Hey, everyone its Ally welcome back to my channel so today
We're talking all about how [to] get an a in college when I was a freshman
I was definitely not at a student
I think my mindset was off my study habits were not there
And I was really struggling with school
I was studying as a biological science major, and I thought I wanted to go pre-med
So I was really struggling and grades were not really as high as I wanted them [to] be
Looking back now. I realize a couple of the mistakes
I made so hopefully you can learn from my mistakes and now my study habits have
completely turned around [I]
Know what it takes to get a and that is why I feel like I want to pass on what I've learned to you guys
So you can avoid all the mistakes that I made and maybe just improved by a little bit your studying habits for the next school
Year, so I really hope you [find] this video helpful, and let's get started
Tip number one
Everything starts before lecture even begins. So be sure to get [enough] sleep
I can't stress it enough people in college. Do not get enough sleep
We typically need about seven to eight hours to fully function
And I know a lot [of] people like to pull all-nighters, but if you do that
You're just not as prepared for class, and you're not ready to learn as much [as] you cook
Tip number two have the mindset of an a+ student if you want to get a you
Must let go of all of your negative thoughts when I was a freshman
I when I struggled I just kind of ignored it, and I thought if I don't get it the professor's dumb
He doesn't know how to teach. I'm going to do okay. You know even if I don't get it whatever
Just forget about it. Look. I'm not going to study
You know if these are some of the things that you're thinking and they're not very positive
It might not lead you to the grade that [you] want so a couple tips for you
if you're feeling very negative is to just let [it] go because if you want a
You can do it. You just need a change your mindset
On the first day of class
Sit near the front you'll sit near the back because people in the back tend to kind of fool around like two tags
Pass notes if you send the front you're more likely to pay attention be surrounded by people who?
Want to succeed?
Just as much as you do and that is what I did [and] I found a lot [of] people that I could study with that
way by sitting in the front and the professor will see you and know [that] you come to class and
I'm sure that will help you in the long run
Do not ever in this lecture for any reason except maybe if you're sick
But just try your best not to miss lecture because you will probably
Fall behind and it's really hard to honestly stay at home and catch up on all the reading before the next class
So just try to be on time. I think one of the biggest mistakes that people make is oh just sleeping in deciding
Oh, I don't really need to go I hate that professor
I am just not going to go so try your best not to Miss lecture
Prepare yourself for class the night before read the textbook. So what I mean by [that] is
If you're assigned reading for that day like on your syllabus just try to skim through the chapter
You don't have to read it completely. Maybe 30 minutes before you sleep. That's your best studying time
Just go through the chapter read the bold headings look at the bold terms
And then by the time you go to lecture the next day
When the professor talks about something it'll just trigger something in your memory, and it will just register that much better
And you'll remember it better. [oh]
Don't fall behind in your reading. I know a lot of people decide. I'm just [going] to learn and lecture
That's a really big mistake
Half of the learning should be on your own and half of it should be from your professor and what they tell you you need
to know
So it's been proven that if you're a B+ student and you want to be an a student
Starting with someone else find someone who is on the same level as you are who won't distract you
That way you can bounce ideas off of each other questions, or anything like that if you're studying chemistry
Which is quite a difficult subject in my opinion
Just [find] two to three people that you can go over
Problems with and you can work on it together and then compare your answers that way
You have someone to bounce off your ideas with and then by the time your midterms or finals
Roll around if someone you can rely [on] to study with and if you don't get something you can ask them for help
You know the topic better than your partner does
Explain it to them because you can learn a lot by explaining to them the processes
And when they ask you questions, and you can explain it then you know you for sure have learned the material
But if you don't know it, maybe they can explain it to you
And if you both don't get it go to your professor ask for help [I]
Cannot stress it enough
Read it buy it don't skip out on it
Don't be cheap
Borrow it from the library if you need to just make sure you have the copy of the textbook and you open it up
Don't let it accumulate dust in the corner on your desk. Just open it up and read it because I
Feel like you [learn] so much [more] when you open up your textbook
And you actively try to learn the material in addition to what your professor is trying to teach you in class
you'll be so surprised because
Sometimes the material that they teach you in class is right out of the textbook, and maybe it's repetitive
But I'll help you learn it in the long run and a help you for the test
Son has professors even like to test out of the textbook like some of the multiple-choice
Questions at the end of the textbook they'll just pull it out and put it on your test
And if they do that you're already prepared because you've seen it before
So you might get bonus points that way so be sure to read your textbook and buy it
Stay on top of your assignments when I was a freshman. I was horrible at
remembering, what was due next so what I did was I got a calendar and I put down all the
Dates of [my] homework assignments and midterms and if for example, I have something due on the seventh
I'm not going to go out on a party or do something crazy the day before I'm going to work on it
Maybe the a couple days before so I don't procrastinate
And wait till last minute to do it and everything just piles up being a planner is also very very helpful too because you can
Overview and write down all of your assignments all it was and then you can see what's due next
When your tests are coming up, it's just really helpful
Figure out what type of learner you are so there's three [different] types. You could be a visual learner
You could be a kinetic learner
Which is just learning through watching other people do it and [actually] doing it yourself or you could
Listen and learn that way, so for me personally
I'm a very big visual learner if your professor [writes] something on [the] board or
repeats themselves over and over again about a certain thing I'm
100% positive it's going to be on the test, and you know a lot of professors won't waste their time saying um
Glycolysis, glycolysis, glycolysis [if] they say it over and over [unsure]. It's on the test I
Know that a lot of people
Don't go to lecture because they don't like their professor
So be sure before you even sign up for the class that you go on ratemyprofessor.com?
[or]
another website like right my teacher calm and just search the
Professor that you're interested in signing up for and maybe they're really awful professor
And you know you can avoid that person by choosing someone else and maybe choose someone that
Really matches your learning style
So for example if you hate lectures that just talk on and on and don't add
Anything to the material that's on the slide, then don't choose that professor if on day one, you [know]
That's the [only] professor that you can have for that entire quarter or semester learn to just
Ignore the fact that you don't like them and still try to learn the material because you in the end you have [to] learn it
if you wanted to graduate
ask
questions [when] when you're in lecture
Raise your hand don't be afraid if you don't understand something just say hey professor
what do you mean by that repeat can you repeat yourself and
um
Can you clarify what [you] just said you [know] sometimes when you have questions more than likely other people have the same questions
too so don't be afraid if
[you're] struggling in school get help ask
For someone to tutor you
I know that [a] lot of schools offer
Some sort of tutoring program for difficult classes like when I first started chemistry my freshman year I
kind of struggled
I just had so such a hard time wrapping my head around certain formulas certain processes, so I
sought out a tutor and I'm really glad that I did because
she had some of the old test material and she gave me some tips and tricks on you know how to
Succeed in [that] class, so I'm so happy that I found her and found that tutor so get help if you need it
if you found this video
Helpful be sure to give [it] a thumbs up and also leave in the comments down below
And you know how what do you do to achieve the great that you want and what can you do differently if you're not?
Getting an a and it was there something in this video that you can relate to be sure to watch my previous
Video which is ten mistakes that I made as a freshman video
And I'll link that down [below] in the description bar for you guys, and I'll talk to you [guys] [later]. Bye
And I know everyone wants to get good grades, and if you don't what's wrong with you? No, I'm just kidding