Studying in Year 12

[Surgeon]

Hey guys

I'm just wondering how much study everyone does. I would really appreciate it if you could post a typical study regime on a weekly basis and say how you're going marks wise.

For example,

I do a minimum of 1 hour of study for each of my 4 subjects (until I have atleast completed what I need to). I usually end up studying ahead of my class though so I usually study about 1.5 hours a night for each subject. Plus 1 hour of UMAT practice on Medentry. I do this on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Friday night I take off. Saturday and Sunday I study for a minimum of 2 hours for each subject plus an hour of UMAT practice on MedEntry.

I don't necessarily stop when I've done the set amount of work in hours, though. I do not stop unless I've covered everything I plan on covering in that session.

My main problem is procrastination and I find it difficult to sit down and study, completely focusing on the task at hand. I sometimes find myself on here or looking at funny picture sites like 9GAG lol.

I'm not doing as well as I would like to be doing in school, either.

[Phy124]

My main problem is procrastination and I find it difficult to sit down and study

Dude... if you're doing all that week throughout the week, you have no idea what procrastination is

What you're doing is fine, keep at it.

I'm not doing as well as I would like to be doing in school, either.

Maybe you're studying too much, don't forget the saying "Study smarter, not harder".

[monkeywantsabanana]

Everyone has a different "study regime".

[Reckoner]

That's considerably more than what I'm doing, but I guess we have different aims. Just don't push yourself too hard

I generally do about an hour before school, then about 2-3 hours after school Tuesday and Wednesday. Monday and Thursday I have work after school, so I probably do about 30mins at work if its not too busy, and maybe 1 hour afterwards. Fridays I only do the morning session, while on weekends I go for 3-4 hours a day.

Of coarse sometimes extra if I have SAC study, assignments (prac reports etc.) and sometimes less if I'm in a cbf mood. In fact my regime varies a bit.

I find I don't procrastinate much, unless its a piece of writing for English. Today for example, I've been sitting at my desk for 3 hours, all I've got to show for it is one and a half paragraphs...

 

[oliverk94]

So Hopefulstudent, you study for minimum 4 hours a day?

I hardly study at the moment to be honest. I do maybe 1-2 hour a day, at most(mostly procastination though), it's hard to change since I've pretty much procrastinated throughout the holidays and first 5 weeks of school, so feeling very shit ATM, I'm always either tired or CBF studying. But I do complete the assigned homework tasks which not many people do @ my school.

[Surgeon]

My main problem is procrastination and I find it difficult to sit down and study

Dude... if you're doing all that week throughout the week, you have no idea what procrastination is

What you're doing is fine, keep at it.

I'm not doing as well as I would like to be doing in school, either.

Maybe you're studying too much, don't forget the saying "Study smarter, not harder".

I find that I just can't fit as much sturdily as I would like into one day. I think I procrastinate because I'm studying too much and don't get enough sleep. I have no idea how to get the same amount of study done, if not more, in less time :|

Everyone has a different "study regime".

That is true and I do understand that, I'd just like to see how my fellow counterparts in year 12 are going about managing their time.

That's considerably more than what I'm doing, but I guess we have different aims. Just don't push yourself too hard

I generally do about an hour before school, then about 2-3 hours after school Tuesday and Wednesday. Monday and Thursday I have work after school, so I probably do about 30mins at work if its not too busy, and maybe 1 hour afterwards. Fridays I only do the morning session, while on weekends I go for 3-4 hours a day.

Of coarse sometimes extra if I have SAC study, assignments (prac reports etc.) and sometimes less if I'm in a cbf mood. In fact my regime varies a bit.

I find I don't procrastinate much, unless its a piece of writing for English. Today for example, I've been sitting at my desk for 3 hours, all I've got to show for it is one and a half paragraphs...

That's fair enough mate. I think I might need to cut down on somebody study so I can get a bit more study in and hopefully procrastinate less!

So Hopefulstudent, you study for minimum 4 hours a day?

I hardly study at the moment to be honest. I do maybe 1-2 hour a day, at most(mostly procastination though), it's hard to change since I've pretty much procrastinated throughout the holidays and first 5 weeks of school, so feeling very shit ATM, I'm always either tired or CBF studying. But I do complete the assigned homework tasks which not many people do @ my school.

Minimum of 5 hours a day if you count UMAT preparation as "studying", actually. I find that I am also very tired all the time though. I think I will completely plateau if I don't start getting more sleep.

[oliverk94]

What exactly do you do when you study? Are you just completing the homework, revising, moving ahead, doing notes? I also think you should get more sleep, remember that sleep is vital in order to help you form the neural connections necessary to retain the information you are learning, so definitely increase the amount of sleep you get.

[Surgeon]

What exactly do you do when you study? Are you just completing the homework, revising, moving ahead, doing notes? I also think you should get more sleep, remember that sleep is vital in order to help you form the neural connections necessary to retain the information you are learning, so definitely increase the amount of sleep you get.

For Methods: Questions.
Chemistry: Reading from a variety of sources and questions.
Business Management: Reading, making notes and questions if I have a SAC coming up soon.
English: Practice pieces

[chimpy400]

On weekdays for me I do about 2-4 hours depending on the amount of SACs coming up. I take fridays off the majority of the time and on the weekends I try to get atleast 4 hours each day in, felt sick today though so have only done 1-2 hours .

And yes, I do procrastrinate a lot aswell but i'd rather procrastrinate for a bit when I get home and feel refreshed when I start studying compared to coming home, feeling terrible and hitting the books.

[nisha]

I do tutoring pretty much every night, for atleast 2-3 hours. after i come home, i do about 2 hours solid, then go for a run.

on weekends i do atleast 7-8 hours, with breaks inbetween.
i take fridays off, but balance with sports, music and yea:)

[Fishyiscool]

Study... Well seeing as i dont count homework as study, i do just about half an hour a week. Tutoring is about 8 hours a week.


This thread awoke me to the fact that im going to fail year 12 D:

[observer7]

4 hours a day of study/hw at this time of the year is ridiculous and you will burn out. my suggestion is you aim for about 7-12 hours per week consistently throughout the year until about august. August should be 15-18 a week. Mid September - Finish should be 20-35 hours per week.
Dont burn out too early... and believe me 'burning out' is not a myth, you can't sustain that much effort forever

[paulsterio]

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[nisha]

Quick Question: How do you study SMARTER and not HARDER?

[pi]

Quick Question: How do you study SMARTER and not HARDER?

Base your study from the study design and not directly from the textbook (this will enormously help in uni too). And making notes in advance (and in class) helps too, use class-time wisely