1998 Students' Secrets of Success

Last Question on Physical Oceanography Exam, Sept. 25, 1998: "What Success Secrets would you like to pass on to next year's class?"
(The following are the actual replies in the order they were sumbitted)

  • Go to class.
  • Know how to draw diagrams. Study hard from Day 1!
  • Memorize the diagrams.
  • Study diagrams.
  • Just keep up with reading and notes.
  • Study a good amount. -practice graphs -read notes right after class keep up with the reading & go to class.
  • Pay attention to the diagrams.
  • Don't miss as many classes as I did.
  • Attend all the classes & try to understand the material rather than memorize it.
  • Explore the topics on your own to generate an interset in them - it will make learning easier.
  • Prepare hard for exam.
  • Understand concepts not just notes & words. Be able to apply them to diagrams.
  • Remember examples from class.
  • Read the book & add info from the book to your notes.
  • Study early.
  • Read the chapter you covered before the next class so you can ask a question while everything is still fresh in your mind.
  • Study diagrams. Read over what you don't understand in the book and read about topics that are just briefly mentioned b/c they could end up on an exam, i.e., sidereal day.
  • Know more about Ekman transport - b/c a lot of it on test.
  • Get to every class and take plenty of notes.
  • Study diagrams.
  • -study-
  • Diagrams, Diagrams, Diagrams.
  • Learn Diagrams.
  • Study or withdraw.
  • go to class - take the notes - draw the pictures.
  • Know the graphs especially the ones shown in lectures.
  • Study the diagrams!
  • Everything written on the board should be memorized.
  • Know diagrams & really study your notes.
  • Start studying from the beginning and really listen to the success secrets. I should have.