read it all

me: has studied for weeks

me: has taken pages of notes

me: has aced every practice test

me: has made 50 sets of flashcards

me: cares about the subject and understands it well

these are small things you can add to your day to be 10% more productive with the estimated time it’ll take! these are things i do (or try to do) most days. they’re small enough to feel manageable, and i for sure don’t use all of them but i find that when i use at least 2-3 in a day i feel a lot better about the material.

retype notes in google docs (10-15 min/1 hour lecture)

Utilize pomodoro technique for at least one subject (25 min work/5 min break. total 30 min)

Look over notes before class (5 min)

Look over notes after class (5 min)

Make notecard summary after class (i find this one especially useful for calculus!) (10 min/notecard)

Explain short concept to a friend (10 min max)

write down to-do list of tasks (5 min)

Go over concepts in your head on your walk to class (absolute FAVORITE because of my daily calculus quizzes within the first 10 minutes of class) (as long as your walk is!)

Hey so, I decided to do another masterpost. This time on exams. Some tips for studying at the very last minute if you are like me, disclaimer: I am not in any way supporting cramming but this is just to help you through if you are left with no choice other than cramming.

Cramming

Cramming tips that actually work by @optomstudies

The night before the exam

What to do the night before an exam by @beautifullearning

The night before your exam by @tiny-personal-university-thing

The night before exam and I didn’t study guide by @renaistudying

The night before test and I haven’t started studying by @getstudyblr

Revision methods

Revision methods that actually work by @alimastudies

The 5 Best Revision Methods by @bstudies

Study tips

More unconventional study tips by @minimaliststudy

A stash of tiny study tips by @justestjarchives

College study tips that actually help by @samsstudygram

Five tips for study marathons by @booksavolonte

General study tips by @plantednotes

More study tips

My study tips by @anatomyandcappuccini

My study tips

Personal study tips

Quickfire study tips by @annabaestudying

Quick study tip by @studyspiratiom-coffee

Rare study tips by @studybllog

Scientifically proven study tips by @swankiegrades

Secret study tips I wish someone would have told me by @fearlessroadtomd

Some rare study tips by @organisedorgana

Top 5 study tips by @studyign

Weird study tip by @artemissstudies

101 study tips by @study-early

Study tips by @howtohighschool

Study tips from someone who has already been there by @haylstudies

Study tips straight from my professor by @just-refuse-to-be-stopped

Study tips that helped me get back on my feet by @sillydaisies

Study tips that aren’t bullshit by @thebitchwhomadeit

Tips for effective study by @kimtented

How I write revision summaries by @athenastudying

Ways to study for exams that are actually productive

10 mistakes when studying by @howtostudyquick

Memorising information

How to memorise information by @monetstudy

How to memorise information faster by @qxzu

Memorization tips by @aescademic

Memorization tips by @determinationandcaffeine

Memorization tips by @studyquill

Exam tips

How to cope with exams by @uk-studying

How to revise for exams by @a-pro-s-studyblr

Studying for exams by @orangeblossomstudies

Tips for doing well on your exams by @aboysstudyblr

Tips for doing well on your exams by @thepeachystudies

Exam tips by @studywithmaggie

Exam guides

Finals: study guide for the brave by @educatier

Pennyfynotes guide to exam season by @pennyfynotes

Quick guide to doing the finals by @inkskinned

Test taking tips

How I revise for exams + tests

How to study for a test by @tbhstudying

My test taking tips by @55studies

Test taking tips

Exam preparation

How to make a stress free exam plan by @marias-studyblr

How to mentally prep yourself for a test by @eruditicn

Procrastination

How to beat procrastination by @eintsein

Types of procrastination and how to deal with them by @emmastudies

Time management

Time management by @academiceve

Time management tips for busy students

Motivation

My motivation tag

Other masterposts by me

Notetaking masterpost

College advice masterpost

Apps for students masterpost

Since writing my dissertation blog post, which you can read HERE, I wanted to share with you more tips that can help you write research projects while managing school work! Whether you’re in undergrad or doing post graduate research, these tips can help you to systematically work on projects that last over a longer period of time! 

Dedicate a notebook to your project. Like I mentioned in my dissertation blog post, I dedicated an entire notebook to jot down notes from relevant lectures, conference presentations, things I was reading at the time, meetings with my adviser, etc. You can also keep a research journal by making entries (add a date!) and writing everything that you did that day regarding your research project! It’s a great way to track progress too!  It helps to be organised, especially if you have to write up a report about it later.  

Have a plan. Having an outline of your project will help you to not get lost in the research forest of your topic! Yes, I’m using a tree metaphor to make a point… I know. During my dissertation writing process our thesis course instructor told us to look at our project topic like it’s a forest full of trees. Some of them are key in your research, i.e. you need to cover those theories, topics, etc. and some that are further away in the forest may relate to your topic but are not necessarily important! You will have to read a ton on your topic, so in order not to get lost, make an outline of key things you need to cover and then work from there. Having a plan/outline of your research project will help you focus to stay on track. It will also help break up the overwhelming project into smaller tasks that can be accomplished and you can adapt it along the way! 

