Before exams start, how much do you tell yourself you're going to study?

How much do you really study?

I told myself I'd work on my big history paper all weekend, study for my MEA exam yesterday and today, study for German today and tomorrow, etc...

Reality: Watched football all day yesterday and worked on the paper some, finished it today, gonna start studying for that exam tonight... ugh.

12/10/2007 1:08:44 PM

If I plan to study for 5 hours, I will instead frantically flip through pages in the book or notes starting about 30 minutes before I have to leave for the exam.

12/10/2007 1:09:27 PM

i plan on doing too much, so I still get enough done, even with procrastination

12/10/2007 1:10:41 PM

study? who studies?

12/10/2007 1:10:49 PM

planned to work on poster all last week during work...posted on tdub

planned to study/work on poster during weekend...played video games and watched football

work on poster today and study for rest of week during work for final...wait, shit

12/10/2007 1:11:50 PM

Studying sucks the biggest ass on the planet. I don't miss it!

12/10/2007 1:12:41 PM

I'll usually say to myself that I'll sit down, ignore all distractions, and just study for a day or two before the exam. In reality, I'll wind up cramming the night before and do a little bit of last-minute cramming right before the exam. I only have to know this shit long enough to get it down on the test, right?

12/10/2007 1:14:04 PM

12/10/2007 1:15:11 PM

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"If I plan to study for 5 hours, I will instead frantically flip through pages in the book or notes starting about 30 minutes before I have to leave for the exam."

12/10/2007 1:16:41 PM

Aha

Which German are you in? I might can help with that

I said I'd study today, tomorrow, and some of wednesday for my statistics exam Wednesday evening...then that got moved to this past Friday, so I got ~3-4hrs in on that.

I said I was gonna study yesterday (but not all day) for my knitting exam that was this morning - logged ~1.5hrs, which would have been ~1.75 if I hadn't run out of time. Turned out to be a perfect amount.

I'm not studying at all for an exam tomorrow that I don't even know yet if I have to go to yet.

For MEA 130, I'll probably start studying Sunday evening.

I'm taking finals PY 212 and BUS 225 for incompletes I got over the summer. I'll start watching the lectures for BUS 225 tomorrow I'll just take the buttfucking for PY 212

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"i plan on doing too much, so I still get enough done, even with procrastination"

This is pretty much me, and not just for finals, either.

PS: http://ncst.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209952207

[Edited on December 10, 2007 at 1:18 PM. Reason : llkj]

12/10/2007 1:17:18 PM

last sem i planned on studying till i didn't feel like it anymore. maybe a couple hours for each class (MAE junior 1st sem classes), and pulled out like a 3.2 semester gpa.

12/10/2007 1:20:04 PM

i can't study for more than about 30 minutes before the actual exam

but i graduated with a 3.4 overall and a 3.76 major, so i guess i'm awesome

12/10/2007 1:26:52 PM

I think I end up studying about a 1/4th of the time I set aside for an exam.

12/10/2007 1:29:15 PM

w00t for not being in school anymore

12/10/2007 1:46:55 PM

^w3rd

12/10/2007 2:05:56 PM

ahhh its nice not to be a student anymore.

back in the day though as an industrial engineering major i would unfortunately study for at least 1 - 2 days if not longer for any exam. i used to try to cram when i started school and would always spaz out and not study at all and flunk. learned i had to give myself lots of time and lock my sorry ass in the library until early in the morning.

the capocinos in dh hill are quite nice.

12/10/2007 8:06:24 PM

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"back in the day though as an industrial engineering major i would unfortunately study for at least 1 - 2 days if not longer for any exam"

what the hell were you thinking lol? i was in IE, an hour or two before an exam was more than sufficient for 95% of IE classes

12/10/2007 8:08:47 PM

12/10/2007 8:09:22 PM

i usually tell myself i'll break up deadweek, but don't end up studying for an exam until the day before.

12/10/2007 8:12:01 PM

I'm studying for my MBA finals right now... which is why I'm posting

12/10/2007 8:22:01 PM

I live by one rule: procrastinate procrastinate and procrastinate some more. :beatup

And not having an exam til thursday doesn't help.

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12/10/2007 8:22:41 PM

i never was the 5hr studier for finals or any exam, I would always get distracted and end up doing something else...that might of helped in the long run, study a bit, get distracted and do something else, then go back.

12/10/2007 8:33:08 PM

^^^^^ Right on. That's how I feel about studying.

12/10/2007 8:37:23 PM