I graduated out of OAC (Grade 13) in Ontario and found first year university to be a lot of repetition of OAC and very easy to get As without a lot of studying.

OAC has been removed in Ontario, and many other provinces don't have grade 13 either, so that might explain why 1st year is such a failure for many.

My other explanation is that I'm a small town country boy, had a beer in my hand when I was 8, first strip club when I was 15, regularly bar hopping when I was 17. By the time university came I'd already mastered the ability to party hard and get good grades in high school. :thumbsup: Its a skill that takes many beers to learn.

That's actually good news. Its all over at once, and forces you to prepare and manage your time.

Consider is a blessing you're getting this experience early on, you'll be better off later.

Finished my exams today, now all I've got left are end of term papers.

all done. woohoo.

Shit...I did no studying today...time to start now

Some people can't wait to be finished school. But once they're done, they want to go back to school.

As for myself, I don't miss school or exams whatsoever. :D

Do you mind pointing me to the source that says we retain more knowledge reading from a printed paper?

I have a very low concentration level, especially when I'm on the computer (ie. like now). But sometimes, the notes are online and I don't want to waste paper to print it out.

Side note, any tips on how to study, or specifically, methods? For me, I just read my notes 3-4 times, and it somewhat works.

For me, as of right now,

I'm going through each chapter that will be tested, and writing and re-writing important sections and notes that I believe will be on the test. After writing those notes, I read the summary of each chapter along with the notes that I had just recently typed.

Then, I go through the study questions and try to answer them utilizing my notes and textbook as my final preparation before the exam.








.....I still end up with a shitty mark :haha:

There's lots, Google: "reading retention paper screen"

Forget the "wasting paper" argument the environmental hippies have driven into us. Trees regrow, as long as the paper comes from a sustainable forest (Forest Stewardship Council logo), we'll always have more paper. If you still feel bad then at least recycle it.

I always print and read. I've tried reading eBooks on my tablet PC and note: eye strain make sit uncomfortable after awhile, and I'm almost always distracted and surf the web.

anyone in bcit fin man 1st yr, how did u guys find your accounting and math finals?

^ easy, some of it is tricky :D

tell me: i forget
show me: i remember
involve me: i understand

/thread

Math was easy.. but the accounting one was kinda tricky

lol my frd was just telling me she failed..

anyways..
i bombed my math final today :(
i didnt leave the house for 3 days.. just doing questions..
shouldve partied it up.. booooooooo

The Asian JB thread keep throwing me off track, I can't study! whatever, either you know it or you don't ! hahahahha

Tips on studying a course you barely know anything and have only 12 hours to study for the final?

ohhhhh yeah 8:30am multivar calc final tomorrow

math 200 at ubc? it was a murder.

my math 200 exam is at 12PM lol

read shit online, and read the solutions for previous finals - chances are some of those same questions will appear.

may the force be with you

weathernetwork reports 15cm of snow on sunday and I have an exam on monday

^You will probably fail that exam regardless because you're dumb enough to trust the weathernetwork for weather.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/..._metric_e.html

putting on snow tires regardless