A Question I've Been Asked: How to Study

I have been asked this question a few times so I'll try and answer as best I can.

General Advice
One of the best things is probably something you have heard very often: read ahead to be familiar with the material, this allowed me to get an idea of what the professor focused on during class (indicator of what is going to be on the test) instead of trying to keep up. It is easy to slip on this one, I know I did.
If the professor puts up old tests that is a great resource. The tutoring center for my school had practice problems, that helped as well. I think everyone said for every hour you are in class, spend three hours studying on your own, that was accurate I think.

There is NO Study Method that Works for Every Class
Some classes are math driven so practice and repetition is important, others are more concept/reading driven and some are just straight memorization so each type of class requires its own strategy.

Later on, I realized I was wasting time in some courses reading the textbook as much as I did and I should I started with the outline and went back to the text if it was confusing. There is so much that is different for each type of class that all I can say is try as much as you can, do everything and weed out what really isn't helping.

Studying in groups never really worked for me except with this ONE person. I tried studying with over fifty? people in the past couple years and only one worked out for me. Normally it ends up just being a social thing and this one awkward time I spent ten minutes trying to study while the other people just flexed and looked at their biceps and the other group members' biceps; I got weirded out and left quickly.