Rock Studying: Tips from Your Friends at Metalworks Institute
It is that time of year again! Bring on the assignments, due dates and late night study sessions. Want to skip the boring study routines, last minute cramming and unnecessary stressing? Check out these study tips from our very own Metalworks Institute alumni. We have surveyed some of our graduates to see what study tips helped them throughout the school year.
- “Ditch the laptop. Instead, bring paper and pen or pencil. Take paper notes during class and when you get home, type up all of your notes. I found that typing up all my handwritten notes was a great way to review what was covered in class. Also, when test time comes, you'll have your own study guide.” Dave Mohacsi, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2008
- “Teach someone else the material. When you teach someone else the material it strengthens your knowledge of it.” Terence Lam, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2010
- “Read over your notes before you go to bed. You’re taking notes all day long in several classes and you’re writing/typing so fast as to not to miss anything, that you’re not completely paying attention to the lesson. Before you go to bed, read through everything again. You can now go over the content at your own pace. Once you’ve gone over everything more than once, it usually sticks!” Joel Martin, Entertainment Business Management Alumnus, 2010
- “Always keep an ongoing ‘To do list’ of everything you must do for both your school life and personal life (separate list for each), with all due dates/deadlines. This will enable you to keep on top of everything you must do, and will ensure that you are on time.” Jason Richer, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2007
- “Take point form notes, don't just use class power points to study. If studying for something hands-on, review lab exams and physically do what you're studying. The more you do it, the easier you remember it. “ Chris DiPardo, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2010
- “I found it helpful to make power points of my own notes taken from classes and get together with a group of other students and try and teach them off of these slides. This way I could connect the information on tests and exams to my powerpoint slides and reinforce the information by reiterating it again to my group. This was also helpful for other people to do as sometimes you miss certain points that another group member may have caught or they can explain a topic in a different manner to help you understand. “ Heather Crane, Show Production and Event Management Alumnus, 2009
- "Your classmate's relaxed attitude towards upcoming tests does NOT make the test easier! Stay focused on your study schedule!" Aaron Klingbeil, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2010
- “Study for exams by re-writing old tests and quizzes leaving the answers blank. Re-word them as well as thinking up new questions. Once you can ace your own quiz, you’re ready for the exam.” Danielle Laplante, Entertainment Business Management Alumnus, 2010
- “Record yourself reading your notes. Once you've done that, put the recording on an ipod or cd and listen to it while driving or on the bus. Now you've just turned travel time into study time, and the material begins to sink in pretty quick the more you listen.” Dave Fitzpatrick, Audio Production and Engineering Alumnus, 2009
- “There's always going to be reading to do, whether it comes from a textbook or you have to go through your instructor's power point information. Organize your readings for each week by course, and read a bit from each course each day. This will prevent you from a cram session overload the day before your readings are supposed to be completed. And, most importantly, don't forget to take breaks!” Chelsea Bradley, Show Production and Event Management Alumnus, 2010
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