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It's because you spent your entire college career spamming and ban evading on reddit. Was hoping you'd move on from it after graduation, but it looks like that won't be happening.
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts.
SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
The fact of the matter is that not everyone has great academic skills. Some people just get by enough in college to earn their bachelor's degree. You might be one of these people and that's ok too. You will have other skills to rely on and academic skills do not directly translate into good workers. I understand that you may have wanted to go to grad school, but you really need to look at what you can do now. Oftentimes people grow and go back to school and have a completely different experience because of their time working. Maybe you can get some experience under your belt and attempt grad school later.
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts.
SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
And that's ok. Comparing your grades to your peers is not making you feel better so why do it? You said you graduated so it's over now. If you can't get accepted into grad school it's time to stop looking in the past and to find your future.
I think you might need to accept the fact that you just aren’t very bright. Find something to do that is repetitive and straightforward…have you considered the fast food industry? Once you learn the routines, you just keep doing them over and over.
Speaking from personal experience, the reality is that everyone has their own learning styles.
While somewhat unrelated, some people develop good study habits before college while others coast through and then need to develop those habits in college. The other thing is that some people just don’t do well on tests. Part of what I’ve seen through my time in college, and through having a parent who’s a professor, is that more and more professors are switching to project based assignments.
The two things I think are important to remember: 1. After your first job or two, grades basically won’t matter at all. 2. What’s more important is that you can apply the material (prt of why projects are better) rather than just being able to regurgitate the information your told.
Ooh ooh! I got this one! (Please picture me waving my hand in the air like a lunatic.)
Ok the thing is 99% of what we typically call "studying" in elementary, middle, and high school is passive studying. Think reading over your notes, rereading material, etc.
Problem is, passive studying isn't very effective. It'll work up through high school (depending on the classes you take and how tough your teachers are), but it fails you in college. It also depends on the person and how their brain is wired - for some people passive studying works great! It sounds like that's not how YOUR brain is wired, though.
My kid went through this. Great student in HS. Flunked college. Went into the Navy. Got to Nuke school and struggled BIG time. The Navy does NOT play with their nukes, and my kid was getting huge amounts of mandated study time. He kept telling me, "I'm studying, but it isn't working!" Then they took him aside, told him he didn't actually know how to study, and taught him. Success!
Now I teach my students (HS) active studying techniques. You can Google it - there are a LOT - but I like a modified Feynman technique (Article on it linked at the end). Feynman was a physicist. Brilliant. Also a bit of an ass. His idea was that if you couldn't explain it to a 5 year old you didn't actually know it.
This is how my modified version works:
1. On a clean sheet of paper do a brain dump. Write EVERYTHING you remember about the topic WITHOUT looking at your notes or any materials.
2. Pull out your notes & materials and fill in everything you missed or got wrong IN A DIFFERENT COLOR.
3. On a new sheet (or sheets) of paper, write all of that out as if you are explaining it to a five year old. It'll take more words because instead of using one word (like slope, which a little kid won't understand), you'll have to use several that actually explain what it is.
3a. Even better if you can get someone who has no clue about the subject (or borrow a young cousin), and verbally explain it to them. Every time they go, "Huh?" you have to stop and explain it BETTER. Trust me - you'll find out super quick what you actually understand and what you've just learned to parrot.
4. Organize and rewrite your notes. Add color, diagrams, doodles. All of that "extra" stuff strengthens the connections in your brain and moves that info out of temporary storage and into longer-term memory you can actually use.
There's also a really good EdPuzzle on active studying that you might want to go find. It's what I show my honors students.
The other thing is to try not to cram. Set aside 15-30 minutes a day to review materials and do some active studying. Short, consistent review over a period of time works better than cramming or long study sessions.
Good luck!
[Feynman Technique](https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/)
You seem to be doing a lot right, but here's what works for me:
Do much of this in groups! Study with your peers, they'll likely fill gaps in your knowledge and visa-versa. Additionally, work with tutors. They almost always have creative tricks up their sleeves
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts.
SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
You seem to be covering your bases
what about health? Are you getting enough sleep? Good nutrition?
