How Do Your Study Habits Differ When You Might Fail a Class?

@Pigglies (9329)
United States
June 7, 2008 10:45pm CST
If you're going into finals week realizing that you could easily fail a class, how do your study habits change? I usually go into finals as hard as I can. Studying like crazy in hopes of passing.
1 person likes this
3 responses
• United States
9 Jun 08
My study habits never changed.I either got the class and studied up on the points that were going to be on the test or I didn't get the class and I was expecting to fail and I just studied the little I understood from the class.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
9 Jun 08
What about when retaking classes? Would your study habits change the second time or still stay the same? I kind of just hope to absorb more the second time around, but then I also try to do something different in my study habits. Like adding flash cards if I did not previously use them or finding a study group. But study groups tend to bring me down rather than actually help me.
1 person likes this
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I think in two weeks.
1 person likes this
• United States
11 Jun 08
When will you find out?
• Indonesia
8 Jun 08
Before finals, I usually don't just read the textbooks, I also make some cue cards and fill my notebook with mnemonics. It helps a lot in memorizing the material.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
8 Jun 08
I usually make flash cards too. Even though it is kind of late, I figure I want to try every last ditch effort. Most of my classes now are higher level so they don't really involve memorization as much as applying concepts. So doing practice problems is also usually a good idea. And I always try to finish the reading as well, which is the hardest part for me since I am a horrible reader.
9 Jun 08
opp, I do the same thing. It's better to summarize main parts that we have to forcus on.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I guess summarizing really works better for arts and language majors. There is really no good way to summarize organic chemistry and come anywhere close to passing the class. You could probably get 10 to 20% if you only knew the major ideas.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
Hi there Pigglies! If I feel that I am about to fail or I might fail, I study harder and do the best that I can. I always do the best that I can though. But maybe I'll give extra attention to that specific subject.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Jun 08
That's what I end up doing too, studying as hard as I can. I always do my best, but sometimes my best just isn't enough for certain classes.
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
You can do it. Good luck. Thank you very much for choosing my post as the best response.