{"id":1287,"date":"2013-10-23T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2013-10-21T21:14:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T01:14:38","slug":"morgan-so-you-failed-your-first-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/10\/23\/morgan-so-you-failed-your-first-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan: So You Failed Your First Exam…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It happens to the best of us. You had no idea what to expect from your professor for your first COM101\/AR100\/PS101\/anyotherlargelecture exam. They might have given some very vague details about what would be on it and how it would be set up, but still, you struggled to find the right way to study for your first big college exam. So now what?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, crying in your professor\u2019s office rarely works. So the best thing to do is STAY CALM, and follow these steps to success.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 Head over to your professor\u2019s office hours to go over the exam. Were there concepts that you just didn\u2019t understand? Did the set up or the wording of questions confuse you? Figure out what went wrong so you can be prepared next time.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 While you\u2019re there, ask about extra credit opportunities. There may not be any available, but it never hurts to ask.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 Start PAYING ATTENTION in lecture. I know, shocker. Get yourself this nifty little self control app<\/a> so you can block all those tempting websites you want to surf during lecture. Or if possible, take notes the old fashioned way \u2013 pen & paper.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure not to lose any more points. If there are homework assignments, papers, etc. that are part of your grade \u2013 make sure you do the absolute best on these you can. Use the COM writing center and your TF\u2019s as resources \u2013 their job is to help you! So take advantage of it!<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0 Next time, study like crazy. Some of my study methods include\u2026<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Studyblue.com<\/a><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Making outlines of each chapter.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spending 5 hours in the library until I memorize absolutely everything.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trying to put all of the information for each chapter on a single piece of paper \u2013 color-coded.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Studying with friends! Sometimes trying to explain a concept to someone else helps you understand it better.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not leaving it until the last minute. Start studying 4-5 days in advance so it really sticks in your brain!<\/p>\n

You can do it!!<\/p>\n

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It happens to the best of us. You had no idea what to expect from your professor for your first COM101\/AR100\/PS101\/anyotherlargelecture exam. They might have given some very vague details about what would be on it and how it would be set up, but still, you struggled to find the right way to study for … Continue reading Morgan: So You Failed Your First Exam…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3892,1613,44303,7270],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}