College Study Tips for Students
Tips on Studying at College & How to Improve Study Skills
These college study tips are to help students learn how and when to study, and tips and tricks you can use to get ahead. Studying for college is no fun, but if you plan your time correctly and get your work done, you will have more time for fun such as college parties.
College Study Tips
Create Mnemonics
Mnemonics are devices that can help you memorize formulas, key concepts, definitions, etc. A really basic example of a mnemonic is “Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally” which stands for parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
Make a Study Guide
Whether or not your professor gives you a study guide for an exam, making a study guide is very helpful when studying for tests. Go through the textbook, notes, and any other material and write down any information that you think may be on the test such as important concepts, definitions, and formulas. Reading and writing the information will help you memorize it faster. If your professor gives you a study guide, make sure to cover all the points listed.
Make Flash Cards
Making flash cards can be a bit time consuming, but flash cards are helpful tools in remembering vocabulary, formulas, and key concepts. They are also easy to carry around with you so you can review them anytime.
Quiz Yourself
To ensure that you are prepared for your test, make a mock quiz to test how well you know the material. Write down a list of keywords or questions and make sure to leave room underneath each one. Then, pretend that you’re taking the test and write down as much as you can.
Set Time Goals
Setting time goals for yourself will help make sure that you stay on track especially when you have time constraints. You’re more likely to be productive if you have goals to achieve.
Remember to Take Breaks
Studying is hard stuff. You need to take short breaks to allow your brain to process and retain the information. Otherwise, you may confuse yourself or forget something you have already studied. Be sure to take only a short break, otherwise, it may be hard to go back to studying. When you begin studying again, review the material you have already studied, then, move on to something new.
Don't Study Alone
Studying with other people is always easier, because you are all there and you know nothing else is going on. If possible convince your college friends to meet at the library at a specific time on a regular basis. If you and your friends have different schedules, do your best to find time when at least two of you are able to meet. This will also help you and your friends develop good study skills, keep tabs on your friends, and make sure they will be with you on graduation day.
Study During the Week
For those college students who like to party, studying during the week is the way to go. Typically studying Monday through Thursday is the way to go. When it's not football season, Sunday could also be a good day, but never count on it. If you have time between or after classes while you are still on campus, that is the best time to pop into the library for a quick hour of studying. This will allow you to enjoy your nights without worrying about studying later. Thursdays are notorious for being college party nights, so dont plan on studying late that night. College students that are big partiers will be hungover Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so the week is usually the best time. Having self control and studying hard all week should allow students have the weekends free.
Schedule Time for Studying
College students who regularly have gaps in their class schedule should mark off those hours as study time. By making it part the routine, students should get into the habit after a few weeks, and not even think about it. The key is to start right away and try not to cheat. College students who do not have gaps in their schedule should plan for times before or after class, or schedule time at night.
Get lots of sleep
College Students who get a full night of sleep are usually more alert, more focused and learn things easier than those who are sleep deprived. Try to keep your sleep schedule as consistent as possible. On the weekends avoid sleeping in too late, because it will make it harder to wake up for your first class.
Thank you for the tips about studying and im glad I read this article.I've realize that I should still improve more my study skills.Regarding the sleeping time,I think I should change my sleeping time because it makes me restless and I can't understand the lesson that the teacher taught to us.
ReplyDelete♥Thank you for your tips. For now I realize that I can make my grades higher than in my high school. Because of that I change my habit like studying. In the past few years I have only 30 minutes to study in all my subjects. It is so impossible. But now I want to study hard in all my subjects not only for the time of examination. Thank you very much and God bless you...♥
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving us the tips on studying...Surely!!!!!!! it can help us a lot to improve our studying skill, broaden our knowledge and will improve our grades if we should follow all those tips which can help us to understand the lessons well.... It can help also us on how to manage our time properly.
ReplyDeleteI've learned a lot from this article....
Thank you sir for your efforts,it brings us new lessons that can enhance our skills and improve our capabilities...we will apply this ideas up to were we can be and what can life brings us...thank you sir and God bless.....
