Therear ethreetypesofnodes:mi cnodes, shortnodes,andexam f ocusnodes.Thesenodesar e
notv eryhelpfulforsemest erexami nati
ons,butt heyar edesignedspeci fical
lyforcompet i
ti
ve
exami nati
ons.Thesy l
labusf orcompet it
iveexamsi sv ast,f
orexampl e,f
oury earsofyourbtech
areaskedi ny ourgat eexami nat
ionoranyot hercompet i
ti
veexam.Yourmi cronodeshoul d
consistofnomor et han15pages,meani ngonet ot wopagespersubj ect,likethermodynamics
andt heformulast haty ouhav etowr i
te.Aweekbef oretheexami nati
on,manyst udent
spanic,so
youcannotwr i
teev ery
thinginy ourmi cr
onodes.I nstead,rev
isethem dail
y, especial
lybef
orebed,
engrav i
ngthef or
mul asi nyourmemor y-thisisthety peofmemor yyouwillneedi nacompet i
ti
ve
exami nati
on.So,whatshoul dy ouincludeiny ourmi cronodes?Onl ytheformul asthatar
easked
i
ncompet it
iveexami nations.
Shortnot esarenotappl i
cablet o allsubjects,butar enecessar yfort heorysubj ectsinal l
branchesofengi neeri
ng.Thepur poseofshor tnotesist orevi
sewhaty ouhav elearnedonadai ly
basis.Theyusual l
yconsi stofar ound50t o60pages. Shortnot esar eessentiall
yacondensed
form ofyourclassnot es,whichy oumadewhi l
ecompl eti
ngthesy l
labusandat t
endinglectures.
Theyar edesigned t o bequi ckert orevi
set hany ouror i
ginalcl assnot es.Shor tnotesar e
parti
cular
lyusefulwhenr ev i
singasubj ectforthet hi
rdorf ourthtime.Micronot esareev enmor e
condensed,typicall
yconsi sti
ngofonl y15t o20pages.Theyi ncludeallthef ormulast hatare
commonl yaskedi nexamsl i
keI SRO,GATEandEngi neeri
ngSer vicesexami nations,aswel las
anyf ormulasthaty ourt eachersmayhav epr ovi
dedy ou.
Youshoul dmakemi cronot eswhi l
e
studyingasubject,alongsidey ourclassnotes.Thispr ocessinvolvesat t
endingclassandmaki ng
noteswhileyou'rethere,whichi swhyt hey
'r
ecal ledcl
assnot es.
Ihav
eprov
idedasampleinthedescri
pti
onboxforbett
erqual
i
tyunderst
andi
ng.Youcanr
efert
o
i
tandcr
eateyourownmicr
onotes,shortnot
esandexam f
ocusnotes.
notv eryhelpfulforsemest erexami nati
ons,butt heyar edesignedspeci fical
lyforcompet i
ti
ve
exami nati
ons.Thesy l
labusf orcompet it
iveexamsi sv ast,f
orexampl e,f
oury earsofyourbtech
areaskedi ny ourgat eexami nat
ionoranyot hercompet i
ti
veexam.Yourmi cronodeshoul d
consistofnomor et han15pages,meani ngonet ot wopagespersubj ect,likethermodynamics
andt heformulast haty ouhav etowr i
te.Aweekbef oretheexami nati
on,manyst udent
spanic,so
youcannotwr i
teev ery
thinginy ourmi cr
onodes.I nstead,rev
isethem dail
y, especial
lybef
orebed,
engrav i
ngthef or
mul asi nyourmemor y-thisisthety peofmemor yyouwillneedi nacompet i
ti
ve
exami nati
on.So,whatshoul dy ouincludeiny ourmi cronodes?Onl ytheformul asthatar
easked
i
ncompet it
iveexami nations.
Shortnot esarenotappl i
cablet o allsubjects,butar enecessar yfort heorysubj ectsinal l
branchesofengi neeri
ng.Thepur poseofshor tnotesist orevi
sewhaty ouhav elearnedonadai ly
basis.Theyusual l
yconsi stofar ound50t o60pages. Shortnot esar eessentiall
yacondensed
form ofyourclassnot es,whichy oumadewhi l
ecompl eti
ngthesy l
labusandat t
endinglectures.
Theyar edesigned t o bequi ckert orevi
set hany ouror i
ginalcl assnot es.Shor tnotesar e
parti
cular
lyusefulwhenr ev i
singasubj ectforthet hi
rdorf ourthtime.Micronot esareev enmor e
condensed,typicall
yconsi sti
ngofonl y15t o20pages.Theyi ncludeallthef ormulast hatare
commonl yaskedi nexamsl i
keI SRO,GATEandEngi neeri
ngSer vicesexami nations,aswel las
anyf ormulasthaty ourt eachersmayhav epr ovi
dedy ou.
Youshoul dmakemi cronot eswhi l
e
studyingasubject,alongsidey ourclassnotes.Thispr ocessinvolvesat t
endingclassandmaki ng
noteswhileyou'rethere,whichi swhyt hey
'r
ecal ledcl
assnot es.
Ihav
eprov
idedasampleinthedescri
pti
onboxforbett
erqual
i
tyunderst
andi
ng.Youcanr
efert
o
i
tandcr
eateyourownmicr
onotes,shortnot
esandexam f
ocusnotes.
