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Memorizing > Learning.
Cramming is usually effective because it's for a short period of time, but you get a lot done.

I usually study 2 or 3 days before the exam. Rarely that I study only the eve of this (unless if it's a quiz).

cramming ftw

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[quote=RugbyBall]Your posts always make me smile because of how ridiculously stupid they are. You're cheating and no one has the balls to report you anonymously? Says a lot about the college and the students it produces LOL.

Go to a real institution and then come back to us.[/quote]

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@NoNsensical:

Too bad you can't come up with anything else.

@GreatRomantic: Too bad you did and formulas help.

@NoNsensical:

Too bad you failed your exam.

obviously 5 x 2hr sessions. repetition is good for memorization. cramming before a test is bad. for me.

I wouldn't do either, you should review and go over notes for maybe 15-30mins every day, going over an hour of studying isn't going to serve you too well.

eh.. i just had my first orgo test two days ago, and i got my grade back. i got an 88, which isn't too bad, especially since I only studied like, 2-3 hours the night before. i find it difficult to study 2 hours 5x a week. it just doesn't work for me. but you can't study for 10 hours straight on one day either... i would just do the 2 x 5 method, and the day before, just go over everything to make sure you got it.

5 X 2 hours is better. With one 10 hours session, you probably be so burndown at the end, you would forget almost everything you do to remember.

Option 1 is better... why? Simply put, what will you do if something happens on the last day that prevents you from studying for those 10 hours? Furthermore, can you study for 10 hours straight?

It's much easier to study in smaller, more reasonable sessions than do one large cram session. It'll also be much easier to process the information.

it all boils down to how well you can process information

[quote=GreatRomantic]Too bad writing down formulas won't help because you won't know how and when to use them.[/quote]

Too bad that method didn't work for you.

bribe your professor

Learn the material and you won't have to study

I'd say first +an extra global session one or two days before the test to make sure you understood all of them subjects.

If the test is on something useless you're never going to need IRL or be tested on again, just cram right before it.

[quote=GreatRomantic]Too bad writing down formulas won't help because you won't know how and when to use them.[/quote]

Actually it would help but
it won't help alone if you don't solve/practive u should solve/practice alot on different kinds of problems and different idea based/types of questions that is the best way to study math/physics/chemistry,etc
for memorizing based subjects the best way is repeating again and again
writing the thing to memorize it also helps alot and make it easier to memorize

[quote=NoNsensical]@GreatRomantic: Too bad this is college and you're sitting in the back row of a 200+ person lecture hall and there's one T.A. effing around in the front with the professor.[/quote]

Too bad writing down formulas won't help because you won't know how and when to use them.

@GreatRomantic: Too bad this is college and you're sitting in the back row of a 200+ person lecture hall and there's one T.A. effing around in the front with the professor.

[quote=NoNsensical]If it's math, just take a slip of paper and write all the formulas on it.[/quote]

Hopefully you don't mean cheating.

[quote=NoNsensical]If it's math, just take a slip of paper and write all the formulas on it.[/quote]

Too bad if this is for college they don't allow an outside source of information such as notes. Professors will give you all that you can use, if you can even use anything.

If it's math, just take a slip of paper and write all the formulas on it.

I think for Math or any high skill level subjects tests you have to study daily in order to able to memorize the technique but for definition/knowledge/concept based tests can be studied the night before.

Neither.
Example: Say you have 2 chapters of memorizing to do, which may take 6 hours to read through & take notes
Clear time for 4 days
First 2 days, do 3 hours of studying each (per chapter)
Last 2 days, review each chapter for 3 hours (per chapter)
Repetition of information is one of the best ways to study.

The first option. The more TIMES you go over something, the more you will understand it, that is, if you review the material every single time you study for those 2-hour increments. Still the first option will always be better because the 2nd option is basically cramming before the test; you won't remember everything (unless you're like me who has photographic memory).

The one that makes the material last long enough in your head for the final exam.