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How I make a nice exam cheat sheet?
Cantido
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My Artificial Intelligence class is awesome and so is my teacher, and the final is coming up tomorrow. I have the opportunity to turn this B into an A. Either way, I will graduate AND become an O-1 in the USAF.
Like the midterm, the teacher allows a double sided cheat sheet and he doesn't give a shit if it's handwritten, printed or if all the slides are on it (the latter is not feasible, as there are hundreds of slides). Lots of students printed theirs out with small text and structured subjects on them in various ways. I want to consider this because my handwriting is shit and will ultimately be unable to hold as much information as if I did a Microsoft Word document.
The thing is, I have never done a printed cheat sheet before, and this is the first time I'm considering this, though I've never done it before. I want to do it because of the sheer amount of information that was covered since March and I can easily make adjustments as needed without having to erase. There's only like nine students in this class and we don't really talk or share notes, so I didn't really feel comfortable asking. How do you use Word to cover everything you want for the exam while maximizing space usage and readability?
Like the midterm, the teacher allows a double sided cheat sheet and he doesn't give a shit if it's handwritten, printed or if all the slides are on it (the latter is not feasible, as there are hundreds of slides). Lots of students printed theirs out with small text and structured subjects on them in various ways. I want to consider this because my handwriting is shit and will ultimately be unable to hold as much information as if I did a Microsoft Word document.
The thing is, I have never done a printed cheat sheet before, and this is the first time I'm considering this, though I've never done it before. I want to do it because of the sheer amount of information that was covered since March and I can easily make adjustments as needed without having to erase. There's only like nine students in this class and we don't really talk or share notes, so I didn't really feel comfortable asking. How do you use Word to cover everything you want for the exam while maximizing space usage and readability?
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Congrats on your pending graduation!
Sometime I found if I put a lot of effort into a cheat sheet, I ended up never even using it.
But like exmello said, I spent so much time writing/formatting it, I had retained most of that knowledge for the exam and barely had to use the sheet.
I made mine in word and just played around with margins/formatting.
This.
As far as format, i suggest powerpoint. Its much easier to create crazy formatting, flows, colors, etc.
Just make sure you set the Page Properties to a 8.5x11" sheet.
I would put important numbers - dates/figures/formulas -first, then just short phrases to remember the rest. Don't try to cram the whole class on the thing.
nothing is more frustrating than making an intricate cheatsheet that you dont know very well and end up wasting time trying to find the information on it cause you made it like some sort of crazy maze
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When it comes to cheat sheets I find they can be a fantastic asset, or a horrible crutch. I have gone into exams with half a page hand written and done really well and watched other people cram all of their notes on one 8 x 11 and fail miserably. A test is stressful enough, being forced to try to comb all of your notes in an illegible font size would add that much more stress.
I would rather spend my time studying and learning the material then worrying about fitting a stack of notes the size of the bible on a sheet of paper.
Depending on how you learn / recall information, it might be beneficial to just include keywords on the cheat sheet that spark your internalized knowledge of the subject, rather than type everything out in a super-tiny font.
But if you know the material well, then a cheat sheet can be a huge bonus. Dump anything that you need to know exactly on it for reference later. Formulas, specific dates or amounts, or the order of something that has to happen in steps.
This allows you to focus your attention on bigger things, and not be stressed that you won't remember that formula.
I would start in word by just typing out the info that you need, don't worry about it fitting. Then you can go back and shrink the font, and stretch the margins, and make any edits to get it all to fit and flow.
Lastly, print it and take some time to look it over on paper and make sure you can read it and follow it.
Good luck on your exam!
I did use size 8, with bolded key statements. This did the trick, as there was a lot of absurdly verbatim obscure shit on the test. For those things I used the sheet. When it came down to algorithm designs, I pretty much did those from memory, and I got an A.
Thank you everyone. I'm off to graduate and commission as a 2nd Lt.
Well I got reading glasses a month ago, so there was no need for a magnifying glass.
That's all I can come up with at the time being.
Bah: Late as usual!
Good job!