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Its like 3 in the morning now, and im wondering, "why on earth do I stay up till 3 in the morning, THEN decide to study?"
Does anyone else pull this genious move? Put off studing for a test the night before, at insane late hours?
This is probably the 1,000,000 time ive done this, and it boggles my mind why I keap doing it.
Glutton for punishment?
I'm a bit of a procrastinator and a reigning "King of Cram" myself.
I personally just hate studying even though I often need to.It all works out though because I do the same thing you are doing right now, then I'll think " Oh, Shit in a couple of hours I'm going to fail this test if I don't study".Then I go into Super Study mode powered by a huge adrenaline kick from the fear and worry of failing(and a couple of Mountain Dews) and end up passing if not aceing my tests the next day.
I bet you've done the same thing before , and if you're doing it again right now then it must've worked out for you then, so why change tradition/habit and change something that works , right? :nod:
I did it ALL the time. the day before my finals started last year, I was playing UT until 10:00, and I hadn't been studying at all.
the sad thing is, I usally only do about 5 or 10 points lower than the people who study all week. Sure, I still get Ds and Cs on those test, but anyone who can teach themselves 75% of two weeks of calc 2 in two hours has to have some serious brain power. That, and hates himself. :(
Don't worry, Iron, you're not alone :p
I started doing it again despite developing better study habits for the Spring semester. I think it's just because I happen to be taking all easy-as-hell freshman-level courses this fall, and I'll probably get back to more efficient study habits next semester again.
Its 6:15 and I have a paper due at 12. Instead of typing it, I'm contributing to this topic and other nonsense.
I never really took to studying though. I just don't bother with that and still manage to put everything else off. Itend to be pretty busy in spite of it all though since I usually have a personal project of sorts to work on that I have to split time with school.
Well I thought I'd let you all know how it went. I got a wonderful 98. I was really worried I'd made a bunch of stupid mistakes. I never went to bed and studied all night, and well, doing cal 2 (3 if you are in a 4 year university) at 8 in the morning will start to drive you nuts.
^_^ Man I rule.
From what I can guess, staying up late is what makes your spelling suck so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
I used to do that and would fall asleep while studying and fail... I stopped. Now I just take the whole day before the test to study, start in the morning and finish around late afternoon and spend the evening chilling out and doing something fun or enjoyable...I think its possible to overstudy in a way. i also try to get a good amount of sleep before the tests too... it actually helps a ton.