The Reddit Study Guide.doc. Final Grade Calculator » RogerHub. Dxmedstudent: Some great tips on studying that... - Aspiring Doctors. Color-Coded Calendar System. My calendar is basically the #1 thing that keeps me going when things get busy.
I keep everything together by color-coding the different events in my life so I can kind of keep up with the who, what, where that will take place during my week. Here it is: Pink —> School Of course, school is pink and pink is school because pink is the happiest of all the colors. And school is… well, not the happiest of all the things. Purple —> Personal There isn’t really a reason for purple being personal (other than the fact that they both start with P). Blue —> Friends/Family Blue is the most calming of the colors. Green —> Work Green is the color of productivity. Orange —> Deadlines Orange is kind of in-your-face, alarming color.
And there it is. Oh, by the way, the pens that I use are called Cosmo by The Write Dudes and they come in a 5-pack of assorted colors from Target. :) Index Card Assignment Timeline. Although this semester is (finally) coming to a close, I thought I would write one more eensy-weensy little Organized Studying post before Christmas Break.
And yes, I will be jumping and screaming for joy at the thought of this semester ending! For whatever reason, I have been completely over it since, like, September. At the beginning of the semester, when I was creating my study plan, I left out this step because I thought that I could do without it. Well... I could not have been more wrong! And so, in mid October (when I had 9 million assignments due in the same week and couldn’t focus on any of them), I had a meltdown. How I Organize My Planner. Ok, so I have already talked about how I am completely obsessed with planners.
Planners are like an art form to me, seriously. Even if I don’t need a new one, I still just enjoy flipping through them, seeing how they’re laid out, and I also LOVE seeing how other people organize theirs! How to Create a Semester Assignment Spreadsheet. So, a few months ago, I posted about my study habits in Organized Study Time.
I shared all of my deepest, darkest, OCD-iest secrets (and I thought I sounded like a completely crazy person). But, as it turns out, some of y’all are just as crazy and OCD as I am because you wanted to know how to make the Semester Assignment Spreadsheet! I never even realized that I just glossed over how to make it until you asked, so THANK YOU for bringing it to my attention! It really is one of the most important ways that I keep my schoolwork and study time organized! 4 Rules for Effective Studying. Finals are coming!
Are you ready? This is the time of year when we see start to see a bunch of hilarious memes, read a bunch of panicked tweets, and basically just do all that we can to make it to the end of the semester with our sanity still (sort of) enact. Last semester’s finals really, really nearly killed me. I cried. I panicked. This. Now, I’m not a crazy person. A.) you’re busy and b.) it’s an hour long lecture. Sooooo, I watched it for you! RULE 1: Break up study time Most of us have a focus time of about 20-30 minutes.
And don’t forget to plan to do something special when you finish your studying! RULE 2: Create a study space Obviously, we can’t all have a personal office for studying. If you do have to study in a bedroom/kitchen/living room, try to turn your back to the thing that will distract you the most! RULE 3: Form a study group Plus, did you know that others can help you learn when they’re close to where you are in learning? Note-Taking Tips and Strategies. Recently, I was invited to conduct a workshop at a tutoring center about how to effectively take notes for school.
I thought I would share some of the things we discussed! This is the main handout I gave to the students. Each student received a colored copy of this to understand the importance of colors and style of layout for note-taking. Note-taking is an essential skill that has to be mastered by students in order to excel. Apart from helping in retaining information and thereby making it easier to revise for tests, it is a valuable skill that is even useful during adulthood. How many times have you gone for an exam after studying from the textbook or slides and gotten out of the exam wondering where some of the questions even came from? Taking notes isn't just an activity a person does during class and completely ignores during any other time of day.
Before class, skim through next lessons texts. As for during class, there are many things to remember: Do's: *Use COLORS! Don'ts Methods.