[hannahFletcher16]

Hello fellow ninjas!

As stated above, I am looking for new productive ways to study. I would love any and all input on how each of you get it done!

For example, you know you have a few hours, you sit down at your desk and how exactally do you go about studying?

Thanks guys!!

[Duskfall]

First: I find any and all things I can do that doesn't involve studying.
Second: I wrestle with guilt and procrastinate more.
Third: Panic that I'm wasting good study time and frantically cram.

I use pomodoro technique and tend to focus on one thing at a time whether it be lectures, reading text, mcqs, Sims, notes, flashcards or audio.

FAR - 07/07/2016 - 81
BEC - 08/23/2016
AUD - 10/05/2016
REG - 11/23/2016

[hannahFletcher16]

Sounds familiar. Thanks for the response lol! Have you passed any yet?

[hasy]

1) It varies for different exams. If there's math, I usually do lecture first. If it's mostly conceptual, I look at the book and read it first to get an idea. Watch the lecture if necessary. Also, during this time, I take notes on the entire section and lecture.

2) I do questions as I finish every chapter (note: DO NOT STRESS ABOUT THE SCORE AT THIS TIME, so much unneeded stress, you will BUILD understanding as you learn it)

3) As I complete multiple chapters, I do cumulative MCQ sessions (only new questions). I do Roger's and NINJA.

4) When I complete ALL the chapters, I tend to know what chapters I know I need to work based off the “homework” I do. So I go back to those chapters and review. During all this time though, I am continually doing questions on NINJA cumulatively (sets of 30) to refresh and retain memory of prior chapters.

5) I finish all questions on NINJA and Roger once. I rewrite all the chapters short-hand to retain more information.

There's more writing involved in there…

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Trees202]

I can only study for like an hour at a time before my mind is just completely gone and I'm re-playing tv shows or books in my head or planning the week's meals while my eyes roll across the material and I'm absorbing absolutely nothing.

I switch up my position a lot (probably too much…I get so bored, moving and sitting somewhere else is the excitement in my life now!) Dining room table>kitchen table>front-room floor>my actual desk in my office>recliner chair>bed>guest room bed>office floor…

After every hour or so I take a little “break” to go do something like load the dishwasher, get a cycle of laundry going, go pick up dog poop in the backyard!, make lunches for the week…etc.

Occasionally I'll take an extended Netflix break, but only until my husband ‘catches' me and guilts me into picking my book back up. 🙁

I also read out loud and explain concepts to my cats. They'd probably get a better score than me at this point…

I usually just read the book (Becker). I try to work some of the MCQ on the train commute to/from work.

[Delawhere]

Using Becker self study. My process is pretty standard. I read each section, do MCQ, and then after reading the whole chapter/ doing all MCQs once, I go back and re-read any sections that I think need clarification, then re-do incorrect/ marked MCQs, followed by the Optional MCQs, if any. I do the sims once I feel very comfortable with the MCQs/ reading.

Every day before I go to bed I'll do the “Cumulative MCQ” where you pick the # of questions and the chapter it's on. For audit, as I progressed through the book it would be 30 MCQ on Chapter 1, 30 MCQ on Chapter 2, etc., until I reached all 6 sections. I'd try to do that until I was consistently getting around an 80-90% on EACH chapter. If I got lower I would re-do another 30 MCQs.

I find out tonight if that method paid off, so take all of that with a grain of salt!

BEC - TBD
AUD - TBD
REG - TBD
FAR - 76 (10/19/2015)

[hannahFletcher16]

thank you all for the advice. I need to just force myself to FOCUS. That right now is the hardest part. I read half the sentence and get distracted before I even finish. I am starting to feel like I have ADD! UGH. I need to just do it already. I am so sick of these exams!

GOOD LUCK to any of you waiting on score release tonight. Keep us posted!

[C / X]

After the nightmare that was REG this is my process for BEC:

I have Roger and Ninja and match the chapters up.

Do Roger lectures/read/questions – If I don't feel like it or can't concentrate I stop what i'm doing and take a break until I know I will be able to FOCUS and skip lectures I don't think I need (so I take a lot of breaks in between).

For Roger: I write in a notebook and make flashcards.

next day Ninja book read and (TYPE notes)- then do MCQ. I actually take a little break after I finish reading before I do MCQ and I actually do Ninja's per section since it's divided up so easily.

Then I keep track of my actual with planned. There are days when I said f**ck it with REG cuz I was so frustrated but in the long run it's better to not do that as it creates a time crunch later. :/

[Duskfall]

I passed FAR and BEC so far. I basically follow the NINJA method and try to get the lectures completely done first. I copy notes or read the text when I am tired or can't seem to focus on a screen. I listen to audio and lay on the couch when I am exhausted. Otherwise I hammer out MCQ's and SIMS until I wonder if I'm going crazy, then do a little more.

FAR - 07/07/2016 - 81
BEC - 08/23/2016
AUD - 10/05/2016
REG - 11/23/2016

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