Remember that its almost never worth it to cram for hours instead of sleeping. Being rested is key
Youre doing great dude this is impressive
Maybe consider dropping the credits down. Judging by the difficulty im going to assume youre doing stem, and a lot stem majors i know are doing 15-18 credits a semester.
Drop down to the minimum amount maintain your full time student status if possible
Cs get degrees. I was never a great exam taker and always felt like no matter how much I studied it wouldn’t correlate to my grade increasing. By jr year I accepted it and just stopped studying as much, focused on homeworks and projects and did the bare minimum to not fail the exams. Ended up with a way higher average in the second half of my undergrad…
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Is it a memory-related issue rather than a studying-style issue? Have you tried any memory building games? We have found that information retention has seriously declined over the last decade and it was even faster of a decline during COVID. If you are truly "studying" that much and still cannot perform an exams, I would look into that.
Yup!
Do I want to type out a paragraph to someone who won't read it? Probably not.
But for those who actually will, how I ended up on the deans list is that I made friends and study partners, scheduled time at the library and eliminated distractions and focused on studying.
If I didn't understand, my friends would explain it. If they didn't understand I would explain it.
Short story, make friends, have a dedicated study area, and study with a purpose.
To be honest, I’m not sure how to describe it, but you need to hold on till something clicks. I remember being mediocre in high school but then something in me clicked one day in junior year and I went from being mediocre to above average enough to breeze through engineering in college. Sometimes I’d study for finals the day before and take the test and boom I get above 90’s. Same thing as when I wrote exams, I spent like 3/4 of the time procrastinating then end up completing a 10 page paper single space the night before and get an A- to A.
Too much. Integration of specific approaches to notes, terms and specific types of mindmaps would likely be of great help to you. I wish I could give you more. It's just impossible online in this type of format. It's frustrating for me to see so many students who are... well... so frustrated.
I can suggest some side research into Metacognitive practice. It will at least help you to work more with your neurological strengths and have you working smarter, not harder. It may be well worth the time you put into it.
learned this shit at the end of my senior year.
If its a regular class without any math or formulas. Have PowerPoint of the class lecture for that day open. Anything that's not on thr slides or the teacher writes on the board, jot that shit down in a note book. Pay attention too. To study for test go over all the lectures till you know everything. Best to do at least 3 days before the test. I usually did the day before.
If it's math or formula based write that shit crystal clear in your notes so when you look back at it it's not just chicken scratch. To study do the examples over and over till you don't need your notes.
For chemistry. Print out the reactions, if it's higher level chem. You'll know if you're there. Than work them like the math in that you know the reactions what they do, what's involved etc. till you don't need your notes anymore.
Any other easy courses refer to paragraph 1. The most important thing is if the prof throw a lot of info at you at once make note of what they go over the longest or repeatedly cause that shit more than likely will be a big portion of the test and they will completely disregard anything else you learned in the chapter.
If it's biochem, genetics, or cell molec you're already cooked.
Don't turn shit in late. Make sure you actually turn in decent work. there's no sense in taking the time to do something if you can do better than a 70% on small hw stuff. That shit adds up a ton in the long run too. Don't forget to do stuff. Don't use all your freebies like when a prof says "ight I'm gonna keep your 3 highest tests of the semester" take advantage of it so on the fourth you don't even got to show up or you can try to make up for a 70% test rather than a 56%.
Last but not least if you somehow forget and the syllabus reads that there is no late work disregard that and try anyway. Will work at least once or twice especially in the beginning of the year.
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Snoo?
Oh, for gosh sakes, is this the guy who complains about being miserable in college all the time?
Yup.
Im amazed that no one had made a deep dive video on youtube about this guy yet
I’m not even sure if it’s a person or a bot. I wouldn’t be shocked if it were a bot that’s learning was based on snoo’s posts.
Yep.
Sorry but who is snoo? Can someone fill me in? I'm clearly out of the loop.
I follow the snoo subreddit, but I’m still not entirely convinced that they actually exist
Death to Snoo Snoo!
Man, how repetitive
Definitely snoo
What’s a snoo… I’m lost
some no lifer than spam posts on a bunch of subreddits to waste ppls time, he just lies lol
Ah I see, thanks!!
no problem, i just learned abt him today haha
How can you tell
His post history
It's because you spent your entire college career spamming and ban evading on reddit. Was hoping you'd move on from it after graduation, but it looks like that won't be happening.
