"Oh boy, I love being able to get decent grades in highschool without the need for studying. I hope university is also a breeze. I would hate to be caught in a situation where I don't have the developed skills to succeed"
Still got my diploma but holy shit was building focus and studying skills stressful in uni. If anyone in highschool is reading this, learn to properly study and research, it will be a lot better than trying to make up for it in post secondary
As a highschool dropout and university student, I'm a big proponent of building your studying skills in community college while working, so your have to learn to efficiently gut papers on your lunch break.
I'm far from an expert on humanities but my advice would be to work on diligence and self discipline of studying in and of itself. Work on studying an topic or doing questions for extended periods of time.
For me I was too easily distracted and too accepting of my own procrastination. If you get in the groove of studying that should make actual school work less daunting and less prone to procrastination.
As for focus, try to work on studying with allowing yourself to get distracted by phones/internet/ect. This was a big thing for me, I couldn't go more than a 10 minutes or so without checking something on my phone/Reddit. I ended up having to put my phone in my dresser on the other side of the room and block Reddit on my computer. This gets easier the more you get used to focusing, difficult at first, but if you keep it up then it will become second nature.
Hope all this helps and good luck in your classes!
Thanks, this is good advice! I used a "forest" app while I was doing my exams that grows little virtual trees while your phones isn't on, and it helped.
Maybe helpful if you're going into something like history, but practicing summarizing articles and drawing out important points and quotes will help with the big research essays and the essay questions on exams/midterms
"Oh boy, I love being able to get decent grades in highschool without the need for studying. I hope university is also a breeze. I would hate to be caught in a situation where I don't have the developed skills to succeed"
Still got my diploma but holy shit was building focus and studying skills stressful in uni. If anyone in highschool is reading this, learn to properly study and research, it will be a lot better than trying to make up for it in post secondary
"Oh, the grade is based entirely on the midterm and final? See y'all in four months!"
When I barely pass and torpedo my GPA: :surprised-pika:
As a highschool dropout and university student, I'm a big proponent of building your studying skills in community college while working, so your have to learn to efficiently gut papers on your lunch break.
It was effective but incredibly unpleasant.
Well I've got a summer ahead of me, what can I do to improve my research and studying skills? I'll be going into humanities if that's relevant
I'm far from an expert on humanities but my advice would be to work on diligence and self discipline of studying in and of itself. Work on studying an topic or doing questions for extended periods of time.
For me I was too easily distracted and too accepting of my own procrastination. If you get in the groove of studying that should make actual school work less daunting and less prone to procrastination.
As for focus, try to work on studying with allowing yourself to get distracted by phones/internet/ect. This was a big thing for me, I couldn't go more than a 10 minutes or so without checking something on my phone/Reddit. I ended up having to put my phone in my dresser on the other side of the room and block Reddit on my computer. This gets easier the more you get used to focusing, difficult at first, but if you keep it up then it will become second nature.
Hope all this helps and good luck in your classes!
Thanks, this is good advice! I used a "forest" app while I was doing my exams that grows little virtual trees while your phones isn't on, and it helped.
Maybe helpful if you're going into something like history, but practicing summarizing articles and drawing out important points and quotes will help with the big research essays and the essay questions on exams/midterms
Thanks! History is one of my options, and I read a decent amount but summarising isn't a skill I have, I'll have to work on that.