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Tips & Strategies 



1. Filling in First-Term Holes 



So finals or midterms are over (or nearly over)!  Here is your golden opportunity to learn more about what you know . . .

For science, history, math, business, art history*, other academic electives:

You may have thought you were done forever with the material from the first term, but alas, you were only half right.  You now need to find out 3 things:

1. which pieces of material from the first term are foundational to the second term's material

2. the areas of the material from the first term that you did not sufficiently master

3. the overlap between #1 & #2

*Note that if you are planning to take the SAT II Subject Exams, you will be responsible for the whole shebang, plus some.

For your language classes, you must have ALL the grammar from the first semester down cold.  That means:

1. verb tenses, conjugation in all forms - regular and irregular

2. preposition usage, agreement of articles and adjectives, any other grammatical concepts

3. sentence structure

In the interest of pursuing your Path Toward Fluency and succeeding in future classes, it's always a good idea to know all the vocabulary.  You will probably not have to worry again about specific reading selections or cultural content.

For English,

You will most likely never again be tested on specific literary works from the first term, but you may have to worry about other parts of the course:

1. Find out if you will be held accountable for vocabulary.

2. Grammar will probably be on your final exam.

2. Your Material World

It may sound silly or even wasteful, but you'd be surprised at the profound psychological effects that can come from brand spanking new materials.  Think of the new term as a clean slate.  

1. Replace old, doodled-upon, backpack journey-addled binders, notebooks and divider tabs.

2. Re-stock supplies (post-its, highlighters, pens).

3. Create a "Home File," in which you store material from the first term.


News & Research

As promised, research on the brain . . . Really fascinating stuff: 

"The study's results showed (via MRI) that the brain development of children with high IQ's (defined in the study as 121-145) is significantly different from that of their above average (109-120) and average (83-108) peers. . . Another study from the UC Irvine College of Medicine indicates that intelligence levels are correlated with amount of grey matter in certain areas of the brain." Yet another UC Irvine study shows that "gifted brains are less active but more efficient." 


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