How do you get good grades???
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sit next to some really smart people..
lol..I mean without cheating
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*“Labaik, Allahumma Labaik, Labaik La Sharika Laka Labaik, Innal Hamda Wa N’amata Laka Wal Mulk, La Sharika Lak.” “Here I am at your service, O Allah, here I am. Here I am at your service and no partners do you have. Verily All Praise and All Bounty belong to you, and Yours alone is The Sovereignty. No partners do you have.”
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then make friends with some really smart people..
uff!!!
*"Labaik, Allahumma Labaik, Labaik La Sharika Laka Labaik, Innal Hamda Wa N'amata Laka Wal Mulk, La Sharika Lak." "Here I am at your service, O Allah, here I am. Here I am at your service and no partners do you have. Verily All Praise and All Bounty belong to you, and Yours alone is The Sovereignty. No partners do you have."
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Fall in love!
I mean with subjects you study :-D
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lol
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Hinna, some helpful responses there! IMHO, good grades are possible if one is genuinely interested in the subject. If not, one just has to work harder @ it. Spend some time understanding what it’s about etc. Some motivational talk such as “If I fail this subject, I’ll have to study it all over again” also goes a long way
make friends with the teacher if not then what the T.A’s are for ?
arghhh I’m being serious!!!
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Thanx fishie…for sticking to the topic.
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*“Labaik, Allahumma Labaik, Labaik La Sharika Laka Labaik, Innal Hamda Wa N’amata Laka Wal Mulk, La Sharika Lak.” “Here I am at your service, O Allah, here I am. Here I am at your service and no partners do you have. Verily All Praise and All Bounty belong to you, and Yours alone is The Sovereignty. No partners do you have.”
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Unless you have a genuine interest in the subject at hand, the only way to get good grades is 'guess papers' in Pakistan, and cliff notes in america/canada.
Most of the subjects tacked on, specially in undergrad, are a waste of time....totally unrelated to ur major....specially in the first 2-3 semesters. And for the student, it is important to get good grades in those unrelated courses in order to maintain a good GPA, and at the same time, he/she doesnt want to spend too much time in them, since thats the last course they will be taking on that subject.
So go for cliff notes, selective studies, a little bit of guess work.
I personally think that after high school, a person should not have to even touch anything thats not related to his proposed field of practice. But unluckily, we have to...and ive found this the only way to tackle these useless demons.
hinna i think it depends on the subject itself and how the distribution of marks is assigned. Lot of books are accompanied by CDs and/or disks..so i would say that try to make good use of them..some of those cd's have summaries/and or questions or MCQ's in it that can be helpful..
Sometimes some courses are connected with WebCt..and it can have summary slides, so studying from those can help..last but not least..you should try looking for urls somewhere in the book for publisher..and guess what sometimes those websites have test banks and lots more to offer you..
Sometimes extra info on subject from web or from books can result in good grades too..
I am just wondering if your economics course is a reason for this question.
Fish_ji I don’t know whether this is motivational talk! i would rather feel depressed if I thought of this prospect!!!
Hinna: this is what I do: try to pick up as much information as possible during the lectures. it has several advantages: first you keep in thouch with what is been talked about during the course. new info will be easy to handle. second it saves you a lot of time, because if you understand/remember most of the things what is said you won’t have to spend time at home looking up things which have been explained during lectures: you have more time for more difficult subjects ** and finally** often the lecturers tell the most important things during the lectures; so if you pay attention you will have an idea what the most relevant topics are and what most questions will be about during the exam: u can spend more time on them.
hopefully this is of some help to you! it sure helps me
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Thanx for the tips guys
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Qrius…no actually I’m doing well in economics. Alhamdulilah!! I got an A- on my mid term exam
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Nescio, some really good suggestions there
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It sure is important to attend all lectures /tutorails. I am amazed when ppl who never attend lectures still manage to do very well. I guess everyone has a distict way of learning…but some golden rules do apply.
About my ‘motivation talk’, it sure is depressing, but that’s why its motivating, if you know what I mean! It was particularly useful with certain subjects (eg. Quantum Physics)…Gosh, I am glad I don’t have to study 'em ever again (hopefully!)
Hinna, good to hear about your performance in Economix. Good luck!
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*“Labaik, Allahumma Labaik, Labaik La Sharika Laka Labaik, Innal Hamda Wa N’amata Laka Wal Mulk, La Sharika Lak.” “Here I am at your service, O Allah, here I am. Here I am at your service and no partners do you have. Verily All Praise and All Bounty belong to you, and Yours alone is The Sovereignty. No partners do you have.”
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Getting good grades is a little different from learning the subject matter.
For grades you have to figure out what your teacher or T.A is looking for in your exams or assignments.
For learning, you just need to get it into your brain, any way possible!
I think doing your best is what really counts!
ammmm hinna jee have u tried revising that wat ppl do
I think the best way to get good grades is to study… 
LOT!!! 
Hinna
Just getting good grades is easy.. the night before read all the stuff you estimate will come out in the exam. If you are working on the british system where grades are given by cetain score levels then all you need is to get that score.. what I mean is if you have 5 questions and need 80% to get an A then all you need is answer 4 of those questions right… if your on the curve scoring method.. then just pick a class with dumb students
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Ok if you seriously want to get good grades and understand the material as well then the best way is to study the material thats been taught the same day (or at the latest the same week ) it is taught. make notes of all the unknow terms with explainations in your own words in a sheet with each lecture. ALso make a 1-4 paragraphs summary of the days topic. This way if you have any questions you will know right away and can ask the lecturer before the next class. Also you will know the material thats been taught as you go along and hence will not be lost about things and thirdly when it comes to exams time, you will have your nice tidy notes to revise and not the whole text.
For any qunatitative course its essential that you do as many problems in the text as possible. there simply is no replacing problem solving as a means of learning in my view. two weeks before the exams revise all the notes and then read the text for any additional info you need. And two days before the exam read just your summaries and do some problem sets.
By the time exams comea round you should have read each topic at least 3 times … so you should have no problem at all acing the class…
NB: if you follow this lifestyle you probably wont have any friends or any time for anything else
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. But you will Ace all your classes.
NB2: I personally follow the night before method but then most people consider me Urdu-unpar
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Good Luck
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