Help from other students

Posted at 5:27 pm by & filed under Daily Life.

Although I’m not a new student in the big scheme of things, I am new to attending university, so things are somewhat different. I’m sitting here going over my notes from lectures and readings and I feel like I’m going round in circles because I’m so occupied with the thought of am I doing this right and have I missed anything??. Have I got the important information? Should I combine notes from lectures and their related reading(s)? How exactly should I format notes, especially when it seems like there is more than one logical order?

I realise that there isn’t really a ‘right’ way to do it because everyone is different and one must do what works for them. But I don’t really know what works for me, yet. So, those of you who are, or have been, students, how do you go about organising your notes, what do you do when you feel a bit frazzled by everything?. Also, any other advise you might have will be very much appreciated.

Thank you!! :)

  • http://darniellerogers.com/ Darnielle

    At my university, my lecturers put their powerpoint slides up in .pdf form via the online learning environment which we can print off or they have us purchase extra books that have notes in them. You take them to class with and just fill in anything that isn’t already on the slides from both the lecture and the readings.

    This is the method they encourage us to use because it’s so easy and doesn’t leave much room to get frazzled! So I definitely recommend doing this if you can.

    Good luck!

    • http://wrongdecade.net Sam

      Thanks for commenting, Darnielle. :)

      We have powerpoint slide printouts, too and ever since I saw many students simply adding notes to those, I’ve been doing it, too. It’s definitely a really useful thing and much easier than the alternative!

  • http://www.adventuresofholly.com Holly

    I agree with Darnielle, that’s how Canterbury does it too. Once you get used to it, it’s nowhere near as hard as you think it’s going to be. :)