ReplyDeleteNice tips...but I can't concentrate on reading it.^_^ But I got a lot of ideas how to develop my studying skills.Thank you...
ReplyDeleteHello sir...
ReplyDeletethanks sir for sharing this wonderful strategy on how we can manage our studies,it realy adds up a big part of my knowledge on how i can manage my college life in a comfortable and injoyable way.thanks a lot,you change a lot of me.
ReplyDeletethank u sir for this great tips in studying. it would really help us to enhance our study habits. and surely, i will apply this tips . hope to read more articles from u. Thanks a lot sir and God Bless!:)
ReplyDeleteBeing a college student is not easy, especially for those first year student like me.
ReplyDeleteBy the help of these college study tips, i can assure now that i can improve my study habits.
thank you sir for sharing those tips....
thanks for the wonderful tips sir. I would not promise but I try my best to follow your tips.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot sir, take care & God Bless.
Very helpful tips for a student like me that have a hectic schedule as the bible say’s teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. I must plan my daily activity for myself, my personal relationship with the Lord, my family, my studies and ministry so that I may have a balance life.
ReplyDeleteThanks and God Bless you Sir.
A helpful tips for the College students like me,its a very helpful way of making us learn and broaden our studying skills.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this useful Tips Sir.i will try my best to study and achieve my goal using this tips...God Bless you Sir.
Hmmm....nice tips but it would be much better if we add some spiritual tips...We cannot do it alone.The word of God says " ...Without me ye can do nothing".
ReplyDeleteI have appreciated very much your effort for giving us study tips.Those things will be of great help in maintaining otherwise keeping up our grades.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed many important things I haven't applied yet, which is very much helpful on my part as a working scholar and at the same time as a student. Making those tips a hobbies will make things and time occupied and efficient.From this time on, I am able to have slotted time for enjoyments like chatting with friends and texting to my love ones.
I will treasure this opportunity as others do the same. With the grace of God and good study habits(perseverance), We(assumptionists) can be different among other students.
May God bless you and continue your job well done!!!
Thank you sir for all the tips, i will make this as an instrument to achieve my goals in life...
ReplyDeletemay god bless you always
Good day!
ReplyDeleteBeing a part of this class, I would gladly want to thank the maker of this page. I must admit, after more than ten years of studying, it's a great opportunity to be able to reach the tertiary level of education which is college. But, along with this blessing is the toughness that challenges me to continue the privilege given to me by God.
The study guides written above are really helpful for all college students. These can help in correcting us and to avoid our old, unproductive study habits. I believe and I can see it in myself that I haven't been a good student all my life and I haven't shown the best that I can be in school. Nevertheless, I am encouraged to follow these tips in improving my way of studying my lessons which can aid my future to make it a brighter one.
The study tips given such as creating mnemonics, making study guides, etc. are not just useful in one course, but in all courses. I think, now is the time to make a good start! These advices make studying more functional in every student's life. Yes, I am quite sure that these guidelines could facilitate a better retention in my studies.
The best thing to do, for me, is to apply these tips and make it a reality in our lives. Not just in words, but in deed. Above all, we must take in consideration that we can do nothing if God is not with us. We must be inspired always by the people we love and by God's love so that we could pursue in our studies.
I encourage the other students who were able to read this article to promote good study habits and to start of, why not have a group study with me in the library? That would be a good recreation. :)
God bless everyone and more power to the maker of this page.
To Ferlie--
ReplyDeleteGood sleep results to clear mind and helps one to have focus during long listening periods as on lectures.
Just remember that "too much of something is bad"- so we need to budget our time, keeping things in balance.
To dhein_joy-
More time spent in studying means more chances of learning and retention. Just keep on doing it.
To Analyn__
Yes, improving your study skills would result to higher chances of getting higher grades.
To Sheree--
Application of ideas learned is what most people fail to do. Glad to know you are not one of them.
To Jojo--
That's good. Why don't you post them here and share with your classmates? I am sure they will be happy with it.
You've got a point. God's grace would make one sufficient.
To Lex--
Yes, college life could be comfortable and enjoyable if you could properly manage it.
To Archeniel--
First year is college is the best year of changing old unproductive habits.
