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Guide - Study Like A Topper

The document provides tips for studying like a top student. It recommends managing time well by planning daily tasks. It also suggests taking smart notes in class, focusing reading on key sources, preparing well for exams, and using practice tests to eliminate knowledge gaps.

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Guide - Study Like A Topper

The document provides tips for studying like a top student. It recommends managing time well by planning daily tasks. It also suggests taking smart notes in class, focusing reading on key sources, preparing well for exams, and using practice tests to eliminate knowledge gaps.

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How to study like a Topper.

Part 1 Cheat Sheet


Step #1. Manage Your Time in 5 Min/Day

• Jot down to-dos and deadlines on a list whenever they


arise.
• Transfer these to-dos and deadlines to your calendar every
morning.
• Plan your day each morning by labeling your to-dos with
realistic time frames and moving what you don’t have time for
to different dates.

Step #2. Declare War on Procrastination


• Keep a work progress journal, and every day record what
you wanted to accomplish and whether or not you
succeeded.
• When working, eat healthy snacks to maximize your energy.
• Transform horrible tasks into a big event to help you gather
the energy to start.
• Build work routines to make steady progress on your
obligations without expending too much of your limited
motivational resources.
• Choose your hard days in advance to minimize their impact.
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Step #3. Choose When, Where, and How
Long
• Try to fit as much work as possible into the morning and
afternoon, between classes and obligations.
• Study in isolated locations.
• Take a break every hour.

Part Two Cheat Sheet


Step #1. Take Smart Notes
• Always go to class and try to take the best notes possible.
• For nontechnical courses, capture the big ideas by taking
notes in the question/evidence/conclusion format.
• For technical courses, record as many sample problems
and answers as possible.

Step #2. Demote Your Assignments


• Read only the favored sources on the syllabus in detail. To
decide how much time to spend on supplemental sources,
remember the importance hierarchy:

Core books.
readings that describe an event or person, which are
more important than
readings that only provide context (i.e., speech
transcripts, press clippings).

• Take reading notes in the question/evidence/conclusion


format.
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• Work in groups on problem sets, solve problems on the go,
and write up your answers formally the first time.

Step #3. Marshal Your Resources


• Figure out exactly what the test will cover.
• Cluster your notes for nontechnical courses.
• Build mega-problem sets for technical courses.

Step #4. Conquer the Material


• Embrace the quiz-and-recall method. It’s the single most
efficient way to study.
• Spread out memorization over several days. Your mind can
do only so much at a time.

Step #5. Invest in “Academic Disaster


Insurance”
• Eliminate the question marks for topics covered in class or
from the reading that you don’t understand.

Step #6. “A+” Attempt


• Look over the whole test first.
• Figure out how much time you have to spend on each
question (leaving a ten-minute cushion at the end).
• Answer the questions in order of increasing difficulty.
• Use any and all leftover time to check and recheck your
work.

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