Revising from day one
Hey all! I'm going into my second year of uni, and, this year, I wanna go hard af. I'm finally getting help for my mental illnesses and feel like this could finally be *my year* in terms of education. I'm planning on revising the material from my lectures from day one, doing everything the moment I get it, and generally getting stuck in as soon as university starts. I've packed my days with extracurriculars and societies to prevent me from getting distracted, so I feel like I can definitely follow through with my plan, especially because I'm not very social and have already created my schedule (9am to 9pm campus days, here I come!) with revision and work written in.
I was wondering if anyone else had any experience with revising constantly throughout the year. Did it help you a lot? Is there any advice you have for me? What are the pros vs the cons? Any input would help, as I've always been one of those 'leave-it-until-the-last-minute, revise-as-little-as-possible' type people.
I was wondering if anyone else had any experience with revising constantly throughout the year. Did it help you a lot? Is there any advice you have for me? What are the pros vs the cons? Any input would help, as I've always been one of those 'leave-it-until-the-last-minute, revise-as-little-as-possible' type people.
9 til 9? You'll burn yourself out. By all means, plan out your work and make sure you start assignments early - it's good to have that mentality. But I feel you're going a bit overboard here. You should make time to relax, otherwise you'll be so fed up with studying and working by the time exams come around. You're a second year too!
In second year I was doing perhaps 2 extra hours of work a day every weekday. This was on top of my 18 or so contact hours, so 28 hours altogether. I didn't do much during the weekends and tended to relax.
When exam season came around, I would do about 6 hours everyday in the two months or so leading towards the exam, and maybe have one day off a week, sometimes two.
With good time management, it's possible to really make the most out of the university experience whilst still succeeding academically. University were the best 3 years of my life and you only realise how much you'll miss it once you start full time work after graduation. It does depend on your course I guess, but I left uni with a first and felt I got as good an experience as I could have.
In second year I was doing perhaps 2 extra hours of work a day every weekday. This was on top of my 18 or so contact hours, so 28 hours altogether. I didn't do much during the weekends and tended to relax.
When exam season came around, I would do about 6 hours everyday in the two months or so leading towards the exam, and maybe have one day off a week, sometimes two.
With good time management, it's possible to really make the most out of the university experience whilst still succeeding academically. University were the best 3 years of my life and you only realise how much you'll miss it once you start full time work after graduation. It does depend on your course I guess, but I left uni with a first and felt I got as good an experience as I could have.
I did work all throughout the year. It really does help as I found all my notes were done before exam time so it gave me more time to read them and do exam papers. But at the same time it can burn you out! There were days where I felt like I didn't want to work for days because of it haha.
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Original post by Kre
9 til 9? You'll burn yourself out. By all means, plan out your work and make sure you start assignments early - it's good to have that mentality. But I feel you're going a bit overboard here. You should make time to relax, otherwise you'll be so fed up with studying and working by the time exams come around. You're a second year too!
That's just Monday, because I have lecture hours spattered around from 9am and then sign language evening classes, so I think I can handle it! Being behind on/not being on top of work makes me really anxious, so I really struggle to relax if I know I could be doing something productive. It sounds counterproductive, but, to relax, I need to work really hard the rest of the time. I hope that makes sense!
Original post by tinkerbell_xxx
I did work all throughout the year. It really does help as I found all my notes were done before exam time so it gave me more time to read them and do exam papers. But at the same time it can burn you out! There were days where I felt like I didn't want to work for days because of it haha.
Did you find that you did better than previous years, then? I'm gonna try my best not to burn out!
Original post by Kre
9 til 9? You'll burn yourself out. By all means, plan out your work and make sure you start assignments early - it's good to have that mentality. But I feel you're going a bit overboard here. You should make time to relax, otherwise you'll be so fed up with studying and working by the time exams come around. You're a second year too!
In second year I was doing perhaps 2 extra hours of work a day every weekday. This was on top of my 18 or so contact hours, so 28 hours altogether. I didn't do much during the weekends and tended to relax.
When exam season came around, I would do about 6 hours everyday in the two months or so leading towards the exam, and maybe have one day off a week, sometimes two.
With good time management, it's possible to really make the most out of the university experience whilst still succeeding academically. University were the best 3 years of my life and you only realise how much you'll miss it once you start full time work after graduation. It does depend on your course I guess, but I left uni with a first and felt I got as good an experience as I could have.
In second year I was doing perhaps 2 extra hours of work a day every weekday. This was on top of my 18 or so contact hours, so 28 hours altogether. I didn't do much during the weekends and tended to relax.
When exam season came around, I would do about 6 hours everyday in the two months or so leading towards the exam, and maybe have one day off a week, sometimes two.
With good time management, it's possible to really make the most out of the university experience whilst still succeeding academically. University were the best 3 years of my life and you only realise how much you'll miss it once you start full time work after graduation. It does depend on your course I guess, but I left uni with a first and felt I got as good an experience as I could have.
What line of work are you in mate?
Original post by German123
Are you actually palsied?
Is this even a word?
Is this even a word?
palsied - paralysed, affected by uncontrollable tremors, unable to control muscles
I picked it because I have a joint condition which causes me to dislocate and trap nerves which, in turn, sometimes makes me have uncontrollable twitches in some limbs! Plus it's just a nice word
You will burm yourself out. Im heading to second year also and my plan is to revise much harder. Started two month before examd in 1st year but now it counts. I will not revise in the first two months but write detailed notes. Understanding is the most important aspect in getting a 1st.
Original post by Palsied
Did you find that you did better than previous years, then? I'm gonna try my best not to burn out!
I'd say I did, it helped me to not get so stressed as well
Original post by plasmaman
What line of work are you in mate?
Currently doing an ACA training contract for 3 years (I'm in my first year), not sure what I want to specialise in post qualification but corporate finance is tempting.
I revise from day one and I genuinely think it's the best way to learn. Also saves a looooot of stress when exam time comes round. I get consistent first class grades btw (that isn't a brag, it's to show that it works for me). My tip is to revise SMART though, don't revise for a long time because you think that's what you should be doing, I have friends who go to the library at 8am and stay until 10pm after classes and still don't get the material because they're just staring at it and mindlessly working rather than actually studying the content. Revision takes time, but you shouldn't do too much either.
Original post by Palsied
palsied - paralysed, affected by uncontrollable tremors, unable to control muscles
I picked it because I have a joint condition which causes me to dislocate and trap nerves which, in turn, sometimes makes me have uncontrollable twitches in some limbs! Plus it's just a nice word
I picked it because I have a joint condition which causes me to dislocate and trap nerves which, in turn, sometimes makes me have uncontrollable twitches in some limbs! Plus it's just a nice word
Ahhh right.
I hope things are coll though.
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