College fellows, please, come in

[qodyjo]

Hi everybody! I suppose LEGO fans aren't used to discuss studying, and I like to bring something new to people's lives, so that's why I am here. I would be happy to spend all my free time on LEGO, but besides it I have to study and work part-time, so my schedule is busy enough. And a huge amount of time is usually spent on writing papers. Those who study in college know that it's necessary to choose topic, gather materials and sources of information on writing, editing, etc. If you're reading this and have some secrets to share with me, please, do it. I would be very grateful for it, who knows, perhaps I also have something to tell you. 

[qodyjo]

UPD: I found a good solution for my problem and I want to share it here. I relied on people’s help, but I kept trying to carry out my own research that turned out to be very productive. Perhaps, someone will consider this information useful and will need it. The first source that helped me was Stanford blog https://hai.stanford.edu/news/blog  — I got some time-managing tips and recommendations that helped me to spend less time on homework. I also found the article on creating a cover letter college student internship. It let me understand the basic principles of academic writing and, as a result, get better grades for essay writing. Moreover, now I'm ready to apply for internship https://stanforddaily.com/ newspaper turned out to be a great source of general information for my project. If someone still has any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

[AmperZand]

Here are some university (undergrad and master’s level) study tips:

- Attend all lectures. Professors will often stress or highlight topics that they will ask about in exams. If you’re not in class, even if you do all the assigned reading, you may not know what they consider important.

- Get your hands on past exam papers set by your professors. Questions are often recycled though sometimes with a twist. Usually, re-used questions are not from the immediate preceding year but from two or more years back. Look for patterns in the repetition, e.g. the same question in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 is likely to be in the exam in 2022.

- When writing essays/papers, use whatever style and vocabulary is common to academic journals in that field. You want to sound like an academic.

- Academic journals contain reviews of academic/scholarly books. You can save a lot of time by reading those reviews. They often contain the essence of arguments in a fraction of the words.

Edited February 26, 2022 by AmperZand