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College is approaching real soon (in 2 weeks!). I'm excited cuz I'll be living with my best friend and that makes me SO excited! But..there's a huge part of me that is absolutely terrified. Like, more terrified than an average college freshman would be. I'm afraid that the workload and studying will stress me out and take so much time to do, and when I think like that I start paniccing and crying and stuff.
Also I'm a really slow reader (I read 10-20 pages per hour). And someone told me that you have to study 2 hours for every hour in class..I'm taking 12 hours a week, so that means I study for 24 hours?? That's 3 and a half hours a day! But another friend told me that if you pay attention in class, study 3 days before tests and even attempt assignments, you'll pass with flying colors. I don't know who to believe but I really hope what my second friend said is true.
What do you think?
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Hey. Well I haven't started college yet and I am pretty much in the same situation as you. I'm going to be living with my best friend and I have always been very scared about college, I still kind of am.
From what my friends have told me, sometimes you're going to have to choose studying over going to a football game or partying, but you have a more liberating schedule. You don't meet in class every day. When I went to visit my friends during Spring Break, I got to hang out w/ a lot of them, they weren't constantly busy. I honestly think, sometimes you are going to be extremely busy and sometimes it's going to be a little more mellow.
As for studying, start earlier than you would generally, and you should get the stuff down by the time you have your test.
I wish you the best of luck, I hear college is awesome! =]
-Teacup
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Ok every teacher in college is different, the best thing you can do is make sure that your notes are good from classes, most teachers base most of the questions on their tests on class as opposed to textbook information. Also if you don't take good notes (it is an aquired skill) record your classes and borrow notes from someone who takes good notes.
What I did was after every class I reviewed what we did, also if you re-copy your notes they will stick better in your head. Worrying about college will only make it harder for you, if you find that you don't have enough time for tests or assignments go to your academic advisor and they can arrange for you to have more time for assignments and tests.
I hope this helps, if you need more study hints let me know!
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