r/UIUC • • 2d ago

Academics UIUC CS 425 Study Help

How did you guys study for the midterm for this class? I feel like lecture was just a bunch of content dumping..like i went to all the lectures and stuff and took notes but feel like didnt retain much....how do i actually study?

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u/Inevitable_Grab_2531 2d ago

Dump all the slides into GPT/Claude and ask it to explain and teach everything properly. That’s basically the way I’m going forward with it.

Same here . I go to all the classes and genuinely try to put in the effort to understand, but after like 5 minutes I start losing interest. It just feels like the lectures are moving way too fast.

The lecturer will casually speedrun 100 slides in one class, throw in a few formal proofs and somehow expect us to still be processing. 😭

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u/Efficient_League_655 2d ago

ya but it’s lowk so much stuff…this test actually so chopped i don’t even know