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College Study Skills

What to do with that huge textbook!

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Some college professors hardly use the textbook, but most of them do, so you’ll have to be sure to find ways to get the information you need without having to read everything in that big book more than once! I always found that highlighting did three things for me: 1) Highlighting kept me reading actively [...]

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For rigorous classes, start studying the very first day!

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If you are taking a killer class like a tough chemistry or engineering class, don’t let it sneak up on you. When you’re in college, suddenly there’s no one telling you to do your homework or to be studying daily, and there are plenty of other tempting things competing for your time. But if you [...]

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Take notes you can depend on!

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When you are taking a rigorous class in college, class notes are extremely important. The notes you take will be your only record of what the prof actually said that day. I understand that some profs make notes and presentations available before class, but you still need to write furiously to get all those little [...]

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