Episode 5: Jay Jackson -- Attitude is Everything

Name: Jay Jackson

Hometown: Bosqueville

Major: Psychology

Wondering how to overcome motivation roadblocks?  Need help with prioritization and effective study strategies?  Listen to Jay Jackson as he shares the research-based tools he's learned from his psychology classes that are helping him be academically successful at Baylor.

Study Strategies

• Study notes immediately after class
• Come to the next class with notes and questions from your readings
• “Recall is a lot better when you study in silence”
• Create connections with the material, why it is important, how it can be applied and how it connects to past material

Study Routine

• Create an adaptive schedule

Morning Routine

• Wake up at 4 am
• Study in the early mornings
• Take your time eating breakfast

Favorite study spot on campus

• Let your study space be similar to your test-taking environment
• Quiet areas 

Off-campus

• Waco libraries

Volunteer

• Waco ISD - Baylor High School Project

Time-Management tools

• Panasonic Alarm clock
• Egg timer (online version) 

Study Break

• 45 minutes of studying: 10 minutes of break

Resources

• Baylor Bound Program 
• Faculty
  • Dr. Charles Weaver
  • Dr. Roger Kirk
  • Prof. Bruce Byers
  • Dr. Ryan Richardson

Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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