desire to do really well. I could pull reasonable marks with last-minute study and writing, but I needed better than that. So I got motivated and started projects earlier - although I thought I was working at (close to) full capacity in the first place, my average went from the 70% range to more than 90%. So obviously pulling allnighters was affecting my performance, even though I didn't really think so at the time.

I much prefer starting things early nowdays. There's no fucking way I'd leave a project until the last day, even if I didn't care about it - who wants to spend a whole night slaving over it? I hate the feeling that I'm locked into doing nothing over the next day (or however long) but working on an assignment.

If you're really motivated to succeed in your course, you'll do what it takes to improve. If you can get by and are happy with your marks as they are, there's not much point in changing your routines.
 
I have never done an all nighter so I dont know what I can offer for help, sorry.

Hmm I dont think research papers is necessary for engineering..
 
hm, at a higher level, i.e. phd, research is a definite for any and every course.
 
>>at a higher level, i.e. phd, research is a definite for any and every course.>>

And at this level, writing a term paper or a research paper in a single sitting is simply unviable.

ebola
 
The reason people continue to procrastinate is that they can. It's totally possible to write an undergrad humanities essay in 12 hours, given you've done the reading. You can't necessarily do that later on!
 
the radius is RAD (give a "thumbs up" to indicate this).

This will remind you that the radius is lateral to the ulna, or in other words, it is on the same side as your thumb :)
 
well it turns out im done with humanities courses after this semester (yay!)

and yah, im sober these days as im on felony probation + i am generally unsuccesfull when im drinking/using.

but yea, even thought its the end of the semester, i decided to start some good habits for next semester, so now im basically doing research or reading or something from school from 9:00 am-10:00 pm daily with around 3 hours of breaks spread in there. seems to be a much better way of doing things though i really dont have much free time, but all i ever did was waste my free time anyways.

hopefully i keep this up, cause it seems that things are much easier when i spread them out and just do a few hours per project a day.
 
Damn i thought this thread would be about the good kind of all nighter (the party one).

Haven't pulled an all nighter before, although for every assignment i get i procrastinate and leave it to the last minute and have to put alot of effort in on the last day, then usually get to bed aroun 2 in the morn.
 
every paper that i wrote on an over nite(not many) turned out like crap. it seems that during the day you are using your time doing some kind of busy work and at nite when you are home at night and fully focused then you work on your paper. for me that does not work. i have to work on papers during the day. my research and writing come out 10 times better(ie english and even psyc). during nite i tend to do more tedious repitition work(ie chem and anatomy) and then do a refresher the next day or after for a bit. but thats me.

allnighter bluelighter!!! haha i really wanted to post that lol
 
Hmm, I pulled an all-nighter one Sunday and wrote a 7 page analysis of the difference between Oedipus myth in the time of Homer and Oedipus the King by Sophocles. I did 80 mg of oxycodone that night, and I finished the paper at 4:30 AM, it was alright, not my best work, but it was an OK analysis.

I got a 90...and then I realized that inflation is as bad in college as it was in high school. Like seriously...is this the way the real world works?
 
Weird, at my university people usually get way lower on stuff than 90. 90 would be close to the very best paper in the class.

I took a first-year classics course this semester, the exam was last Friday, piece of cake. Didn't read a single on of the orginial myths, just read summaries on the net :) Long live drugs and laziness
 
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