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#1 2007-01-16 3:27 pm
Study style and ethics
I'm a huge procrastinator. I've got finals right now (Junior year ; high school), and I'm posting this topic. I clean, I cook, I read, I ride my bike, anything but initiate the work process. I've found that my work style has done fine for me the past three years. I've steadily been working harder, and my average up to now is about 87. This is fine with me, but I know if I put the time in now I could see better results.
What are your study ethics? Do you do everything right when you sit down, do you end up with no sleep, or do you have a set , balanced schedule?
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#2 2007-01-16 4:01 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
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#4 2007-01-16 4:16 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
Chickenhawk wrote:
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
I said the same thing my freshman year.
Then my GPA dropped.
Something about having to turn in assignments, really killed my grades.
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#5 2007-01-16 5:26 pm
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Tallgeese wrote:
Chickenhawk wrote:
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
I said the same thing my freshman year.
Then my GPA dropped.
Something about having to turn in assignments, really killed my grades.
i'm in the same exact situation right now. thant handing in work gets me every time. i didn't do any work whatsoever last year and got straight As and Bs. (mostly As). huge change this year.
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#6 2007-01-16 7:35 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
Tallgeese wrote:
Chickenhawk wrote:
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
I said the same thing my freshman year.
Then my GPA dropped.
Something about having to turn in assignments, really killed my grades.
Yeah, geesie, I don't expect you to keep up to date, but I'm not a freshman. 
I do turn in my assignments, and work my ass off doing so. My actual study habits suck though.
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#7 2007-01-16 7:35 pm
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Beowulf wrote:
I don't want to derail my own topic, but what the hell is with your avatar? I can't stand that thing!
Its harry whitington. Learn to love it. I don't like these forums enough to bother changing my avatar.
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#8 2007-01-16 7:46 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
Chickenhawk wrote:
Tallgeese wrote:
Chickenhawk wrote:
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
I said the same thing my freshman year.
Then my GPA dropped.
Something about having to turn in assignments, really killed my grades.Yeah, geesie, I don't expect you to keep up to date, but I'm not a freshman.
I do turn in my assignments, and work my ass off doing so. My actual study habits suck though.
I wasn't saying that you're a freshman. I was saying that my study habits were the same as yours, but my GPA was only that high when I was a freshman.
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#9 2007-01-16 8:30 pm
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I'm a big procrastinator as well, but I work extremely well under pressure. In fact, most of my best work and grades were awarded to efforts stemming from burning the midnight oil. However, this is an extreme case for me. I work very well in the morning, so I try to give myself study time and not classes then. But since this isn't always possible, I just work on things a little bit every night.
Luckily for me I find that going to lecture every time is enough to get a B in a class, and A if I actually at least review the notes before the exams. I can always see which classes I've skipped for a while because my test grades are significantly lower. Helps that I also have a photographic memory.
My study habits could be better, but I'm more interested in working and doing the things that interest me. I also have a really hard time sitting still for a long enough period of time to read text books or go over my notes more than once or twice. I envy people who can do that.
I would say though that my method works for me - this is my last semester as an undergraduate and... not to brag, but I'm going to graduate magna cum laude at the end of this semester if all goes well.
I think you just have to find whatever works for you and stick with it. The hard part is motivating yourself to do better if you know you can - I'm still trying to master that one.
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#10 2007-01-17 10:58 am
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Re: Study style and ethics
My study habits are bad.
I don't study for exams, and it shows
I do, however, take good notes and do a decent enuf job on assignments, just to get by.
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#11 2007-01-17 3:36 pm
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(now that everyone is bragging)
I'm going to graduate magna cum laude at the end of this semester if all goes well.
I will graduate magna cum laude if nothing goes well (i.e. if I get a C in my classes and fail to finish my Honors thesis). But that won't happen.
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#12 2007-01-17 3:59 pm
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It's surprising how much good attendance can help your grades. This might better apply in high school where cutting and lateness are very common, but I've found that simply being in class on time every single day can keep my grades in a good place.
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#13 2007-01-17 5:58 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
Beowulf wrote:
It's surprising how much good attendance can help your grades. This might better apply in high school where cutting and lateness are very common, but I've found that simply being in class on time every single day can keep my grades in a good place.
Yeah, in college, unless your classes are small enough, and even then, the professor may not give a smurf whether or not you're there. Especially since alot of them don't associate names with faces, the classes that do have attendance may rely on an attendance sheet.
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#14 2007-01-17 6:42 pm
Re: Study style and ethics
Beowulf wrote:
It's surprising how much good attendance can help your grades. This might better apply in high school where cutting and lateness are very common, but I've found that simply being in class on time every single day can keep my grades in a good place.
I think that skipping class and being late are more common in college than high school. No one wanted to miss class at all at my high school, or you would lose your exemptions from final exams. And being late counted against you for that too. I never cut school once in high school, but some days in college are a battle of willpower to get there, that's for sure.
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#16 2007-01-17 7:56 pm
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I find that incredibly unbelievable... I just can't imagine. When people were gone in my classes everyone noticed because it was such a rare occurrence. And it was public school too.
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#19 2007-01-30 10:52 pm
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My GPA is 4.4587 and I am ranked 130 out of 1015. When I study I get really agitated if someone messes with me so I always study when no one is home. I turn off all of the TVs and I just work.
Everyone always skips at my school so it is rare if everyone actually shows up to class. Second semester kids don't really care about going to class because as long as they pass the TAKS (a stupid standardized test everyone has to take in Texas to graduate) they get to exempt all of their classes.
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#20 2007-01-30 10:53 pm
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keprydak wrote:
Don't you get punished for truancy?
Yeah, you get a ticket.
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#21 2007-02-03 12:04 am
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Re: Study style and ethics
ZiPPiTY DOO DAA wrote:
My GPA is 4.4587 and I am ranked 130 out of 1015. When I study I get really agitated if someone messes with me so I always study when no one is home. I turn off all of the TVs and I just work.
Everyone always skips at my school so it is rare if everyone actually shows up to class. Second semester kids don't really care about going to class because as long as they pass the TAKS (a stupid standardized test everyone has to take in Texas to graduate) they get to exempt all of their classes.
Rankings are such a stupid way to judge how much you've learned in school. GPA's more than enough to motivate most students. Bah.
As for study habits, I'm more of a "works well under pressure" kind of dude, so I can't really help you. Sorry. =[
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#22 2007-02-03 11:32 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
I'm not gonna lie, I never study and don't try my best. I work better under pressure simply because I don't work at all without pressure.
If your GPA is an 89 and your a junior, try to get it up to a 94 by the end of your senior year. It will help you out a bunch scholarship-wise.
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#23 2007-03-24 4:23 pm
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Re: Study style and ethics
maxintosh wrote:
Tallgeese wrote:
Chickenhawk wrote:
I have horrible study habits. I can only attribute my 3.938 GPA last semester to being really really smart and remembering a good deal of stuff from lecture.
I said the same thing my freshman year.
Then my GPA dropped.
Something about having to turn in assignments, really killed my grades.i'm in the same exact situation right now. thant handing in work gets me every time. i didn't do any work whatsoever last year and got straight As and Bs. (mostly As). huge change this year.
Hey max,
I have the same problem. I totally neglect my homework, but I ace all the other stuff heheh
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