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Check out this site on How to Get First Class Honours at:

http://anythingthatinterestsme.blogspot.sg/2010/05/how-to-get-first-class-honours-in.html

I agree with most of the points in the post. I actually read this post before I even graduated, and it motivated me a lot. Hope that you will find it motivational too.

Most importantly, do not be overly stressed out by your goals. Life is a marathon, not a sprint, university is just a small aspect of your entire life. Enjoy your studies while in university, and it is more useful to develop life long skills like independent learning, teamwork and time management skills.

Meanwhile, you may like to check out the following posts:

The Lesson of Grace in Teaching (Motivational Post about Learning and Teaching)

Notes on Logarithm by NUS:

Source: http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/~matngtb/Calculus/mathcentre/mathcentre_workbooks/web-logarithms-new-july03.pdf

Quote:

Logarithms appear in all sorts of calculations in engineering and science, business and economics.

Before the days of calculators they were used to assist in the process of multiplication by replacing the operation of multiplication by addition. Similarly, they enabled the operation of division to be replaced by subtraction. They remain important in other ways, one of which is that they provide the underlying theory of the logarithm function. This has applications in many fields, for example, the decibel scale in acoustics.

In order to master the techniques explained here it is vital that you do plenty of practice exercises so that they become second nature.