College Girl Problems: I Don't Know How to Study

Despite being a straight-A student in high school, I actually had this problem when I first got to college, and occasionally throughout the first full time semester, and when I've asked some other straight-A students, they could relate. I almost never had to study in high school, with a few rare exceptions such as geometry and history. I either got it or I didn't. In college, you learn twice as much information in a semester. In my major, biology, memorization is key. I had to learn how to learn the information and retain it longer than past the quiz. Here's a few tips I've picked up over the last few months.