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Missed my grades this year - study and revision tips please?

So I've just finished my 3rd year of a Biological Sciences degree and transferred onto an undergraduate Msci in Biomedicine. Now I needed a 2:i for this but I got a 2:ii (59% average) but the tutors let me transfer regardless. However, its given me a bit of a wake up call that maybe my study techniques over the past year haven't been as good as they could be.

So my questions are: is it possible to get a 2:i next year if I work hard (or even a first just out of interest) and secondly, do you have any good study techniques and revision plans that might help?

This year, I made notes for every lecture but didn't do the extra reading until I started my revision about 6 weeks before my exams when I also made a new set of notes for everything, read through it all and did about 80% of the available past papers. Evidently this didn't work as my average dropped by about 5% since second year so I'd really appreciate any study tips!

Thanks :smile:
~Sammie
Do you meet your lecturers enough and do you know what they're looking for?

I'm in a similar position btw, I ended up scrapping a 2.1 despite feeling pretty confident about my results at the time.
Hmm, well we don't have scheduled tutor meetings anymore so I guess there's been very little guidance on how to go about learning/exams/the modules. Maybe if I periodically ask to go and see my lecturers to check I'm on the right track then?

Thanks :smile:
Original post by Obsessive-badger
So I've just finished my 3rd year of a Biological Sciences degree and transferred onto an undergraduate Msci in Biomedicine. Now I needed a 2:i for this but I got a 2:ii (59% average) but the tutors let me transfer regardless. However, its given me a bit of a wake up call that maybe my study techniques over the past year haven't been as good as they could be.

So my questions are: is it possible to get a 2:i next year if I work hard (or even a first just out of interest) and secondly, do you have any good study techniques and revision plans that might help?

This year, I made notes for every lecture but didn't do the extra reading until I started my revision about 6 weeks before my exams when I also made a new set of notes for everything, read through it all and did about 80% of the available past papers. Evidently this didn't work as my average dropped by about 5% since second year so I'd really appreciate any study tips!

Thanks :smile:
~Sammie


When I revise, it's time consuming, but I talk to myself like I'm giving a lecture. I struggle to remember things reading them alone, so talking really does help commit things to memory. I guess just doing questions too and repeatedly checking that you know things. But that's just me. I feel ridiculous at the time, and then fairly chuffed with the exam results - maybe try that?
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Original post by Obsessive-badger
So I've just finished my 3rd year of a Biological Sciences degree and transferred onto an undergraduate Msci in Biomedicine. Now I needed a 2:i for this but I got a 2:ii (59% average) but the tutors let me transfer regardless. However, its given me a bit of a wake up call that maybe my study techniques over the past year haven't been as good as they could be.

So my questions are: is it possible to get a 2:i next year if I work hard (or even a first just out of interest) and secondly, do you have any good study techniques and revision plans that might help?

This year, I made notes for every lecture but didn't do the extra reading until I started my revision about 6 weeks before my exams when I also made a new set of notes for everything, read through it all and did about 80% of the available past papers. Evidently this didn't work as my average dropped by about 5% since second year so I'd really appreciate any study tips!

Thanks :smile:
~Sammie



Which university do you attend?
Original post by Hillbilly101
When I revise, it's time consuming, but I talk to myself like I'm giving a lecture. I struggle to remember things reading them alone, so talking really does help commit things to memory. I guess just doing questions too and repeatedly checking that you know things. But that's just me. I feel ridiculous at the time, and then fairly chuffed with the exam results - maybe try that?


That sounds like a pretty good idea to me - thanks :smile:

Oh and I'm at Lancaster Uni
Original post by Obsessive-badger
Hmm, well we don't have scheduled tutor meetings anymore so I guess there's been very little guidance on how to go about learning/exams/the modules. Maybe if I periodically ask to go and see my lecturers to check I'm on the right track then?

Thanks :smile:


Well, yeah. Lecturers do respond better if they realise you're prepared to do exactly as they say. Don't mince words, tell them you want a first and ask them what you need to do to achieve that.

Bring in work for them to skim through, even if it's assessed you can ask them a related/roundabout question which wil put you on the right track.

Good luck!

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