{"id":826,"date":"2012-10-02T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2012-10-01T19:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T23:22:24","slug":"dany-do-you-have-your-study-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2012\/10\/02\/dany-do-you-have-your-study-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dany: Do You Have Your Study Buddy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I don\u2019t know about you guys, but it\u2019s getting to be that time of year again for me. Midterms. When all those times spent procrastinating on Tumblr and Netflix and barely skimming long, dense readings come back to haunt you. Well, here are some pro-tips for getting through the\u00a0battle.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Take breaks.<\/p>\n

Believe me, nothing productive will come from a 15-hour cram session. Your brain needs to relax. Focus on what you need to do but when\u00a0you start to read the same sentence eight times and the room gets blurry, it\u2019s time to stop. Walk around, stretch your legs, get something to\u00a0eat. Smoothies help me concentrate and they always perk me back up when I\u2019m starting to lose focus.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Know your study pattern.<\/p>\n

My notes always look like Office Depot threw up on them. Everything is color-coded by highlighters and sharpie pens with the appropriate\u00a0post-its where I jot down questions I have while studying. It helps me stay organized and during exams, I can visualize my notebook and\u00a0remember the answer. That\u2019s how I work. Everyone learns differently, so my point here is find your routine. Establish your study method\u00a0and stick to it. It doesn\u2019t matter what it is as long as it works.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Plan ahead.<\/p>\n

This one is the hardest one for me because my schedule tends to be packed to the minute. But I know that if I make little sacrifices and set\u00a0guidelines for what to study, I\u2019ll be much better off. Usually about a week or so before an exam, I\u2019ll take a look at the syllabus and see what\u2019s\u00a0going to be on it. Then I just divide it up into sections and study a little bit everyday, leaving the day before the exam as a review. This keeps\u00a0me from not getting stressed and if I have any questions, I have plenty of time to stop by my professor\u2019s office hours and ask.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Find your study buddy.<\/p>\n

One of the first things I do when I walk into a class for the first time is look for someone I know or make friends. It\u2019s always helpful to know\u00a0at least one person in each class to compare notes with, quiz each other, and just talk about the material. When you\u2019re really struggling to\u00a0understand something, simply having a conversation about it with someone else and speaking in layman\u2019s terms can help put you on the right\u00a0track. Two heads are better than one!<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s back to the Mugar Marathon for me! Good luck everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know about you guys, but it\u2019s getting to be that time of year again for me. Midterms. When all those times spent procrastinating on Tumblr and Netflix and barely skimming long, dense readings come back to haunt you. Well, here are some pro-tips for getting through the\u00a0battle. 1.\u00a0Take breaks. Believe me, nothing productive … Continue reading Dany: Do You Have Your Study Buddy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1613,7280],"tags":[44443,11821,7620,4418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"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=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}