For all the students here

[ImprobableJoe]

I'm in my fourth semester of college, and I've got two weeks until the semester starts. I'm only taking a couple of classes, but they might be pretty tough. So, I've got the books cracked and I'm trying to puzzle through it on my own.

Here's my question: does anyone else here try to get and stay ahead of their classes? If so, how far ahead is too far? I don't want to screw up either way.

 

[Doc.]

I've got the books cracked and I'm trying to puzzle through it on my own.

rephrase please =/

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I've opened my schoolbooks and I've started trying to teach myself the material?

 

[Doc.]

right


my holidays where just 4 days (including sunday), so i didn't really have time to do that. but frankly We hardly catch up with stuff that's given daily.

 

[Kvisling]

Nah, I try to stay one step behind my class. After all, everything is perfectly clear in retrospect.

 

[Durakken]

Honestly, no, I'm the slacker student that never does homework and hardly shows up for class but knows everything. Unless a class screws me on attendance or having to actually buy the book that I couldn't at the moment... or I just don't do anything. I will almost always get an A on the tests and work and a C or B in the class. So for me, there is no reason to "stay ahead of the class" because for the most part I am naturally ahead of the class and the only reason to even crack the books are for my own interest in the subject.

 

[Doc.]

how old are you joe?

 

[MRaverz]

During the holidays I made a head start on my chemistry work, in other subjects I tend to learn around the topics we're doing. ie. with physics I've been looking into bits and pieces of astronomy and using what I learn in class in application, with biology we learn the basics of genetics in class and I extend this knowledge outside of class.

More simply speaking, I learn what interests me and hope that it has something to do with the syllabus.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

how old are you joe?

35... yeah, I know. :twisted:

 

[Deleted member 499]

I attempt to on occasion but all my time last semester and over most of the holidays was sucked up by writing my dissertation and having to give a string of annoying seminars :x

 

[borrofburi]

No. I find I tend to learn from lectures best, so staying ahead of the class means more (and unnecessary) time and effort to learn the same material, which is just counter productive.

 

[Nogre]

I usually try to do so, and usually intend to do so...but it all but never happens. :roll: The only class I was "ahead" in last semester was my philosophy class and that was because it was a Science and Society class that covered the history of evolution (the intelectual history, not the biological one), the history of eugenics, and the history of the intelligent design/creationism movement, and explored some of the philosophical implications surrounding it. Needless to say, I learned very little once we hit the intelligent design theory section, other than that some people are a lot nicer about the topic than the people on Youtube and LoR. :lol:

 

[FCAAP_Dan]

Class starts tomorrow, I'm 4 weeks ahead right now.

I'm actually behind where I usually am at this point. Most semesters I have all the books read before the class begins (read 40 pages a day per book and you're done with all of them before it starts).

But this break I was busy, I tested out of two classes so I didn't have the time to study ahead that I would have liked to.