if you want to actually learn the material, and not just memorize it for a test and then forget it. make notecards, and go over them throughout the class, not just 0-7 days before a test. it doesn't take long to study some every day, and if you go over something 27 times (sometimes less), it is committed to memory more or less permanently. yes, studying a lot can be boring, but that's what separates the college graduates from the college drop outs.
my study style up until this year was go over my notes and/or the book an hour before the test, and i'd get a's and b's on all my tests, cause its fresh in my mind. but once i became an upperclassman in college that just didn't cut it, the next semester when i'd take a class further in my major, i've found i don't remember basically anything from my previous class to help me out.
Is it normal that I can't study?
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if you want to actually learn the material, and not just memorize it for a test and then forget it. make notecards, and go over them throughout the class, not just 0-7 days before a test. it doesn't take long to study some every day, and if you go over something 27 times (sometimes less), it is committed to memory more or less permanently. yes, studying a lot can be boring, but that's what separates the college graduates from the college drop outs.
my study style up until this year was go over my notes and/or the book an hour before the test, and i'd get a's and b's on all my tests, cause its fresh in my mind. but once i became an upperclassman in college that just didn't cut it, the next semester when i'd take a class further in my major, i've found i don't remember basically anything from my previous class to help me out.