Hello! I am going to University in about two weeks (excluding Frosh week). I was really hoping for some advice on a few things I am really really concerned about and I appreciate feed-back from your personal experiences (not theory, please).
I watched a test 10 minute lecture given by a calculus professor. I realized that I am very bad at writing and listening at the same time. But writing key concepts in class that the professor highlights is vitally important (or so I was told). So while writing one sentence out, the professor says something that I miss and suddenly I was lost. And in general, the lectures go at a blazingly fast speed. Thus, I am now really scared.
Did anyone else deal with this issue? How did you overcome it?
Did you confine yourself to writing EXTREMELY concise and only the vitally important notes? And then write out in-depth notes using the textbook later on?
The problem I have with this method, is that in the trial, every single little friggin' thing he said was super important. But I guess it is okay we can write out the notes later. But see my next paragraph:
Can I be sure the textbook goes over every single thing in the material covered in class? And even more importantly, did you find you had TIME to write out good notes? Ontop of doing the questions and problem sets.
I also appreciate any other random tips!