To Aizel Jade--
Just try the tips and you will know how effective they are.
To creator--
May I know your first name please?
Trying is better than promising. In other words, "action speaks louder than words.
To Cathy--
Keeping things in balance is one of the mottoes of accountants, I reckon.
So take the challenge of maintaining good grades along with your busy life. With God's grace, i know you can do it.
To Alvin--
Yes try to do it. It is a way of achieving your goals in life.
To Jestony--
The worth of our experiences depends on how we look at them. It is better to treat each of them as pieces of something which we need to learn and a challenge to take.
To Aldger--
Yes, just start and continue doing them until one day you are there.
To Gilbert John--
Organizing a group study is a good idea. However, just be clear with your schedules for you might be late in or miss classes. Consider its location.
I am very thankful sir for your tips that you shared to us and I appreciate your effort to teach us on how to manage my time. It can help a lot to learn more and guide for my studies. God bless!!!...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful tips sire. this tips will help me to became a better person and I`ll try my best to fallow your tips as a student of assumption college of Nabunturan.and also thank you for teaching us. now I know the process of becoming a responsible person. thank you and god bless
ReplyDeleteHello sir! Your blog is such a nice way for us to know how to study effectively. And I am very thankful for I have read those tips and others. During my highschool life, I always did my studies whenever the exams or quizzes are near that's why I always sleep very late. And I realized that there were such only little lessons I had remembered days later after the exam. Now I know how to study well and the tips to be followed. Thanks again sir! Before I forgot sir, we already commented on your blog last week, together with Mayeth Blanco. But we don't know why our comments were not posted that's why we commented again.. Thanks....
ReplyDeleteHi sir! It's such a pleasure to read your blog. I just wanted to say thank you for all the tips and guides you have posted. I am willing to follow those steps because I really wanted to improve my study habits specially using correct grammars and speak in english. Because every time I want to speak english, I don't know what's the english of that or these.. That is why I'm striving hard to learn more english... I really thank you sir and I hope I can learn more english with you... Thanks again.....
ReplyDeleteHello sir,Thank you for this wonderful tips,It would really help me and also to my fellow students to improve our study habits and to become a better person.Thank you!
ReplyDeletehi Sir Dan!Thank you so much for your study tips.I will always bear it in mind and serve as a challenge to my college life.You know Sir,it's a big thing to me that i will improve my skills in English because i hate it, honestly, but now i started to love it, and i will insure to you that i will really do my best to improve it by following your given tips.In addition to this Sir,all your tips are all best but i just want to add that praying to God is also a best thing to improve our skills and knowledge,without God were nothing and it's useless to be good in academic but in your heart it lacks God spirit.That's all i can say, to my fellow students i encourage you to follow and promote it to yourself the tips on studying...God bless us all and more power..Jesus is always there to protect us.
ReplyDeleteBeing a college student is challenging and stressful. Quizzes, Tests and Oral reports are performed in every subject almost everyday.That's why studying is a must for any college student like me.Honestly speaking, I don't have a good study habit. I just study when I want to and when exam is near. But, now that I know some techniques in improving my studying skills, I will surely try to put it into action.I will engaged myself in group studies and I will manage my time well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that I've read this article because I've learned so much from it.
I salute you sir for sharing your ideas to us. The tips that you've given were excellent.
....Thank you..May God bless you ..
..xoxo..=)
VON PATRICK C. COSCOS
ReplyDeletethanks for the wonderful tips sir. I would not promise but I try my best to follow your tips.
Thanks a lot sir, take care & God Bless.
Hello sir,thank you to your tips.I learn a lot from this article and it would help me during my study time.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless!
hai sir...thanks for your tips.i learn a lot of this..i hope that by this tips i will be a good student..thank you sir
ReplyDeleteTo Mary Ann--
ReplyDeleteThat's good. Just continue what you are doing...
To Rey--
Yes, we should be better than what we were before. To have an improved personality would be our inspiration of doing good in our studies.
To Jovelou--
No worries, you've got your comment posted already.
To Mayeth--
It's good to know that you want to improve your English. That's a good start.
