Studying in Year 12

[Surgeon]

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

Does this apply to Methods and Chem?

[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

Does this apply to Methods and Chem?

More chem and science/hums subjects. With maths, things tend to be easier the more you know but with sciences, knowing too much may cause you to overcomplicate things and write answers out of the coursework (which is examined to be wrong in some cases).


edit: just my opinion though, I know of some who would disagree with me

[Ravit]

I think applies to all subjects not just chem and methods, just my opinion.

[Russ]

In terms of chemistry and methods, doing every question isn't important if you know how to do them. Repeating an equilibrium constant question rephrased in 10 different ways is pointless if you nailed it the first time.

Then again, I do tend to rationalize my laziness so take it with a grain of salt. But imo, master it the first time and don't need to repeat dozens of questions

[Surgeon]

In terms of studying, I've realised that what I was doing before was not enough.
These days, I study from 5pm to 6:30pm, then 7pm to 8pm, then 8:30pm to 1am.

[pi]

^That's a lot of study :O

[Surgeon]

^That's a lot of study :O

I've got to make up for my mediocre study scores from year eleven

Like you said.. I'll get a 50 "when I earn it".

Really working hard towards 50 in English and Business Management, 45 in Chemistry, 40 in Methods and 95th< percentile in UMAT. 1 hour a day is dedicated to UMAT on weekdays. 2-3 hours on weekends.

Really hoping all of this hard work pays off.

I need two short blacks every day to function haha.

[pi]

Hmmm, personally, I don't think I know anyone who worked that hard at this stage in the year. But then again, everyone studies differently Although one bad SS means nothing btw, as long as it looks bad in comparison to your other ones at the end

Just thinking though, is the 8.30pm-1am sesh needed? You need to sleep too haha

Just make sure you don't burn out, I've seen it happen to people who worked half as many hours, and it probably cost them their first preference (which was usually med coincidentally). Keep that in mind.

[Surgeon]

Hmmm, personally, I don't think I know anyone who worked that hard at this stage in the year. But then again, everyone studies differently Although one bad SS means nothing btw, as long as it looks bad in comparison to your other ones at the end

Just thinking though, is the 8.30pm-1am sesh needed? You need to sleep too haha

Just make sure you don't burn out, I've seen it happen to people who worked half as many hours, and it probably cost them their first preference (which was usually med coincidentally). Keep that in mind.

To be frank, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up for. I haven't felt completely fresh and rejuvenated since last holidays :/ I can't see how ekse I can stay on too of things though. I find that even with all of this studying, I'm still not doing that well. I'm afraid of birninh out but I'm even more afraid of failure..

Oh and I did two 3/4s last year. Both went very pear-shaped.

[paulsterio]

Surgeon, drink V...lots of it

I studied very weird times last year cause of my sleeping patterns, like usually 10pm - 2.30am time, even now I still do, mind you, I get distracted easily, usually skyping when studying

But take a V, you feel great

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

Exactly what Russ said, if you can do something, don't bother doing it, why do a question you know you can do, why bother learning something you already learnt before, it's about using the time you have on things which you don't know. It's also knowing what your weaknesses are. If you're theory-strong but you make a lot of silly mistakes, spending time learning the theory again and again isn't going to make you improve.

Also, VegemitePi/pi - whoever you are - do you really think writing notes is helpful? I've just never written notes, like ever haha!

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[ktrah]

Surgeon, you're probably not getting enough sleep! You'll function better if you sleep more.

[Russ]

If youre studying 7 hours a day and sacrificing sleep to do it then:
1. There's a fundamental problem with how you're studying. You don't need to study that much. I don't know what exactly you're doing, but I very strongly suspect its suboptimal.

2. Stop it. If you're saying its still not enough and you're down to 6 hours of sleep a night, you'll burn out way too quickly. Studying odd hours is one thing, but constant work from dinner to 1am at the expense of rems is bad.

The fact that you're losing sleep, still not achieving your academic results and relying on caffeine to function are warning signs you should be considering.

[golden]

Surgeon, drink V...lots of it

I studied very weird times last year cause of my sleeping patterns, like usually 10pm - 2.30am time, even now I still do, mind you, I get distracted easily, usually skyping when studying

But take a V, you feel great

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

Exactly what Russ said, if you can do something, don't bother doing it, why do a question you know you can do, why bother learning something you already learnt before, it's about using the time you have on things which you don't know. It's also knowing what your weaknesses are. If you're theory-strong but you make a lot of silly mistakes, spending time learning the theory again and again isn't going to make you improve.

Also, VegemitePi/Pi - whoever you are - do you really think writing notes is helpful? I've just never written notes, like ever haha!

I think writing notes is important but it is dependent on the person.

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[Limista]

Hey surgeon, you know how you said you spend 2-3 hours on weekends studying for UMAT...

* do you use medentry?
* if so, what do you actually do on it in that time - the drills, Eureka questions...?

I use medentry, but I'll be giving my UMAT next year:)

[Surgeon]

I'm so deathly tired all the time. I'm considering just giving up on Year 12 but I'm just being delusional and outrageous...

Yeah I do Medentry question bank, drills and exams.