Misc random chat thread

[Chuck2600]

Alex, how do you even get a 100% on something? Is there some way of studying that I'm not aware of which leaves 0% room for error? Or are you just a wizard?

[Lvisaa2]

Alex, how do you even get a 100% onlsomething? Is there some way of studying that I'm not aware of which leaves 0% room for error? Or are you just a wizard?

Know the information front and back. When I can look at a study guide and not even hesitate as I reel off answers then I know I'm gonna put it in that test's brown eye.

[DaBubzy]

Alex, how do you even get a 100% on something? Is there some way of studying that I'm not aware of which leaves 0% room for error? Or are you just a wizard?

I've gotten 100% on a couple tests in things like statics. Knowing the vocab section by heart and then knowing how to work the problems by doing every problem you can find and making sure you can do it.

For me its easier to make a 100 on written/short answer tests rather than multiple choice. sometimes I get caught up in "well, really either of these two are right"

[TomBremner]

i get sleepy when it snows. weird.

[Lvisaa2]

Reps for good music podcasts. Pretty eclectic tastes so the only thing out is country and pop

I've gotten 100% on a couple tests in things like statics. Knowing the vocab section by heart and then knowing how to work the problems by doing every problem you can find and making sure you can do it.

For me its easier to make a 100 on written/short answer tests rather than multiple choice. sometimes I get caught up in "well, really either of these two are right"

Recognition should be easier than recall. Granted there are tons of factors that play into that.

[MiscDemeanor]

I just doubled up on hydrocodone. Did I dun goof?

[Lvisaa2]

I just doubled up on hydrocodone. Did I dun goof?

Lol no. Unless by goofing, you mean feeling great. Why are you taking tabs?

[Chuck2600]

I've gotten 100% on a couple tests in things like statics. Knowing the vocab section by heart and then knowing how to work the problems by doing every problem you can find and making sure you can do it.

For me its easier to make a 100 on written/short answer tests rather than multiple choice. sometimes I get caught up in "well, really either of these two are right"

Talking more so with math and other problem tests, there is just so much room for error and profs are just so damn particular.

[2445ricardo]

Talking more so with math and other problem tests, there is just so much room for error and profs are just so damn particular.

Regularly scores 100 on Math Tests brah Checking In.

[MiscDemeanor]

Lol no. Unless by goofing, you mean feeling great. Why are you taking tabs?

I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday and the left side of my jaw is super sore. Day 2 seems worse for some reason

[Lvisaa2]

I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday and the left side of my jaw is super sore. Day 2 seems worse for some reason

Wisdom teeth were awful for me. Make sure you drink a lot.

[RugbyTank]

Talking more so with math and other problem tests, there is just so much room for error and profs are just so damn particular.

It does depend on who is marking, soo much syntax.

Math is a language, some people take its structure more strictly

Example: One of my calc courses I remember losing a .5 not for having wrong numbers but because my equal signs weren't all in line.

[Ajaro]

Only noting the irony, no srs tag here.

fair enough....

but I wasn't referring to the big one we had a year and a half ago. I was talking about the big one last night that made me feel sick on the 10th floor O.O

[texicus]

I just doubled up on hydrocodone. Did I dun goof?

oh lawd, inb4

[ko300zx]

I just doubled up on hydrocodone. Did I dun goof?

Go back and tell them it's not helping and ask for the good sheet.

[Ajaro]

so who wants sausage pizza?

[DaBubzy]

I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday and the left side of my jaw is super sore. Day 2 seems worse for some reason

fo me, wisdom teeth was e-z. was good like 24 hours after, back to working & getting drunk

got perkeset or watever, would take one and drink like 5 beers and was all sorts of fouled up

[Dre4]

I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday and the left side of my jaw is super sore. Day 2 seems worse for some reason

Did you get both you lower and upper wisdoms taken out? Luckily I only got my bottoms taken out so I was only out of commission for a couple days before getting back in the gym. Got back to eating solid foods about 5 days later.

[Lvisaa2]

Thinking about it, my wisdom teeth was easy. Got all 4 removed and was having steak like 5 days after. My tonsils were the surgery I was thinking about; that wa awful.

[Gemuadrken]

Thinking about it, my wisdom teeth was easy. Got all 4 removed and was having steak like 5 days after. My tonsils were the surgery I was thinking about; that wa awful.

Surely you were allowed all the icecream you could eat afterwards?

[Chuck2600]

I really need some advice to study more effectively. I never developed a study habit so I'm assuming this is just something I have to work on.. Learning how to learn. I'm not stupid but I don't feel like I'm making the most of my time.

[MiscDemeanor]

Go back and tell them it's not helping and ask for the good sheet.

I should right? This stuff isn't working and is only making me feel worse

fo me, wisdom teeth was e-z. was good like 24 hours after, back to working & getting drunk

got perkeset or watever, would take one and drink like 5 beers and was all sorts of fouled up

Lucky you. I still can't eat solid food that well and the left side of my face looks like someone punched me lol. It's all puffy

Did you get both you lower and upper wisdoms taken out? Luckily I only got my bottoms taken out so I was only out of commission for a couple days before getting back in the gym. Got back to eating solid foods about 5 days later.

I got all 4 taken out and all of them were impacted so they had to cut into my gums to remove them. Actually, the bottom right one was showing a little and I'm having no problem with that side, just the left for some reason. This stuff is no fun and I wanted to lift today so bad but with the way I'm feeling I don't think that's possible

Thinking about it, my wisdom teeth was easy. Got all 4 removed and was having steak like 5 days after. My tonsils were the surgery I was thinking about; that wa awful.