To Mara Jane--
Yes, college education would make us better.
To Florafe--
I agree. We can do all things through Christ. This concept was presented on the first day of class.
To Debbie--
Don't you worry. First year is a stage of adjustment. You can get through them one day.
To Von Patrick--
Okey, you've got your choice.
To liezel Ann--
That's nice.
To Maria Rhodora
Yes, it is just easy to be good student.
Cheers!
To Mary Ann--
ReplyDeleteI am sure spending time for self study is very important for a college student.
To Rey
To become a better person is one of the reasons why parents are sending their sons/daughters in college. So you should do the best of your stay in Assumption so you won't fail them.
to jovelou--
That's alright. you've got your comment posted already. I had experienced the same. I had already replied student's/ your comments last night. However when I opened the site just this evening- I could no longer find them. So I'm here again encoding.
To Mayeth--
Your desire to learn more English is what makes you better than other students. Awareness of self needs is very important for this would lead to personal growth.
To Mara Jane--
To become a better person is an achievable goal. Just do continue doing good and you will be better.
To Florafe--
It's good to hear that. I guess I have said them during the first of class.
to Debbie--
Yes, you need to put it in action. It might be difficult at first but you get over them one of these days.
Maria Rhodora--
Definitely you will become better.
To all--
You're welcome. Cheers!
Hello sir,I realize that study habit is very essential in our life through those article,I challenge my self to balance my studies because i believe that it is one way to reach my dreams and ambitions in life.
ReplyDeleteI'm Mario Aluad II, I don't want to put my name there ^_^
ReplyDeletethank you for you're tips sir.because this tips can help us in our study time. and our future.that's all i can say....thank you very much
ReplyDeleteGood Day!
ReplyDeleteThank you sir for the tips that you've shared on this blog, it helps me to have time on resting because when i start on my study habits I forgot to rest, now i know that when you are studying you need to rest your brain so that it can retain all topics that you've been scan at the last time, before there are times thati set aside my study just for the "Gimiks" our bonding with your barkada's but for now after i read this blog i realize that i must give more time on my study but then i will give a time to my "Gimiks, Paties so on..."
Thank you Very much Sir!!! God Bless and More Power!!!
Good day!
ReplyDeleteSir thank you for your great tips.
I hope that I can follow those tips. I know that this tips will helps us to be a better students.Some of your tips seem difficult for me to follow, but I will do my best to do those tips you’ve shared to us.
good day sir..thanks for posting this blog that could help us in our studying..Now I now that studying is a good habit as a college student were need concentration to be a successful one.
ReplyDeletethank You..and God Bless...
Parties rather sir, sorry..!
ReplyDeleteGod Bless..!
h, sir,, good day,, thank you for posting this blog, because of this blogspot there are a lot of students learned how to say something, for an instance, to an issue. it also helps the students to enhanse and improve their abilities in the language of English.
ReplyDeletegood day,, sir,,, am very thankfull to this tips, because of this, i'll learned many language in english, and I hope that i can follow
ReplyDeletethose tips, and to improved my studies the all subject i have. thank you so much, and god bless you alwayz,,, and your family,, 143.
study steps in thingking skills in english is very helpful because of this steps students will have more knowledge and their skills will improve more.
ReplyDeleteGood day sir..for sharing this tips to us, it will help more to develop our study habit and improved our studies skill. I will make this as an instrument to guide me to achieve my goals to become a better person someday.thank you so much...more power!
ReplyDeleteSir, thank you for your tips that you've shared to us a student. I've learned more about your tips.And you've said that we should sleep exactly in time for us when we wake up everyday,we are always relaxing and ready in all lessons that are given to us by our teacher.And most of all we should read many books,magazine,newspaper etc.in order to enhance our knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tips.. sir!! it well help to me and to others student to develop more our study habit and to improved our studies skill. And this will make our instrument to achieve our goals. Thank you for the tips!! sir...
ReplyDeleteNice day!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you sir for all the useful tips that you've shared on us.The blog contains so many important tips and I've learned more...And it's good to us a student to apply it in order to improve our study habits.