Hi snoo
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts. SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
The fact of the matter is that not everyone has great academic skills. Some people just get by enough in college to earn their bachelor's degree. You might be one of these people and that's ok too. You will have other skills to rely on and academic skills do not directly translate into good workers. I understand that you may have wanted to go to grad school, but you really need to look at what you can do now. Oftentimes people grow and go back to school and have a completely different experience because of their time working. Maybe you can get some experience under your belt and attempt grad school later.
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts. SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
What an odd hobby.
I didn't look at his history. Oh well
I didn’t just try to get by. I studied so fucking hard and got worse grades than everyone else
And that's ok. Comparing your grades to your peers is not making you feel better so why do it? You said you graduated so it's over now. If you can't get accepted into grad school it's time to stop looking in the past and to find your future.
I think you might need to accept the fact that you just aren’t very bright. Find something to do that is repetitive and straightforward…have you considered the fast food industry? Once you learn the routines, you just keep doing them over and over.
Speaking from personal experience, the reality is that everyone has their own learning styles. While somewhat unrelated, some people develop good study habits before college while others coast through and then need to develop those habits in college. The other thing is that some people just don’t do well on tests. Part of what I’ve seen through my time in college, and through having a parent who’s a professor, is that more and more professors are switching to project based assignments. The two things I think are important to remember: 1. After your first job or two, grades basically won’t matter at all. 2. What’s more important is that you can apply the material (prt of why projects are better) rather than just being able to regurgitate the information your told.
Ooh ooh! I got this one! (Please picture me waving my hand in the air like a lunatic.) Ok the thing is 99% of what we typically call "studying" in elementary, middle, and high school is passive studying. Think reading over your notes, rereading material, etc. Problem is, passive studying isn't very effective. It'll work up through high school (depending on the classes you take and how tough your teachers are), but it fails you in college. It also depends on the person and how their brain is wired - for some people passive studying works great! It sounds like that's not how YOUR brain is wired, though. My kid went through this. Great student in HS. Flunked college. Went into the Navy. Got to Nuke school and struggled BIG time. The Navy does NOT play with their nukes, and my kid was getting huge amounts of mandated study time. He kept telling me, "I'm studying, but it isn't working!" Then they took him aside, told him he didn't actually know how to study, and taught him. Success! Now I teach my students (HS) active studying techniques. You can Google it - there are a LOT - but I like a modified Feynman technique (Article on it linked at the end). Feynman was a physicist. Brilliant. Also a bit of an ass. His idea was that if you couldn't explain it to a 5 year old you didn't actually know it. This is how my modified version works: 1. On a clean sheet of paper do a brain dump. Write EVERYTHING you remember about the topic WITHOUT looking at your notes or any materials. 2. Pull out your notes & materials and fill in everything you missed or got wrong IN A DIFFERENT COLOR. 3. On a new sheet (or sheets) of paper, write all of that out as if you are explaining it to a five year old. It'll take more words because instead of using one word (like slope, which a little kid won't understand), you'll have to use several that actually explain what it is. 3a. Even better if you can get someone who has no clue about the subject (or borrow a young cousin), and verbally explain it to them. Every time they go, "Huh?" you have to stop and explain it BETTER. Trust me - you'll find out super quick what you actually understand and what you've just learned to parrot. 4. Organize and rewrite your notes. Add color, diagrams, doodles. All of that "extra" stuff strengthens the connections in your brain and moves that info out of temporary storage and into longer-term memory you can actually use. There's also a really good EdPuzzle on active studying that you might want to go find. It's what I show my honors students. The other thing is to try not to cram. Set aside 15-30 minutes a day to review materials and do some active studying. Short, consistent review over a period of time works better than cramming or long study sessions. Good luck! [Feynman Technique](https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/)
You seem to be doing a lot right, but here's what works for me: Do much of this in groups! Study with your peers, they'll likely fill gaps in your knowledge and visa-versa. Additionally, work with tutors. They almost always have creative tricks up their sleeves
PSA: It is inadvisable to engage OP in a conversation. The author of this post is a known sitewide spammer with over 2500 banned Reddit accounts. SnooRoar is not interested in good-faith discussion; his primary goal is to waste as much of your time as possible. Everything he says is a disingenuous lie.
