12 minute bump because this is a really good thread.
Oh well, 1 minute...
Just on this:
Is anyone going to "How is Studying at Uni Different to High School?"
Since you already know what studying at high school is like, I'll attempt to explain my experience of studying at university.
At the start of semester, we are aware of the Course Outline, which dictates what is to be covered in the semester, how many assessments/assignments, the weightings and outcomes. It gives us an indication of what is to come. During lectures, if there are lecture notes and/or recordings, I tend to listen to it instead of writing copious notes. But some lecturers don't give out notes, so it's endless writing throughout the lecture.
We are also aware of tutorial questions that should be completed each week. As I do engineering, it's probably different to say commerce. We try to find 'course packs/notes' from previous years, which usually contains work solutions to tutorial questions or textbook questions. I would usually look at an exemplar question and solution, understand the concept from that, then attempt the tutorial questions or textbook questions. Any issues, I would then ask the tutor. We don't have to complete every question - no one will be bothered to chase you up on it. But the tutorial is where you ask specific questions about questions that you are having issues with. Some tutorials might be structured differently, so your lecturer might have specific times when they are available to assist.
When it comes to assignments, generally we can work together with friends (well it's more like my friends asking me for my assignment...) to complete it or at least collaborate our answer and compare what values we get. In later years, there are less individual assignments and more group work assignments, so that's obviously different - we have to work together. But even then, groups will work with groups because the same principle applies - we want to collaborate to ensure we are heading in the right direction.
I guess there is a bit of 'game theory' involved - we want to work together to ensure our results align and therefore get 100% (hopefully), but we also know that our marks might be scaled and we do want to do better than everyone. It's probably better to work together in my experience, as individually, even a good looking solution could be incorrect and only when you ask your friends and peers, do you realise how to correctly answer those questions. Some tutors and some lecturers might not be that good, so the onus is on you to study the content independently (which is unfortunate, but that might be the reality).
Assessments and the final exam shouldn't be treated exceptionally differently to the ones in high school. You are told what will be covered, so doing questions and past papers is generally the best approach.
There's probably a lot of similarities between high school and university in how you study, but the directive to study comes from yourself.
