How to study in uni ? (1 Viewer)

[beb]

In high school I used to summarise the textbook according to the syllabus dotpoints.. but now in university I'm not quite sure what I'm meant to know and how to study?

 

[Studentleader]

past year exams are prob the best bet

 

[beb]

past year exams are prob the best bet

this might be a stupid question, but where do i get past exams from?

 

[Absolutezero]

Most uni courses don't have past papers.

Just go over the lecture notes, and write notes from your textbook.

 

[Chemical Ali]

this is why when I teach year 11 and 12 I don't use dot points as headings

jesus christ

 

[Azure]

Make comprehensive study notes, complete any homework (even if not required), do practise questions and make sure you go through the required readings. I've also found that by treating lectures/tutorials are the first and last opportunity to learn the content you're being taught, I generally retain things easier.

Also don't be afraid to ask questions when required. Uni isn't a place where you can get by without asking questions.

 

[Arceupins]

Multiple choice is bestttttt.

 

[izzy88]

It really depends on what subjects you are doing and how they are run. I study very differently in law subjects then I did for ancient history or languages.

The most generic thing is to do the readings (as many as possible) and make summaries from a combination of notes from lectures and readings. However even this can change depending on the assessment structure of the course

- ie. in ancient history subjects I knew that the end of semester exam would always be very broad eg. would have to write two essays, but could chose the questions from a range of about 10-20. Thus instead of writing summaries/studying the whole course, you could just pick four or five topics- you would to be pretty unlucky not to have a question related to those topics.

- law exams on the other hand generally covered all content, so you wanted to have summaries for the whole course. However law outlines also tend to be more detailed, with dot points or headings of what the lecture is going to teach you- and it is good to work of these in terms of making notes if they are there.

My advice would be to keep up on the readings, and try to write summaries every couple of weeks. However, like most people, you may fall behind on this- either not doing all the readings or not writing summaries etc. You just have to catch up when closer towards the end of semester. (i'm three weeks in, and already behind on all readings! and summaries). From then on, just work on whats highest priority- ie. if you have a mid-semester exam, use that to get all your notes for that subject up to date etc.

 

[chewy123]

Doing tutorial questions, lecture questions and going through lecture notes is the way to go. Past paper can usually be accessed online via uni library's website, or some lecturers would post them up on blackboard before exam.

 

[kaz1]

wtf is readings? I have yet to do a reading during my time at uni.

 

[Absolutezero]

wtf is readings? I have yet to do a reading during my time at uni.

Depends on the course. Readings are usually academic texts/journals/articles based on an issue in your course that week.

 

[Aquawhite]

Depends on the course. Readings are usually academic texts/journals/articles based on an issue in your course that week.

I love to just read some journal articles to keep up with the current things that I'm interested in.

Generally readings will be stuff from your textbook which you should be able to find from your course profile.

 

[Studentleader]

For mathematics and programming orientated computer science you should do as many problems as possible - you will never be given enough time to do heaps during class.

 

[Deathless]

haha kaz1,

there is no LLB at Harvard...

 

[kaz1]

haha kaz1,

there is no LLB at Harvard...

also there is no MBBS at Harvard

 

[SylviaB]

if you want a decently thorough explanation, I would highly recommend buying this book

though it has that generic mediocre self-help look about it, its actually a really great book

 

[Lolsmith]

wtf is readings? I have yet to do a reading during my time at uni.

You're eng/cse right?

 

[Dr_Fresh]

www.wikipedia.org

i usually just search the topic for the week and then keep following links of the terms i dont understand. a 2 hour session per week is enough for me.

 

[fishfingerz]

Does anyone actually use their diary? In high school I used it everyday. Now, everything is already planned out for the whole semester that I just have to look at the schedule of activities and yeah just do it, that's it.

 

[Shadowdude]

I use my diary because it actually reminds me to do my homework. Better than looking through four different course outlines, methinks. I spent about half an hour a week ago planning out all my assignments and whatnot.