24 Feb 2015

term one's 'rough' lecture notes

Keeping my notes as neat as possible is something that I have a slight obsessive compulsive about but in lectures, writing things down as quickly as possible is more important than ensuring that the page is super neat. If you compare my lecture notes with my group work ones, there is a visible difference. I use cursive and join up my handwriting when scrawling in lectures and things are also all over the place with arrows everywhere and little illustrations too.

Multicoloured pens are perfect for lectures as it allows me to underline things of note or things that may be important. They also allow me to scribble and decorate my paper when I'm bored as you can see below. 


Aside from taking notes in lectures, I also do some self-study on campus that don't need to be written up in a neater way so I choose to write in cursive that is semi-neat and semi-messy. The most important thing there is to keep the page layout as neat as possible as I may want to refer back to the page at a later date. The sort of notes that these would include are things that we have had no official teaching on but things that are deemed important to still know about.


And what if I needed notes that were neater that would be used for revision and were part of the syllabus? Well, this is the end result:


Hope you've enjoyed this look at my rougher notes - most of my notes are actually pretty neat as the most untidy ones are ones taken in lectures as you can see above!

5 comments

  1. Hi Angela! I love your blog! I noticed that you're taking Medicine right now, what was your pre-med course? Did you took BS Medical Technology? Love from the Philippines! :) PS. I just recently graduated and I will be taking the Medical Technology Board Exam this coming March. Any tips or suggestions about being in Med school? I really want to pursue Medicine after I pass the boards. :) Looking forward for your future posts! I really love the content of your blog! <3 Lovelove! :)

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    1. Hi Alyssa, thanks for your comment. I did biochemistry as my undergraduate degree but here, it's not a requirement to have a degree before going into medicine. Unfortunately, I can't give specific tips but I am in the progress of writing a medical school life-related blog post for the near future :) good luck! x

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  2. I actually think your lecture notes are very very neat !!
    Although I am not attending lectures anymore, I did write notes in meetings. And my scribble notes in meetings are just awful to read later on - I think I really need some tips on how to take notes better (Would this be an interesting subject for your post ? if you ever need some ideas....) : )

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    1. Hello! Thank you for your lovely comment :) I will see what I can regarding note-taking :) x

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  3. I actually think your lecture notes are very very neat !!
    Although I am not attending lectures anymore, I did write notes in meetings. And my scribble notes in meetings are just awful to read later on - I think I really need some tips on how to take notes better (Would this be an interesting subject for your post ? if you ever need some ideas....) : )

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