How Long Before the SAT Should You Prep? 4 Key Tips

STEM students must have a firm grasp on the constructs of time management and effective management tools and employ them daily in order to maintain good academic standing while sustaining a healthy work, academic, life balance. Cramming does not work for any discipline, especially STEM disciplines. The key is start managing your time properly by first, carving out the amount time needed to study and dedicate that amount of time weekly for studying. Nothing should cut into this time.

Try this school hack, which was covered in the PowerPoint earlier in the module:

Calculate your study time by multiplying the number of units by 2.

So if a STEM student is taking Biology 6 (5 units) and Chem 101 (5 units), multiply 10 units by 2 to calculate the number of hours the student should set aside per week to study and complete homework assignments.

10 x 2 = 20 hours of study time/week.

Therefore 20 hours MUST be planned and dedicated specifically for studying for every week! If the you wont' have enough time for this 20 hours, reevaluate how your time is spent by prioritizing school first.

Below you will find a link to an article which outlines a few other time management techniques, which we will cover in depth in another module:

https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/time-management-for-students/