Exams
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sigh well ie got another round of exams coming up. Anyone got any cunnign tricks to get motivated to revise?
My current strategy involves lots of relaxing (so i dont get too stressed
) interspersed with periods of frantic revision.So ive got 2 weeks at my disposal, what do i do?
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C'mon, Remus, gat your a***s to study! We also need a break!
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Coen, that isnt going to help! i'll be back in a couple of hours starts browsing tutorials
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This used to be my strategy:
- get up at 6 in the morning
- have breakfast, read the paper etc til 7
- quick shower
- sit down
- open books
- study til noon
- lunch
- study til 8 in the evening
- close books
- diner
- relax til about eleven at night
- sleep
Same sequence next day. Motivation has nothing to do it. It all comes down to the ability to withstand boredom.
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@unknownuser said:
Motivation has nothing to do it. It all comes down to the ability to withstand boredom.
Wise words indeed, ill bear that in mind.
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This used to be my strategy:
- Get up at 9-10-ish (if you can).
- Start studying and try to keep doing it at least until a buddy calls you.
- Go to the pub and drink with him/them.
- Go to bed late at night. (the booze simply soaks the knowledge into your head).
The very last day before exam however (with about 2/3 of the material left)
- Get up at 9-10-ish (if you can).
- Start studying and try to keep doing it at least until a buddy calls you.
- Go to the pub and drink with him/them.
- Don't go to bed at all but keep learning till the mornig (make sure to clean your teeth before the exam - a shower may help as well)
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@gaieus said:
This used to be my strategy:
- Get up at 9-10-ish (if you can).
- Start studying and try to keep doing it at least until a buddy calls you.
- Go to the pub and drink with him/them.
- Go to bed late at night. (the booze simply soaks the knowledge into your head).
The very last day before exam however (with about 2/3 of the material left)
- Get up at 9-10-ish (if you can).
- Start studying and try to keep doing it at least until a buddy calls you.
- Go to the pub and drink with him/them.
- Don't go to bed at all but keep learning till the mornig (make sure to clean your teeth before the exam - a shower may help as well)
WOW
you have spelt your name wrong. after the "g" there should be an "enuis"
pav
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OR... you could just smoke a doobie and you should have no problems studying! Always helped me relax!
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unfortunately i dont smoke, although gai's strategy sounds good, i think i could get that to work.
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Well I tried...
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I suppose i could take up smoking, help me relax
(not really, sarcasm is so hard to reproduce on the internet)
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I have a test Thursday, and then the Final next Thursday. I'm taking the summer off.
Study before breakfast, at lunch, and, tonight, all evening. Then, tomorrow before breakfast and at lunch. Test @ 7pm.
For the Final, every evening until then and all day this Sat and Sunday, unless I finish all the study material. Then, I will rest.
This going back to school sucks after being out for close to 30+ years.
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@remus said:
I suppose i could take up smoking, help me relax
(not really, sarcasm is so hard to reproduce on the internet)
no it isn't...
...oh wait
damn you remus!
pav
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Well, I practically finished my PhD courses almost 3 years ago but haven't finished my thesis yet. The very final deadline is September so I also need to get my a***ss to work on it. Then a final exam and I'm finished.
So I know how it is to be delaying things forever
I should have actually graduated as a delaying major... -
Gaieus, kick your ass into gear. Not much time left, especially for a thesis.
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I have never spent more than a month or two on a thesis...
By the time you actually sit down and start typing, the whole thing should be there in your fingertips. It's like art - a real artist does not start painting/sculpting/writing/composing until the whole piece is right there in his/her mind. Then you just "sculp the excess off the stone" as Michelangelo said.
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anyone else smell that?
horse?
no, dog?
no, cat?no wait up...
definitely bull-s**t
he he
pav
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More wise word gai, although i usually think of it in terms of "whens the latest i can leave it?" (see previous post about pulling all nighters.)
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@pav_3j said:
...definitely bull-s**t
he he
pav
Yeah, true to a certain extent. OK, say I've been working on it, collecting data and have spent weeks in libraries - I have just not started to write it down yet. Letting it cook in my mind a bit first...
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