How often should i revise as a 1st year optom student
How often should i revise as a 1st year optom student. I want to get a 1st this year. i rlly want to try. I know its not importnat as its 1st year but i rlly want to do well. Any tips????????
Reply 1
The question shouldn’t be how long should I revise for, the question you should be asking is;
“Do I understand the topics at hand and can I apply them, if not, how do I do this?”
There is no fixed amount of time to revise any particular topic or field, it’s how you understand something,
One example was in my BSc during my second year, we were taught medical microbiology and I absolutely hated it and as a result, my interest in the field, no matter how much I revised, I hated it and so couldn’t enjoy it (translation, I didn’t do well).
When it came to clinical biochemistry however, that I enjoyed and so, would normally spend less time revising as it seemed more natural to me.
TL;dr - as long as you need to to get the subject to stick. If you can’t get it in an hour, try two.
Sorry if that’s vague!
“Do I understand the topics at hand and can I apply them, if not, how do I do this?”
There is no fixed amount of time to revise any particular topic or field, it’s how you understand something,
One example was in my BSc during my second year, we were taught medical microbiology and I absolutely hated it and as a result, my interest in the field, no matter how much I revised, I hated it and so couldn’t enjoy it (translation, I didn’t do well).
When it came to clinical biochemistry however, that I enjoyed and so, would normally spend less time revising as it seemed more natural to me.
TL;dr - as long as you need to to get the subject to stick. If you can’t get it in an hour, try two.
Sorry if that’s vague!
Hi there,
there's no specific amount of time you should be studying for for any degree, as it can change vastly depending on what you've grasped in class your study techniques and just how comfortable you are with the material.
In my first year I found what helped was getting to the end of the week and just writing a couple notes summarising what I'd learned from each lesson and if I could do that off the top of my head and I understood the content then that was good enough for me. On top of your assignments and your coursework and any additional reading in first year I really just concentrated on understanding I understood everything so when it came round to hard exam revision time I was revising not actually having to learn the content.
Hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
there's no specific amount of time you should be studying for for any degree, as it can change vastly depending on what you've grasped in class your study techniques and just how comfortable you are with the material.
In my first year I found what helped was getting to the end of the week and just writing a couple notes summarising what I'd learned from each lesson and if I could do that off the top of my head and I understood the content then that was good enough for me. On top of your assignments and your coursework and any additional reading in first year I really just concentrated on understanding I understood everything so when it came round to hard exam revision time I was revising not actually having to learn the content.
Hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
Reply 3
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Original post
by Coventry University Student AmbassadorsHi there,
there's no specific amount of time you should be studying for for any degree, as it can change vastly depending on what you've grasped in class your study techniques and just how comfortable you are with the material.
In my first year I found what helped was getting to the end of the week and just writing a couple notes summarising what I'd learned from each lesson and if I could do that off the top of my head and I understood the content then that was good enough for me. On top of your assignments and your coursework and any additional reading in first year I really just concentrated on understanding I understood everything so when it came round to hard exam revision time I was revising not actually having to learn the content.
Hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
there's no specific amount of time you should be studying for for any degree, as it can change vastly depending on what you've grasped in class your study techniques and just how comfortable you are with the material.
In my first year I found what helped was getting to the end of the week and just writing a couple notes summarising what I'd learned from each lesson and if I could do that off the top of my head and I understood the content then that was good enough for me. On top of your assignments and your coursework and any additional reading in first year I really just concentrated on understanding I understood everything so when it came round to hard exam revision time I was revising not actually having to learn the content.
Hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
thank you so much! this was super useful, i will deffo give this a try.
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