do you actually study for tests?

not finals or mid terms, just like those quizzes and tests you take after completing units of study and you know what i mean.

I dont, lol, and I still get A's and B's

Nah, and I'm really starting to think I don't know how to study :?

I don't study for tests, quizzes, the SAT, etc.

Not that I do bad, I just... can't.. study?

I've actually figured something out. When you study, you tend to do better on the tests.

If you want to make good grades, then why would you not study?

Yeah, but I developed my own special trick for test taking back in high school that owns multiple choice questions.Vandalvideo

Elaborate...

Usually not that intensely. Maybe like half an hour or something. Generally, I'll just know the stuff from having done it in school all week and just do a bit of review. Sometimes I'll even save all the AP US history reading til the night before and still get an A.

However, when the AP tests come around I'll usually sit myself down and bury myself up to my neck in notes and study books the entire month before since there's really no other way.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Yeah, but I developed my own special trick for test taking back in high school that owns multiple choice questions.rockguy92

Elaborate...

Yes, share your trick.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Yeah, but I developed my own special trick for test taking back in high school that owns multiple choice questions.rockguy92

Elaborate...

Yes I do.

Also before the test if I can.

I've learnt the importance of studying....

In all honesty, not really. Most tests/quizzes are multiple choice, and you can just use logic to find the right answer for most. For example, if there is an "all of the above," it is often that choice because the teachers want you knowing three facts instead of one. It is very rarely "none of the above," and when it is those are the hardest multiple choice problems. In science I just think logically about the problem. Most of the time I get the answer right even if I didn't study. This year I'm in AP Chemistry so I do study a bit, but not rigorously. Math... well it's either you get it or you don't in high school... Since I'm still just in 10th grade, I can get through most tests without studying. Heck, I don't even study for our finals. IMO, the California ones are almost ridiculously easy.

I'll be in for a shock in college I suspect, but I'm sure I'll adapt. Why change a currently working strategy? Just do your homework and you'll know most everything you need to know.

I usually hate people like you cause i have to study my *** off to pass why do you get to sail through? I demand retribution!!!Serraph105

Lol i feel you man

yeh, you kind of have to if you want to get good grades. I've found most of the people who relie on natural talent get screwed in their last two years when scores count because they didnt get into study habits.

and yes i realise this doesnt help me with grammer.

Back when I was in K-12 schooling, no. The only things I ever studied for as a kid were spelling tests, and even then that was only for a night or two. Other than that I never put any real effort into studying. I would usually do a once-over of my notes minutes before a test got handed out in class, but that the most studying I ever did and even then I still ended up just plain out not studying at all. That did change though starting the tail end of my junior year when I had to go back and learn all the course material that had been taught over the semester within two weeks since I had slept through all my classes that semester (and we used the block system which meant that a semester's worth of material at my school was equivalent to a year's worth of someone taking the typical year-long period system). After that I started studying my senior year of high school when I loaded up on APs although even then I didn't do much studying.

Now that I'm a neuroscience major at a top 20 university I actually do have to study though. I study a LOT more than I ever did in high school, but that isn't saying much.

not finals or mid terms, just like those quizzes and tests you take after completing units of study and you know what i mean.

I dont, lol, and I still get A's and B's

bassguitar19

That's a bad attitude to have. That whole "I don't need to study because I'm too smart" attitude can really become a liability. What those people often tend to overlook is that knowing how to study is often a learned skill. I'd say that knowing how to study is at least as important as being naturally smart. And like most skills, studying is something that you get better at the more you do it.

I've known several people who skated by through school, never having to really study anything because of their natural intellect and memorization. Then they get hit with stuff that they find hard, and that they actually have to STUDY for, and they're like deer in headlights. They don't know what the **** to do, and they just stand there until they get hit with a big fat D (or F, in the really bad cases).

Never studying really isn't something to brag about. That's more like an admission that you're skipping out on an important part of your education.

Hell, even if you can pass the tests without studying at all, try studying as hard as your stupid friends. It might not help you get a better grade, sure. But if you care about learning, it still might help you learn more than you would have learned by not studying.

And really, school isn't just about grades. It's also largely an easy and convenient way of fulfilling the desire to learn. That's scholarship, going beyond and above the necessary requirements, and getting the most out of your opportunities. Sure, you might not HAVE to study. But wouldn't you likely get more out of your education if you DID study?