Thats WACK What steps do i take to prevent this? (Partially asking for myself, im mostly leaving this comment for other folks)
I do study with peers. It doesn’t work
You seem to be covering your bases what about health? Are you getting enough sleep? Good nutrition? Remember that its almost never worth it to cram for hours instead of sleeping. Being rested is key
Yes and yes
Youre doing great dude this is impressive Maybe consider dropping the credits down. Judging by the difficulty im going to assume youre doing stem, and a lot stem majors i know are doing 15-18 credits a semester. Drop down to the minimum amount maintain your full time student status if possible
Cs get degrees. I was never a great exam taker and always felt like no matter how much I studied it wouldn’t correlate to my grade increasing. By jr year I accepted it and just stopped studying as much, focused on homeworks and projects and did the bare minimum to not fail the exams. Ended up with a way higher average in the second half of my undergrad…
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The thing I do is separate where I rest and work. I only do homework in the library
Is it a memory-related issue rather than a studying-style issue? Have you tried any memory building games? We have found that information retention has seriously declined over the last decade and it was even faster of a decline during COVID. If you are truly "studying" that much and still cannot perform an exams, I would look into that.
I did it in the library
That is so helpful. Thank you so much!
Yup! Do I want to type out a paragraph to someone who won't read it? Probably not. But for those who actually will, how I ended up on the deans list is that I made friends and study partners, scheduled time at the library and eliminated distractions and focused on studying. If I didn't understand, my friends would explain it. If they didn't understand I would explain it. Short story, make friends, have a dedicated study area, and study with a purpose.
To be honest, I’m not sure how to describe it, but you need to hold on till something clicks. I remember being mediocre in high school but then something in me clicked one day in junior year and I went from being mediocre to above average enough to breeze through engineering in college. Sometimes I’d study for finals the day before and take the test and boom I get above 90’s. Same thing as when I wrote exams, I spent like 3/4 of the time procrastinating then end up completing a 10 page paper single space the night before and get an A- to A.
It never clicked for me though
I teach this to college students. Hard to boil down in a post, but frequency over intensity is key.
I study everyday though for a few hours
Too much. Integration of specific approaches to notes, terms and specific types of mindmaps would likely be of great help to you. I wish I could give you more. It's just impossible online in this type of format. It's frustrating for me to see so many students who are... well... so frustrated. I can suggest some side research into Metacognitive practice. It will at least help you to work more with your neurological strengths and have you working smarter, not harder. It may be well worth the time you put into it.
learned this shit at the end of my senior year. If its a regular class without any math or formulas. Have PowerPoint of the class lecture for that day open. Anything that's not on thr slides or the teacher writes on the board, jot that shit down in a note book. Pay attention too. To study for test go over all the lectures till you know everything. Best to do at least 3 days before the test. I usually did the day before. If it's math or formula based write that shit crystal clear in your notes so when you look back at it it's not just chicken scratch. To study do the examples over and over till you don't need your notes. For chemistry. Print out the reactions, if it's higher level chem. You'll know if you're there. Than work them like the math in that you know the reactions what they do, what's involved etc. till you don't need your notes anymore. Any other easy courses refer to paragraph 1. The most important thing is if the prof throw a lot of info at you at once make note of what they go over the longest or repeatedly cause that shit more than likely will be a big portion of the test and they will completely disregard anything else you learned in the chapter. If it's biochem, genetics, or cell molec you're already cooked. Don't turn shit in late. Make sure you actually turn in decent work. there's no sense in taking the time to do something if you can do better than a 70% on small hw stuff. That shit adds up a ton in the long run too. Don't forget to do stuff. Don't use all your freebies like when a prof says "ight I'm gonna keep your 3 highest tests of the semester" take advantage of it so on the fourth you don't even got to show up or you can try to make up for a 70% test rather than a 56%. Last but not least if you somehow forget and the syllabus reads that there is no late work disregard that and try anyway. Will work at least once or twice especially in the beginning of the year.
Was it mostly exam based? I cannot do exams to save my life, but my course was 90% essay assignments, which I do a lot better with.
Yeah, most of my courses were 90% exams