How do you study most effectively?

How to study effectively for finals?

• i have finals next week and the week after, and i haven't studied at all for them (i did not procrastinate out of laziness, but the teachers have been giving tests and projects up to the LAST minute, so i have had NO time to study until the weekend before, which is now. the teachers also like JUST gave us our study guides today so its kind of their fault) so my question is, how can i get all the information in in 1 weekend? (i'm willing to study nonstop all sat&sun). the ones i'm worried about are civics, spanish, biology, and english. the Bio and English are EOC's (the rest are finals, which are teacher made, the EOC is a state test) in which in my state you have to get at least an 80% to pass the grade. to make things worse, every one of these tests are worth 25% of your WHOLE YEAR'S GRADE in that subject. so i really have to do good; like 95-100%! i've done good all year in these subjects, and i've maintained an A all year, i worked hard but i didn't think anything was excruciatingly impossible to learn, so obviously i'm capable of re-learning it. the problem is, stuffing every bit of every subject into my brain. sorry for the long story, but back to my real question! is there a certain method to come across when studying? i know that there are supposed to be breaks, but how often? and for how long? and also, would you suggest studying one subject fully until i grasp it 100% and then move onto the next, or switch off? and would you recommend studying for th one nonstop JUST the night before, or study it all over the weekend and then just review the day before? and one final question...Obviously the final/eoc's will not be exactly like the study guide, but i do not want to go back and memorize 300 pages of notes per subject, so how can i know when i have all the info? im stressing out! (please try to answer each question when you answer this, because they are all very important! no 1-sentence answers!) thanks! p.s., i took a biology practice EOC online and I got an 83%, without studying that much, so that's not too bad, because i'll do way better if i actually study hard. and i took a practice English (9) eoc and got a 79%, which is terrible because i have no idea how to even "study" for that, because it's mostly reading passages

• Answer:

  Studying isnt hard, its just procrastination/not having time that ruins people. just sit down and go over what you dont remember too well. practice practice practice everything and take notes/write things down to remember them. try to make connections and not just memorize facts, you need to stay focused. eat a lot of healthy food to stay focused, and get good sleep. try to avoid staying up too late studying!