Timelines. A timeline is easy to follow if you have a deadline of when your project is due. However, if you don’t have a set timeline, make one! You can break up all of the work that you need to do from your set up plan and set specific deadlines for tasks like gathering all of your reading resources one week, completing your background research and readings in two weeks, setting a deadline for when you would like your first draft to be done. Having these small deadlines will convince you to do work and make progress, it will also prevent you from procrastinating on Netflix. 

Just Google it. Sometimes if you get stuck on a question and you cannot find the necessary information in your reading materials, instead of bothering your professors/supervisors/advisers, just Google it! You can figure out a lot of things on your own by using Google. Particularly when it comes to statistics: how to report your data, how to use SPSS, which statistic to use when, etc. you can learn by Googling it and watching stats tutorials on YouTube! There are so many step-by-step guides out there and it takes only a couple of seconds to type out what you’re looking for in the Google search bar! 

Have the software/applications downloaded on your computer. There’s nothing more annoying than having to re-run a statistical analysis test on SPSS and realizing that you don’t have it with you and it’s after 10 pm and the computer labs on campus are closed until tomorrow… The solution is to have it downloaded on your computer so that you can access it whenever you need it! Google ways how you can get SPSS on your computer, I had it on mine and it was a life saver when I was writing my dissertation and needed to run a bunch of different statistical tests. For my master’s degree I will be using Python and MATLAB and I already have them downloaded on my mac! 

Schedule in time to do work. While planning out my week in my bullet journal, I would make sure that on days off I scheduled to work on my research projects. Having a weekly schedule helps you see when you have free time to work on your research projects, as often you will have to balance course work with research. 

Know when to ask for help. I would set up weekly meetings with my research adviser to check in and show my progress and also to have my questions answered! I would also ask for help if I was not able to find answers on Google! 

You will make mistakes. Looking back on my dissertation I already know the mistakes that I made. My experiment design was flawed but that’s ok. As humans our number one goal should be to learn and grow; therefore, the mistakes that we make during our research projects can turn out to be learned lessons and ensure that we will not make the same mistakes twice. 

Use an automatic citation program for references. There are programs out there that help you gather all of the research papers that you will use in your research project and automatically cite them for you. They also generate a bibliography/reference list and can cite in your preferred style (MLA, APA, etc.). They’re free to use and most popular ones are Zotero, Mendeley, Easybib, RefWorks, etc. 

Have some fire. The most important thing is that you’re passionate about your research project and have the motivation to sit down and do work. Make sure that the topic you’re researching is interesting to you. If you’re engaged with the content you’re reading about you will find the writing process a lot easier and more enjoyable! So have some fire and be unstoppable in your research endeavors! 

I hope these tips help you out and please keep in mind that I am not an expert researcher (at least not yet!). I’m looking forward to starting my research master’s in September and learning more about conducting research! My hands are already itching from excitement when I think about working on new research projects!  

My friend started her period unexpectedly while we were at our local temple (in America) for dance class. Asking around if any of the parents had pads (all of them apologized and acted like adults about it), I thought surely the front office has a first aid kit. Don’t they have pads? When we asked, not only did they not have any, when one of the women gave one from her purse, the head secretary told us “There are men who need to use the first-aid kit, ya? So we don’t keep period things there.” Not even ibuprofen (which has so many more uses than period pain).

There are girls in India and Nepal (and other places, but I just read an in-depth piece about the situations in Nepal) who have to go to the “period hut” when their period comes and not leave until its over. They can’t wash and dry their cloth pads in the daylight, so they do it at night when the pads won’t dry properly before their next use, making them vulnerable to infection.

It is incredibly important, especially in India, to break the taboo surrounding periods. Break the secrecy around an event that happens to almost every woman, every month for literally half of her lifetime. Break the hiding, break the cover-up, break the SHAME.

I am risking nothing

I AM SORRY FOLLOWERS, I LOVE MY MOMMY

Will not risk.

quizlet flashcards

basketball - le basket football - le foot(ball) American football - le football américain handball - le handball rugby - le rugby volleyball - le volley

badminton - le badminton tennis - le tennis golf - le golf hockey - le hockey billiards - le billard skiing - le ski cycling - le cyclisme gymnastics - la gymnastique horse riding - l’équitation (feminine) swimming - la natation walking - la promenade jogging - le footing mountaineering - l’alpinisme (masculine) judo - le judo

aerobics - l’aérobic (feminine) athletics - l’athlétisme (masculine) wrestling - le catch shooting - le tir archery - le tir à l’arc

water skiing - le ski nautique windsurfing - la planche à voile sailing - la voile rowing - l’aviron (masculine) paragliding - le parapente ice skating - le patin à glace

the ball - le ballon the ground / the pitch - le terrain the goal - le but (to score a goal - marquer un but)  the stadium - le stade the game - le jeu the match - le match the result - le résultat  the champion - le champion