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become so committed to your goals that no amount of failure could ever stop you.

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15.03.2024

Happy Ides of March!

I nailed my biomedicinal chemistry midterm, and one of the most high standards professor told me "very good presentation" which is so rare from her so I'm absolutely jazzed! These last few weeks have been so rough, so I'm feeling so relieved to be done.

Things are going smoothly for the most part, and I'm hoping to get a lot of data out in the next week, and finally make some more progress in my research. I did some single peak NOE NMR last week and hopefully this Thursday I can get some characterization 13C NMR on my samples.

This weekend is for quilting and reading, I deserve it.

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next exam : sociology.

on meet with my best friend while we pour our minds into our books 📚

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enjoying the first day that's both sunny and warm!

goals: finish case study, skim some capstone resources

🎧 listening: any turn - orville peck 🎶

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take my humble offering: digital notes and an ungodly number of pathways

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StudyLapse 📖

some flash card prep + a mini reading break 🤍

Who was going to tell me that Japanese literature is an alternative to therapy? I'm serious 🧐

Signing off~

StingrayStudies

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wed 3.20.24 // happy spring day ૮꒰ྀི ◞ ⸝⸝⸝ ◟ ꒱ྀི১

the weather has been so nice on campus, i’ve been sitting on the quad for the past couple days doing work!! also i had work today, and im really loving office job life (i used to work food service LOL). i love spring sm i don’t even wanna think about schoolwork

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24th March 2024, Sunday

happy holika dahan everyone! for everyone who is celebrating today and tomorrow, remember not to throw dry colors or color water on the furries because it's harmful for them! lets spread love and keep it safe for everyone this year! ♡

bio mcqs

maths differentiation

school project

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I started going to the gym again and my mental health has been doing a lot better. I’m just enjoying uni a lot more. I’m having fun with my classes, and it’s nice to see my friends everyday. I need to remember to calm down and stop stressing over the small things.

(March 12th, 2024)

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❥﹒♡﹒☕﹒ 𝗽𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮'𝘀

having good grades doesn't necessarily mean you're smart, a test or exam can't always determine someone's intelligence, but it's academic validation we crave, right? so here are some tips thanks to which you will get straight a's.

𝟭. understand what the professor wants ( 🪼 )

learning the entire book by heart is tiring and basically useless. we take our education seriously, but it's impossible to know everything about everything, so inevitably there will be topics we can gloss over. check old tests, listen to the teacher during the lecture, talk to students who have already attended the course and passed the exam. understand which aspects your professor particularly cares about and concentrate on those, your exam will certainly go well.

𝟮. strengthen your memorization ( 🦋 )

very often the amount of things to study is just too much and, even though you spend all day in the library rereading the topics again and again, you feel that it is not enough. you get confused, you forget steps, you get lost in the labyrinth of the subject. investing in understanding your form of memorization will benefit you in the long run. identify your type of memory (spatial, photographic, echoic, etc.) and focus on how to improve it. having a good memory will make your studying for the exam much faster and easier.

𝟯. pay attention in class ( 🫧 )

attend all lectures and take notes. much of your studying comes from your professor's lecture. underline the important things in your textbook, carefully follow their speech and - if there are any - their powerpoint slides, writing only the things that the teacher adds and which are not written either in the book or in the extra material, if necessary, record the lesson so you can listen to it again at a later time.

𝟰. organize your notes the same day ( 🧃 )

when i take notes in class I write badly and quickly to keep up with the teacher, shortening words or omitting passages.  by reorganizing your notes that same evening (at most the next day, if you really don't have time) you can revise your work when the lesson is still fresh in your mind; if you wait too long, you will forget most of the things and you will find yourself staring blankly at pages of notes which, at that point, will seem more like hieroglyphics to you than anything else.

𝟱. use ai responsibly ( 🪴 )

artificial intelligence is everywhere nowadays and why not use it to our advantage? of course i'm not suggesting that you let an ai take care of all your tests and essays, it wouldn't make sense, however very often they helped me make a list of key points to develop in a research paper, or gave me excellent ideas and insights for projects. they can also be used to create flashcards, summarize and simplify articles, or create practice tests based on the material you will have to study.

𝟲. delve deeper into your “whys” ( 🌾 )

sometimes when i study i stare into space and wonder why i am studying something that seems completely irrelevant to my path. i'm sure it happens to you too, don't ignore this feeling. don't be afraid to explore themes and topics that aren't clear to you, if two statements seem contradictory ask yourself why, if you don't understand some passages, don't be afraid to ask a question. we study for ourselves, before studying to graduate, to work. there is no shame in not understanding, your intelligence lies in striving to clarify what seems obscure.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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— thursday 21 march

62 days until alevels

first day back in school today after being off sick… i have so much to catch up on

my class started the statistics topic in biology today, and as a humanities girlie i literally did not have a clue what was going on in that class… i have genuinely never felt dread like that

but i got my politics essay back and i got 34/35! i also got my english coursework result from my teacher and i am slightly disappointed, so im trying to tweak it slightly because i want an A* in english so badly!!

3hrs 48 on forest 🌲

completed today:

reworking of english coursework

catching up on biology practical booklet

us vs uk cabinet essay

history timed paper after school (definitely flopped)

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march 2024

things to look forward to this month

- a spring break trip with a friend

- a research symposium I’m really excited for

- gradually warmer weather

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Missed 3 days of school, and I kid you not, I came back to a unit test, two essays, a new group project, AND a novel study 😀

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lecture notes again! this week’s focus on Roman religion was super interesting!

happy leap year! have a good rest of your week! ❤️