Biology Major

Needs to ask lots of clarifying questions.
Likes courses with study guides (like Gen. Bio. and Intro. to Psych.)
He takes a low load of classes each semester (12 to 14) and picks up some extra transfer credit in May term or summer.
Relies on good reworked notes and asking questions.

Tape records lecture while taking rough notes.
After each lecture listens to tape and takes a new set of notes, looking at his rough notes as a guide (this takes 2 to 3 hours).
He thus has 3 to 4 hours of exposure to each 1 hour lecture, and he is listening, reading, and writing during this time.
Notes are very detailed.

One or 2 weeks before the test:

He begins rereading notes and he highlights the main points and a few (short) key points.
Then he summarizes his notes (condensing 50 pages to 6 to 10 pages); he always cross-references the summary to the actual note page.

Three or four days before the test:

Takes fairly complete notes in class while tape-recording.
If he misses a point, he records the number on his tape-counter and leaves a few spaces.
He rewinds the tape later to the spots he missed and listens to them taking notes.
He compared notes with a classmate for clarification (always selecting good students).

He prayed.
All students received a typed summary of each lesson from prof. with assignments for the topic (reading & homework).
When he read the assignments he wrote all equations (major ones) on a study sheet.
He referred to these sheets to do the problems: he looked for an equation with the “letters” (variables) his problems required and tried that.
He went over all his homework assignments with a tutor after attempting it himself. The tutor explained how the formulas applied to situations different than the problem.