[oilgaslb]

Hi everyone,

I just began reviewing BEC (Wiley) and have not come across formulas/calculations yet. However, I’m sure I will shortly. In college, I don’t believe I was prepared thoroughly, as formulas were given to us by the professors for exams 90% of the time. I’m pretty worried that I won’t be able to memorize them all (not just for BEC, but any section).

Does anyone have any advice on relearning/memorizing the formulas when it comes time for that in the coming weeks? Thank you so much!

[Anonymous]

write out the formula every time you work a problem. I make formula sheets and rewrite them several times also.

[FlipACoin]

With formulas the best way I've found to memorize them is to work with them, a lot. Then what you really memorize is the process of solving the problem rather than a bunch of variables. Try to understand what the formula is doing and how it does it, that way you can remember the logical path. I've found that if I try to just memorize formulas, the stress of exam day can cause some real problems pulling that stuff up.

[oilgaslb]

Thank you both! I'll definitely work on repitition of writing them for each problem as well as memorizing the processes/what they mean.

[wobrie4]

Repetition and repetition. For instance, I'm doing BEC now and had never heard of the Capital Asset Pricing Model before. I can recite to you in my sleep now that

CAPM= Risk Free Rate + (beta x (Market Rate – Risk Free Rate))

And did I say repetition is the key?

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