I had chicken last night (day 2) and that was a horrible decision. Made my jaw super sore trying to chew it. I'm getting tired of GY and soup blaaah

[DaBubzy]

I really need some advice to study more effectively. I never developed a study habit so I'm assuming this is just something I have to work on.. Learning how to learn. I'm not stupid but I don't feel like I'm making the most of my time.

I had to teach myself how to learn when I first got to college. In high school it was easy, I was smart and went to a public school. came to college thinking i could do the same thing and wound up almost failing out freshman year. ended up with a 2.3 and some really pissed off parents. figured out how to learn again, and haven't made under a 3.75 in 4 semesters now

To me it was about learning to get organized. Sit down, figure out what the fuk you need to know, and do it. making sure you get an early start is key

[miacanesfan25]

MiscD, wait at least a week before lifting trust me! The pressure and strain can cause dry socket. You think you're hurting now? Dry socket is 10x worse than you're feeling now.

[Chuck2600]

I had to teach myself how to learn when I first got to college. In high school it was easy, I was smart and went to a public school. came to college thinking i could do the same thing and wound up almost failing out freshman year. ended up with a 2.3 and some really pissed off parents. figured out how to learn again, and haven't made under a 3.75 in 4 semesters now

To me it was about learning to get organized. Sit down, figure out what the fuk you need to know, and do it. making sure you get an early start is key

Any particular methods, or do you just re write **** and read it over and over again?

[Lvisaa2]

Any particular methods, or do you just re write **** and read it over and over again?

Find a study place - somewhere that I s free of distractions. I sometimes study at home, but it is rare because I'll get caught up in doing other things.

For actually studying my method is - take notes, type notes, repeatedly go over notes. By the end, I should be able to look at a word and immediately spout off the concept of the word. Straight memorization can work, but knowing the concept will be much more effective.

Use available resource from the class - if the teacher gives you a study guide then do it. If you need to make flash cards then do it. Repetition of the information is the real key and you have to find the best and most enjoyable way for you to do that

[DaBubzy]

Any particular methods, or do you just re write **** and read it over and over again?

Find a study place - somewhere that I s free of distractions. I sometimes study at home, but it is rare because I'll get caught up in doing other things.

For actually studying my method is - take notes, type notes, repeatedly go over notes. By the end, I should be able to look at a word and immediately spout off the concept of the word. Straight memorization can work, but knowing the concept will be much more effective.

Use available resource from the class - if the teacher gives you a study guide then do it. If you need to make flash cards then do it. Repetition of the information is the real key and you have to find the best and most enjoyable way for you to do that

What Lee said pretty much hits it on the head. My school offers a student lead type of tutoring service which is helpful as hell. I've found sometimes reading the book can help too if the teachers methods aren't my style.

Going to the library helps me a ton. Getting away from distractions, friends etc and focusing is important. In the back of our libraries we have personal desks that are like cubicles and are usually pretty quiet. for example, I had a test the other day and the teacher provided a list of topics. I downloaded it, added some space and took notes on each topic going through the notes from class. after making sure i was thorough, i studied the shyt out of that and straight merked the test

[Chuck2600]

Find a study place - somewhere that I s free of distractions. I sometimes study at home, but it is rare because I'll get caught up in doing other things.

For actually studying my method is - take notes, type notes, repeatedly go over notes. By the end, I should be able to look at a word and immediately spout off the concept of the word. Straight memorization can work, but knowing the concept will be much more effective.

Use available resource from the class - if the teacher gives you a study guide then do it. If you need to make flash cards then do it. Repetition of the information is the real key and you have to find the best and most enjoyable way for you to do that

Yeah I study at my gfs because she is gone during the day. To many distractions at home and the library has nowhere private to go.

But what do I do for bio? I've done good on my two term tests but there is like double the amount of new info for the midterm as there was for the last term test. My prof takes the test material right off her slides but I still have like 200+ pages of slides, and like 20-30 diagrams to memorize.

[texicus]

Yeah I study at my gfs because she is gone during the day. To many distractions at home and the library has nowhere private to go.

But what do I do for bio? I've done good on my two term tests but there is like double the amount of new info for the midterm as there was for the last term test. My prof takes the test material right off her slides but I still have like 200+ pages of slides, and like 20-30 diagrams to memorize.

The only way I have ever studied is just repeatedly reading notes/textbooks or going over flashcards, over and over and over again. Seriously. It is mind numbingly boring but ridiculously effective. By the time the test comes around I can even recall where that particular bit of info was on a page, in a handout, etc. (oh i remember that it was next to that graph of x on the second page of that handout in the bottom left hand corner)

tl;dr read/go over **** until you physically can't anymore.

[Lvisaa2]

The only way I have ever studied is just repeatedly reading notes/textbooks or going over flashcards, over and over and over again. Seriously. It is mind numbingly boring but ridiculously effective. By the time the test comes around I can even recall where that particular bit of info was on a page, in a handout, etc. (oh i remember that it was next to that graph of x on the second page of that handout in the bottom left hand corner)

tl;dr read/go over **** until you physically can't anymore.

This more information means more studying. No real trick. You can chunk info together. Pages 1-30, learn them. Find a way to test if you know them. Once you feel comfortable move 30-60 , learn them and test it, but this time test 1-60. Rinse and repeat until you can go through the breadth of your info.