Successful College Graduates !! Quick Question

[AristotlesOwn]

All this advice is cool (some archaic and misguided), but you need to figure out your personal learning style.

Are you a tactile learner (a hands on person actually figuring out problems for yourself)?
Do you learn from just reading?
Or do you learn better from hearing the material like during a lecture?

Figure that out and use pneumonic devices to help you with memorization. Get AHEAD of the material (use the syllabus). Cramming never works for someone in Philosophy (or any other social science) because of the subjective nature of the material. Take it from a guy who studied Psychology.

Also, don't listen to these fools who say change your major because they think you can't make money with your degree. Philosophy is heavy in logic as you already know; I know plenty of well paid lawyers who studied philosophy, and at least three businesspersons. You can do anything you want as long as you are focused and have internships/practical experience in the field you want to pursue.

 

[regulus]

last but not least go to class. showing up is 80% of it. i know a girl who passed the hardest class in our major but slept through most of it. meanwhile people who studied on their own but didn't show up to class much flunked out. this was no normal calculus based economics class, this was the class. every major has that one class that make a few cats suicidal. this was that class and to make things worse, you could only take it twice and you needed atleast a c. keep in mind that two years of calculus and probability were prerequisites and cats still drop like flies.

 

[PhattyLuver]

Dont try to read before late at night. Its pointless. Go to sleep and wake up early.

 

[mc2]

I had to go to the library and study by myself. I couldn't do the study group thing because a lot of people would come unprepared and want to talk about b/s the whole time.

Try getting in the habbit of going to the library where there are no distractions.

 

[dull]

1) You need to become a regular at your professor's and your TA's office hours. Do not go int there sweating them about the test, but demonstrate an interest in learning. After you take a test go meet with them during their office hours to go over it. Don't go in there with the goal of getting them to change your grade, but try to learn how to do the problems. Professors hate students that nag them about grades. Even if your professor seems like you are annoying them keep going and keep re-inforcing the idea that you want to do well in the class. I guarantee that this effort will be reflected in your final grade.

2) Get a tutor and/or a study group.

 

[Mr. Bizkits]

your time is valuable. Treat it as so and manage it...

 

[Osca Lee]

Too late to learn how to study now,your mind has started to decay.

Just use what is left.

 

[Brother Mouzone]

Too late to learn how to study now,your mind has started to decay.

Just use what is left.

What kinda cryptic ass shit is this lol ?

anyway bump