1. Take responsibility for yourself
Set goals and make decisions about your priorities for studying. Elaborate a shedule for studying that meets your needs, priorities, and goals.

2. Put first things first
Follow up on the priorities you have set and don't let other people or things distract you from them.

3. Discover your key productivity periods and places
Be sure to study when you are rested, alert, and have planned for it. Find time periods when you are the most productive (morning, afternoon, evening) and study places where you can be the most focused. Believe me it can be really helpful!

4. Look for better solutions to the problems
If you don't understand course materials, don't just re-read the materials. Consult with the professor or a groupmate, go to the library, make the search on the Internet.

5. Use time effectively
Follow your shedule of when to work on each subject and be sure to allocate your time wisely.  

6. Take great notes
Johnny, when you are in class, you should study to take notes effectively. Don't think that only the information that is written on the board is a given. What the professor saying is also important. Be sure to capture the essence of the lecture, pay special attention to the examples, they can greatly help you later on, and take notes of the most significant information.

7. Rule of seven
I have recently found this great piece of advice on the Internet and tested it myself. You know, it works miracles!  

When studying, remember that your brain can process a maximum of seven items at a time. Study using a method called “chunking”. Break the material down into groups of seven. Learn the first seven, really learn them, then go onto the next. Continue on until you have covered all the material.

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Bottom line- study over your notes every day at least 30mn...you'll be impressed by how much material you really obtain!

2. 10 + 2 x 5: study hard for 10 minutes, then take 2 mins to do something totally unrelated, make a coffee, read a website, listen to a song, whatever. Repeat this 5 times an you'll have gotten 50 minutes study out of a hour and still feel like you've had enough breaks!

Hope this helps, it did for me!

That one's from experience..

Heh, I wish. I have a life. :P
I usually do the iPod study in the library thing. I can only listen to music with no words or sung in a different language. I tried flash cards, but they  suck. Around midterms, I grab a friend or two in the same class and we teach each other the material. That has always worked best for me.

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and an even greater need to give it." -Audrey Hepburn

I don't know why, but I can absorb all the useless information quite well. I recall studying for a half hour tops for most of my finals and acing them.

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http://www.varsitylounge.com

The website contains homeworks, projects, old tests, quizes, exams/solutions, etc that have been uploaded by students who have completed a particular class. Check it out. Tons of cool stuff on there.