Pay attention, listen to the lectures, read all the materials in preparation for the next day's class, keep up with the homework.
Stay out of the bar. Never mind the beer, it doesn't help you study. Even one beer is one too many.
AWS provides a good lunch, but a good dinner is important as well. Your brain needs food to work at its best.
Underline key word and phrases in you code book. I like to use red and green gel pens. The colors grab your attention. Use your room key as a straight edge when underlining.
High light all footnotes in the tables and write the footnote letter in red right beside the one in the book big enough to grab your attention. You've read it many times here in the forum; the correct answer is found in the footnote.
Do not use loosely held "sticky notes" to tab your code book. Use file tabs made by several different companies. They can be removed if you are careful. They are big enough to reinforce the page of the code book, so there is less likelihood of tearing a page.
Write "notes to self" in the margins of your code book, anything that might be of use to you. For instance; do you know the wall thicknesses of schedule 40 2 inch, 3, inch, 4 inch pipe? How about schedule 80? You can make a matrix in the back of the code book listing the diameter, schedule, and wall thickness.
When you look for answers for your homework questions, your starting point should be your index if you are using D1.1 (my personal favorite). If you don't find it in the index, you have to bulldoze your way through the code, so add an entry to the index now that you know where the answer is. A good example is the F number for the SMAW electrodes. I won't tell you the answer, but it isn't in the index, so add it when you do find it under the heading of "F".
Math is difficult for many people because they may not use those skills on a day to day basis. So, do some math problems each day just to prepare yourself for the examination. Fractions seem to cause many people to freeze. Practice adding and subtracting fractions. Mix up the denominators; mix 32nds with 64ths and 16ths.
Most of all, mix with and get to know the people in your class. You will be bumping into them over and over again in the next twenty years or so. Enjoy the class and don't let yourself get overwhelmed. Ask questions! Ask questions if you don't understand or if you didn't hear something.
Good luck, study until you can't see straight. Go on to something new and different after an hour or so. Your mind can only function for so long before you need to shift gears to keep alert.
Best regards - Al
I have to say this. Real Educational takes their job VERY Serious !! This is day 3, we have 8 hours of Classroom for 10 days and 3-4 hours of homework per night, divided between the Code Book and Fundamentals om the first week and Fundamentals and Practical on the second week. The Weekend is scheduled for 8 hours per day with homework. We have already practiced on over 3oo questions and we WILL get a Practice test that mimics the AWS Exam sometime next week. I have heard the stories about how thw AWS Seminar is run, I can tell you that I have NOTHING but good things to say about the way these people run their class. I am impressed !! I have No Worries about my ability ESPECIALLY after being in the class if only for 3 days so far. I ALMOST feel like, After the way these people teach and drill on all topics, IF I do not pass, it is no ones fault but my own !
Well, you just partially answered my questions to your other post above.
BB
Good luck Cactus, definitely look at the breakdown for the fundamentals part. I hear good things about that 10 day class that you are taking. If you don't mind kindly share your experience with the test, I am curious about the part B. They were suppose to change the format this year.
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LOL, glad you're having fun. I believe you will do well, you got this thang. 
