Chapter 12 – Solid Study Strategies

Since your official job in college is to get an education and earn a degree (and learn along the way), there are many tricks of the trade that can benefit you and add to your academic success. The bottom line is, you must be able to communicate the subject’s information back to the professor in a way that shows you have a reasonable understanding of the material. As you read the following pages, you will probably recall using some of these approaches on your own. Exposing yourself to new ideas can help as you develop your own study system. Remember to evaluate your study skills often to keep the door open for constant improvement. These study strategies will assist you in increasing the value of your education.

Topics covered:

• The Preview-Review study method
• Completely avoid cramming!
• How integrity fits into the mix
• Favorite study strategies compiled from students from campuses across the country.
• What to keep at the end of each semester

“Don’t let the freedom of being on your own for the first time go to your head! You need to study, too, to stay in school.” – Kristen, University of Georgia

“Everyone should realize that it is important to be assertive in finding help from teacher assistants and professors when you are having trouble in a course – don’t let it catch up to you!” – Austin, University of Virginia

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