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Is it odd that I take hardly any notes at university?

People in lectures and seminars come with pages upon pages of written up work and notes.

I have tried to read then write notes but I find it so time consuming. My strategy is buy the books, mark up the releveant pages so come revision time I can easily go back, highlight the important bits and instead of spending hours writting up notes I would read over the chapter a few dozen times making sure I take everything in.

Am I going to struggle during exam time if I dont have notes to revise from?
If I don't buy the book I would go to the uni library, get the relevant book and then photocopy the relevant pages
Original post by NGC773
People in lectures and seminars come with pages upon pages of written up work and notes.

I have tried to read then write notes but I find it so time consuming. My strategy is buy the books, mark up the releveant pages so come revision time I can easily go back, highlight the important bits and instead of spending hours writting up notes I would read over the chapter a few dozen times making sure I take everything in.

Am I going to struggle during exam time if I dont have notes to revise from?


You might struggle, you might not. A lot depends on the lectures themselves - some are basically rehashes of the 'official' course textbook with nothing much of interest added. Others can be very useful pull-togethers of many books, and others can contain quite specialised information not easily obtained elsewhere.

One thing you might want to consider when revising is making notes from the books you have read and marked up in order to bring together related information in one place. To take History as an example, I might have read half a dozen books/articles on, say, Peter the Great. But I found it useful to collate the information relating to his foreign policy under one header, and information about his domestic policy under another.
OP tks few notes -> wonders "odd?" -> other ppl tk more./ alt. strat. = buy books. Q. -> Effectv?
Original post by cambio wechsel
OP tks few notes -> wonders "odd?" -> other ppl tk more./ alt. strat. = buy books. Q. -> Effectv?


wut?
I don't write many notes in lectures... though some of my friends who do find it helps them concentrate (and stay awake!)

I don't think it's unusual not to make many notes - looking round the lecture hall, there are loads of people just listening (or trying to keep listening :tongue: )

But most people have some sort of way to keep on top of work, and make sure they're learning it. I just go through the slides/handout properly in the evenings and make my own notes (mainly for the exercise - I know that for revision I'll just use the original slides.) And I find it helps me understand and remember things better.
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Original post by hevlar.kelmet
wut?


That's the spirit. Brief and to the point.
Original post by NGC773
People in lectures and seminars come with pages upon pages of written up work and notes.

I have tried to read then write notes but I find it so time consuming. My strategy is buy the books, mark up the releveant pages so come revision time I can easily go back, highlight the important bits and instead of spending hours writting up notes I would read over the chapter a few dozen times making sure I take everything in.

Am I going to struggle during exam time if I dont have notes to revise from?


LOL
It probably depends on how much you tend to remember..
Theres no harm in making notes now if you have nothing better to do :P

Aren't Uni books really expensive to buy? D:!
Original post by nataliekwong
LOL
It probably depends on how much you tend to remember..
Theres no harm in making notes now if you have nothing better to do :P

Aren't Uni books really expensive to buy? D:!


If I go through the book and highligh key points / add my own points I usually remember everything on the page after three or four times going through it.

Yeah they are expensive. I just buy the key main text books for each module and just photocopy relevant pages in other books
Original post by ageshallnot
You might struggle, you might not. A lot depends on the lectures themselves - some are basically rehashes of the 'official' course textbook with nothing much of interest added. Others can be very useful pull-togethers of many books, and others can contain quite specialised information not easily obtained elsewhere.

One thing you might want to consider when revising is making notes from the books you have read and marked up in order to bring together related information in one place. To take History as an example, I might have read half a dozen books/articles on, say, Peter the Great. But I found it useful to collate the information relating to his foreign policy under one header, and information about his domestic policy under another.


Every lecture I have basically reiterates everything in the key reading textbook they make us buy. I usually just take away the key points they are getting at and read around it.
Original post by NGC773
Every lecture I have basically reiterates everything in the key reading textbook they make us buy. I usually just take away the key points they are getting at and read around it.


And they charge you how much for the privilege of reading a £30 textbook out loud to you??? :confused: Shameful!

EDIT: Curious about the neg. Does someone think that a lecturer merely reiterating parts of the textbook is worth about £9k pa???
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Original post by ageshallnot
And they charge you how much for the privilege of reading a £30 textbook out loud to you??? :confused: Shameful!

EDIT: Curious about the neg. Does someone think that a lecturer merely reiterating parts of the textbook is worth about £9k pa???


I agree, they dont add that much to lectures. But I they do highlight the key areas we need to look at

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