Study Tips: Part 1

We all think that it gets better with time but there is no getting used to the anxiety one gets when it’s that time of the year and that is…
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMS!!!

First and foremost there are those who are still crossing their fingers that they got exam entry and after receiving your fate you found that you made it… Now it’s the rush of putting all the notes together and asking friend’s notes in case you bunked some classes. If you are really desperate you will even attempt to email your lecturer or tutor at 1 am and expect them to reply. When that rush is over its somehow finding time to actually start with the studying. There are those who are internally motivated and already start making notes well off before the time. Then there is our old friend called Procrastination. It seems like you not really wasting time but deep down you know you better start with your work because days just go by faster lately…then before you know it ,its towards end of October and UJ is making you begin with exams on a Saturday and if they really love your presence they make you write two papers in one day.

This is the period where you ignore the fact that you have to buy data bundles or renew your BIS. The period where all of a sudden you remember that energy drinks actually do exist. 

Its the study week and for the next days we will hook you up on study tips to help pass your exam and dodge the monster “F7” .

So there you....

Study Tip #1

Understand your study topics in your own words: Your lecturer can explain something to you, you can learn it from a text book, your friends can study with you, even your own notes can explain it to you but all these explanations are of little use if, by the end, you can’t explain what you have learned to yourself. If you don’t understand a study concept that you need to illustrate in an exam to get top exam results, then you won’t be happy with your end exam result. To combat this, get into the habit of explaining w

hatever it is you are studying, in your own words, so you understand your study notes. The key to help improve your memory is to understand what you've learned when you are studying it. So don’t just memorise and tick off the list – make sure you understand your theory.