It’s essential to determine your weak spots. These areas present the greatest opportunity for score improvement. However, it’s easy to learn important material and then later forget it. Avoid that!

As you come across valuable skills, strategies, or techniques that you want to remember and practice, keep a clean, neat “hit list” or set of flashcards with these valuable nuggets. Don’t clutter up this list with scratch work or anything else that will diminish the list’s clarity or usability.

Your list may look something like this:

Crucial Math Concepts to Remember

• The difference of squares: x^2 – y^2 = (x + y) (x – y)
• algebra rule: (x – y) = -1(y – x)
• exponent rule: (a^p)(b^p) = (ab)^p
• simple interest formula: I = PRT
• look out for 3-4-5 and 5-12-13 right triangles!
• 0! = 1

Tough Vocabulary Words

• inchoate
• vituperative
• iconoclast
• ubiquitous
• verisimilitude
• lachrymose

The beauty of keeping such a list is that it will be your list, and what’s more valuable than having a clear account of the skills you need to remember and work on? Review this list every day.

Happy Studying! ⭐

Warmest regards,
Scott