{"id":1666,"date":"2011-05-10T02:43:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2011-05-10T02:43:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:43:40","slug":"cramming-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2011\/05\/10\/cramming-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Cramming Techniques?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/math.ucsb.edu\/~dls\/\">Derek Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Qualifying exams (a.k.a. area exams) are now just two weeks away and I&#8217;m finding that each day brings a new wave of emotions. Some days I feel confident, others I am at a complete loss. I have maintained a fairly consistent study schedule over the past two months (though there is always the sense that more could have been done). With only a few days remaining, I&#8217;d like to maximize my study time. Any last minute cram techniques or other tips you&#8217;d like to share?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The exams cover one subject area each. Looking at old tests, there is a standard catalog of proofs to memorize and computational techniques. I have spent my time until now in a comprehensive review of topics as well as problem solving. I intend to refresh the things I&#8217;ve already covered as well as focus these few days on proof memorization. I will also attempt problems, but I feel the only real approach there is to simply solve as many as possible. With memorizing, I tend to do well by writing and re-writing the material until it becomes second nature. I have used <a href=\"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=1291\">electronic flash cards<\/a> to help with this endeavor, but it&#8217;s to the point where there&#8217;s not enough time to enter new information.<\/p>\n<p>Any other suggestions or words of encouragement will be greatly appreciated by myself and the rest readers going through this process!<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Derek Smith Qualifying exams (a.k.a. area exams) are now just two weeks away and I&#8217;m finding that each day brings a new wave of emotions. Some days I feel confident, others I am at a complete loss. I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2011\/05\/10\/cramming-techniques\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2011\/05\/10\/cramming-techniques\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gbww-qS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}