Thoughts on best way to study for SACs?

[Visionz]

Be prepared for the SAC as early as possible.

This.

Otherwise i find everything becomes much more stressful. Too bad i haven't been prepared enough in advance for mine so far- must start soon. Cramming is the absolute worst especially for subjects like busman and legal.

Legal is difficult. You sort of need to build one big picture in your mind of everything you know and it takes time to weave everything together. Theres too much content to just simply read and recall.

[chocolate05]

Be prepared for the SAC as early as possible.

This.

Otherwise i find everything becomes much more stressful. Too bad i haven't been prepared enough in advance for mine so far- must start soon. Cramming is the absolute worst especially for subjects like busman and legal.

Legal is difficult. You sort of need to build one big picture in your mind of everything you know and it takes time to weave everything together. Theres too much content to just simply read and recall.

i disagree. i think it depends on the person and what technique they prefer to study. for my legal & busman sacs i study the night before. cram in 5 or 6 hours and i always still manage to get highest mark for my class (full marks, or like one off a full mark from time to time) i find if i study too far ahead for my sacs ill forget the info. whereas when i cram the night before its all fresh in my head the next day. obviously this 'cram the night before' technique wont work for exams, you have to study like weeks in advance but i find the 'cram the night before' works well for me when i have a sac

[kyzoo]

I hate cramming, since it means I have no-time to do anything else that night, so I avoid it.

[the.watchman]

I hate cramming, since it means I have no-time to do anything else that night, so I avoid it.

+1, cramming is not a good way to learn

[m@tty]

Be prepared for the SAC as early as possible.

This.

Otherwise i find everything becomes much more stressful. Too bad i haven't been prepared enough in advance for mine so far- must start soon. Cramming is the absolute worst especially for subjects like busman and legal.

Legal is difficult. You sort of need to build one big picture in your mind of everything you know and it takes time to weave everything together. Theres too much content to just simply read and recall.

i disagree. i think it depends on the person and what technique they prefer to study. for my legal & busman sacs i study the night before. cram in 5 or 6 hours and i always still manage to get highest mark for my class (full marks, or like one off a full mark from time to time) i find if i study too far ahead for my sacs ill forget the info. whereas when i cram the night before its all fresh in my head the next day. obviously this 'cram the night before' technique wont work for exams, you have to study like weeks in advance but i find the 'cram the night before' works well for me when i have a sac

I crammed shinny's notes in three days before the Business exam last year. I found I knew the answer to essentially all of the questions. I believe it was merely the way I wrote my answers which secured me a beautiful 39 raw.

Generally cramming is not the way to go, but it is a superior method occasionally.

[shinny]

Generally, in high school and uni I just learn the conceptual/difficult stuff progressively and make sure I understood all of it, while I instead crammed all the rote learning stuff to memorise it. There's a big difference between the two. Even for conceptual stuff, once I understood all of it, I wouldn't bother memorising each individual step or whatever until later. As long as I understand stuff, I don't see a point memorising it until just before I need it because I'd forget by then anyway if I did it any earlier. However, this sense of understanding always seems to carry through for me so the cramming process is much faster and actually viable to perform 1-2 nights before. Where it doesn't work is when people try to cram lists of information without any sense of understanding it.

EDIT: Do note that this approach might not work for everyone. I'm a bit OCD so when I say understand, I mean that I literally have to understand every aspect of something, often to the extent of beyond the syllabus (especially in uni). However, others might struggle to understand what's just in the syllabus alone, and this is where a tutor or teacher often helps. Also, some people's memory might not be their strong point, so starting the memorisation process earlier would help for that.

[the.watchman]

Exactly, concept understanding is the most important part of studying

[happyhappyland]

I study differently for each subject. Most subjects I do past sac questions and checkpoints if available.

[The Detective]

Do you study on Sunday if the SAC is on Monday?

well that's what I'm doing  

[samuch]

i have six SACs (one for R.E.) with spesh going over two lessons during the last week of this term and i am starting to freak out !!!!!!!!!!!!

[m@tty]

A SAC for every one of your subjects??

[samuch]

yes

[Origin]

I really need to get into the habit of doing study/revision for ALL my subjects for at least approx 15 minutes, starting with English etc, even if there's no work assigned. I really think the secret to doing well is studying consistently, which I've never done. Really, in year 11 I did basically no homework - and I only occasionally do now in yr 12. hummmm

[akira88]

I really need to get into the habit of doing study/revision for ALL my subjects for at least approx 15 minutes, starting with English etc, even if there's no work assigned. I really think the secret to doing well is studying consistently, which I've never done. Really, in year 11 I did basically no homework - and I only occasionally do now in yr 12. hummmm

Haha I really need to get into the habit of studying/revision as well :S Sigh too many distractions these days..