4.0 in pre reqs difficulty

I don't spend hours studying at one time. I break my study times up into mini sessions. For myself, I get tired and don't retain information if I just sit and study for hours.

Sorry, but I always have the TV on. Granted, its not usually on a favorite show or movie or anything, but it's always on. It doesn't distract me. What distracts me are the little sounds outside or in the hallway, or my dogs making weird noises. The TV drowns that out. I can't study in complete silence. I just can't. I've tried and that was when I got a B on a test. With the TV on, I get A's.

I don't text incessantly. I just text my hubby. Just put your phone on silent and text on your breaks. I check FB & email in the morning, before I study. But I do use this website just to give my brain a break when I need it from studying.

I go to bed around 11pm. I don't stay up all night to study. Sleep is important. I don't work, so I have that luxury and I take advantage of it while I can.

Most of my teachers give us a list of our assignments. I always printed them off and I would mark each of them off as I got them done.

Happy i think your techniques will help me the most. I dont work either so i should have alot of free time to study

They key is to study every day, especially for A&P. It does not have to be hours and hours. Just a quick overview of material everyday will keep it fresh until exams and also will make it stick into your long term memory.

Wow that might actually help me. I do learn bettee bit by bit so everyday after my classes i can do an overview of what i learned in class to retain the information. But i will have to make time for assignments.

From my experiences, I would say it is much easier to obtain a 4.0 in pre-requisite courses at a community college. I had taken bio & chem at a 4-yr. university with other pre-med students (pre-nursing students were enrolled in courses specifically for health sciences/gen eds). The exam material presented went more in-depth at the university, and the majority of the class would receive a grade of C. At the community college, I've noticed that there are frequent opportunities for extra credit, the lectures are more bare-boned, and a greater percentage of students receive A's or B's.

That sounds more like a case of different courses, than different colleges. I know my CC offered science major courses (the ones that pre-med students took) as well as ones designed for those going in to the health sciences.

"its just that im really bad at concentrating especially reading long paragraphs"

ways around this:

if you learn better by hearing something than by seeing it, read into a recorder (doesn't matter if you understand what you are reading at this point). then play it back to learn the material. if you learn better by doing, move while you play it back. the physical motions change the way your brain works.

don't read the whole paragraph at once. cover part of it and understand one sentence, then uncover the next sentence. write notes (or better draw pictures) as you go. the point is to put the information in a form that makes sense to you and/or to physically do something with the information. it doesn't matter what form, or whether it makes any sense to anyone else.

i set an alarm. when an hour seems like a mountain, i set the alarm for ten min (or five or whatever). then i can do something i like, setting limits on how much of what i like. i can check one email account (my husband lifts one set on the weight bench), then back to it for another ten min.

many people find it much easier to concentrate after they have exercied. my nephew does push ups... when his learning slows, he does push ups then goes back to his school work. i have a friend who can't learn if she is sitting still, she walks/bounces/taps as she reads and that helps a lot.

Omg you guys are a life saver.