Hello everyone!
Today’s video is very special because it is a remake of one of my oldest videos on
YouTube and thousands of your guys voted for me to redo it from scratch.
Since I still swear by these tips, most of the voiceover will be recorded in the same
way but the approach I give to these will be a bit different.
1.
Incorporate homework and classes in you daily planner – that will give you an overall
glimpse of how your week will be about and how much time you need to spend in your studying
sessions!
2.
Color coordinate classes – be it notes, your planner, your textbooks or binders, pick
a unique color for each class and work around the hues of that color to get more organized!
3. Make your own syllabus – if your professor doesn’t provide a syllabus for your class,
try to make one before the school year working around your given textbooks or other given
material.
4. Make study guides – make a study guide from your syllabus and draw before each topic
two boxes: one for a midtest and one for the final test.
When you have one of these tests, check the boxes when you’ve finished studying the
chapter so you won’t miss anything!
5.
Reference your material throughout – most of the times, we students work with in-class
notes, textbooks and a syllabus.
Since we get small bits of information here and there it’s important to reference every
page throughout all your material so you can quickly access your information without having
to flip endlessly through pages!
6.
Keep a dashboard nearby – Whenever you use a notebook or a binder, make a dashboard on
the first page with post it notes so you can quickly scribble any questions, homework or
page numbers.
When you get home, you just need to open your dashboard and attend those notes.
7.
Print any tests, exercises and exams you can find – keep those in the end of your binder.
These are perfect to practice before exams and tests because they really reflect what
you will be tested about.
Set an alarm clock for the deadline and start working on those!
8.
Condense – organization disappears when you have too many of everything.
Working with more than one planner in your life will make everything chaotic.
If you think you need a second planner because you don’t have enough space to write in
the first one, it’s because you don’t have available time as well.
Don’t fool yourself and set achievable goals!
9.
Customize your textbooks – most of the times, textbooks are formal books where information
is hard to come by.
Make your own tabs and write every chapter on them so they stick out – flag any charts,
tables or graphics.
Everything needs to be incredibly accessible!
10 Print a special planning sheet before finals: Organizing your studying by chapters and/or
topics before finals is tremendously important since it lets you organize the amount of time
you dedicate to each subject, Study Sessions and Time Management
11.
Save at least one afternoon or one morning a week for intensive studying.
These is your “life-saver” – when you get so full of homework and projects that
you can’t incorporate them into your daily academic routine, one free afternoon to organize
your school life will really come in handy!
Make an appointment with yourself!
12.
Prepare in advance – although most professors may not ask you to prepare a class in advance,
if you have the means to, go ahead.
Grab a sheet and make a summary of the chapter your class will be about.
Write the major topics and key information and take that guide to class.
When your professor repeats previously studied information, you will be able to understand
everything much better!
13.
Never leave something behind – Even if you have a more light class, where professors
don’t request homework or any side projects, don’t let that fool you!
Be disciplined and be your own professors!
Make your own projects and learn everything you can so you can nail those finals when
they arrive.
14.
Write your questions – most of the time, in a heavy study session, we come up with
tons of questions and sometimes we just leave them behind.
Write them down in your dashboard or a small notebook and ask your professors (personally
or via e-mail).
You can also ask your schoolmates in a facebook group created for that purpose!
15.
Set an alarm clock and reward yourself – even if you study during an entire afternoon your
studying will be pointless if you don’t take regular breaks.
Set an alarm clock for one hour/one hour and a half and then take a 15 minute break.
Never study for more than 2 hours straight!
Even if you don’t notice, you’ll get less and less focused.
16. . Make a list – before each study session I like to grab my notepad and write down everything
that I need to do before my session ends: the chapters I need to read, the pages I need
to go through and the homework I need to complete.
Sometimes I even write theses lists when I’m in college so I’ll have more determination
to complete those tasks once I get home.
17 Work on the least interesting thing first.
There are always classes or projects that we like the least – and those are the ones
that we need to tackle first.
You will start your studying session concentrated, which will let you go through the worst tasks
faster.
18 Print, print, print.
try to print everything you can and never study from your computer.
Having your PDF files printed at hand will let you concentrate better, highlight and
write some notes in the margins.
You can take these everywhere with you and even turn them into small guides for future
classes!
19.
If you finish ahead, don’t quit.
Perhaps the time you’ve saved for your study session has come to an end way before you
have planned.
That doesn’t mean you should stop right now – Take that time to review what you’ve
learned so far or prepare other classes ahead of time!
20.
Study in an organized space – make your own studying corner – bring everything you
will need, from textbooks, binders and notebooks, to a cup of coffee and your computer.
Keep them neatily organized on your desk so everything is at hand and on sight.
Put on some soft background music (links down below) and adjust the lightning.