How to revise at university?

Blyts-_

Do you type up your notes or write them by hand?
How many hours a day do you revise?

Reply 1

She-Ra

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Original post by Blyts-_

Do you type up your notes or write them by hand?
How many hours a day do you revise?

Moved to uni life :smile:

What are you studying!?

Reply 2

Blyts-_

Original post by She-Ra

Moved to uni life :smile:

What are you studying!?

Thank you. I'm studying Accounting and Finance :smile:

Reply 3

EloiseStar

Original post by Blyts-_

Do you type up your notes or write them by hand?
How many hours a day do you revise?

I don't revise every day, only in the 1 1/2 month run up to the exams.

I consolidate all my notes, highlight the key points and then rewrite them. I then highlight those (highlighting key words) and test my self. I test by using past papers and seeing if I can answer the questions, I make plans mainly and occasionally write but that's a waste of time for me.

When I'm revising, 4 hours a day in the evening if I have no other work and lectures in the day, otherwise 40 minutes of every hour. Plus food, tv and loo breaks. :smile:

On the honour roll too so it seems to be working out pretty well!

Reply 4

x-Venezia-x

I write in my own words using various academic sources from the internet (NOT wikipedia), and then I will type them up in a way that I will understand. I learn more through spider diagrams and bullet points with italic and bold writing but everyone has different techniques in their learning style. Same goes for reading academic books - I will read, reread then write down what it is in my own words unless I am referring to them directly. I revise maybe a few hours a week Posted from TSR Mobile