Study Hacks
These sample exams let students practice the types of questions they may encounter on an upcoming test.
What are practice tests?
Through UMLA’s Each One Reach One program, this fellow student offers guidance, encouragement, and help connecting with campus resources.
Who is an EORO peer mentor?
This statement presents the main argument that an academic essay will support.
What is a thesis statement?
Before submitting an exam, this final check can uncover unanswered questions, recording errors, or mistakes in completed responses.
What is reviewing your answers?
This paper or digital tool displays dates for exams, assignments, classes, and appointments.
What is a calendar?
Before studying, a student gathers their textbook, charger, notebook, and other supplies in one designated location. This preparation creates a ready-to-use area for academic work.
What is setting up a study space?
Known as BISI, this BMCC program combines a structured basketball league with mentorship and academic support.
What is the BMCC Intramural Sports Initiative?
This early version of an essay gets ideas onto the page before the writer focuses on polishing every sentence.
What is a rough draft?
This type of question uses wording such as “Which is NOT…” or “All of the following EXCEPT…”
What is a negative-stem question?
This course document usually explains grading policies, required materials, assignments, and important dates.
What is a syllabus?
This organizational tool lists assignments and other tasks, allowing students to cross them off as they finish.
What is a to-do list?
This UMLA event series combines free haircuts with meaningful conversations about topics such as life goals, social justice, and sports.
What is Barbershop Talk?
This final checking process focuses on spelling, punctuation, grammar, and other surface errors.
What is proofreading?
When uncertain, a student uses relevant knowledge and clues in the question to make a reasoned choice rather than selecting randomly.
What is educated guessing?
A student creates separate digital locations for each course’s readings, assignments, and other files. These containers keep materials organized.
What are course folders?
While studying, a student writes unrelated thoughts on a separate sheet to revisit later instead of immediately switching tasks.
What is a distraction list?
This UMLA-sponsored discussion series gets its name from gathering for conversation on a particular weekday.
What is Table Talk Tuesday?
This proofreading technique involves speaking the words of an essay so the writer can hear awkward phrasing or missing words.
What is reading aloud?
This two-part essay instruction asks students to explain both similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
A student saves an additional copy of an important assignment in case the original file becomes unavailable.
What is a backup?
A student practices with the same time limit and permitted materials as the upcoming exam. This preparation recreates the testing experience.
What is simulating test conditions?
These designated times allow students to meet with their professor outside class to discuss assignments, ask questions, and clarify course material.
What are office hours?
This acknowledgment identifies the source of a quotation, idea, or piece of evidence used in a paper.
What is a citation?
This exam command asks students to judge the quality, effectiveness, or value of something and support that judgment with evidence.
What is evaluate?
In this online-course space, students post written responses to prompts and reply to classmates’ contributions.
What is a discussion board?