Extra Credit: Option #3

After this first semester of college, I have learned a lot about my studying habits. I think the leap from high school to college and all the talk about college being a lot more difficult than high school, motivated me to work much harder. In all my classes, I try my best to listen to my professor’s lectures and jot down as many notes as possible. However, when I am in a rush to take notes, I tend to write a little messy, so I have tried to improve on that this semester. My notes in all of my classes are a lot more organized and neat this semester. I learned that I have to take good notes in order for me to do well on my exams, since I will be using them to review and study.

In the beginning of this semester, I am fortunate to have a professor (McCune) require me to attend muse workshops. I attended a study group work shop and it really helped my academics. I tend to doze off and daydream when I am studying by myself, so I like to work with others, I feel like it is more affective. Although studying groups can turn into social sessions, attending this workshop, I learned how to choose my group wisely. In all of my classes, I found at least one person to study with and it was really affective for me. Reviewing with other classmates really helped me study, and it shows through the grades I received on most of my exams.

However, studying groups were helpful, next semester I want to start studying alone. I do not want to become dependent on people, so I will just have to focus more next semester and grasp all the materials myself.