5b) Do you have one specific way set in stone for something? If you do, think about it and then ask yourself if there are other possibilities. For me, the way I study is set in stone. I usually will make flashcards and reread the book for the necessary class. I decided that some classes are very different than how they are in high school, therefore, you have to update and improve some of your studying methods.
For example, my history class is a lecture hall. It is so different than a high school class because you have no relationship with the instructor of the course and it is not one on one work so you must rely on yourself to stay motivated. I decided that I must alternate the way I prepare and study for exams because exams are 80% of my grade and I only have a few, so they are extremely important. Rereading the chapter would not cover all the information so I decided to even retake my notes.
This was not a major change for me, but I am not one who enjoys change so it was difficult for me to study differently. I could not just brief some of my notes and read the chapter because the exam was on eight different chapters, with a lot of information including names, events, and dates. I had to physically and mentally stay focused because I have never studied so intensely. Usually I will start to study a couple of days before an exam, but for this specific history exam I started preparing two weeks in advance because the syllabus gave me the date of the test.
Overall, I am not impressed with my grade. I received a 77 on the exam and while I was going into the test, I thought I was going to ace it because of all my hard work, time, and effort that I put into studying. I noticed the test had a lot of detail so next time I need to study even more intensely and analyze everything.
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