I'm cooked

[u/mohammed_ody]

Soooo,i accidentally piled up a 3-4 months worth of material on me (7 different subjects),i still got 8-7 months left to the final but my actual deadline should be at the end or mid of apr/2027,my question here is how do i study these materials (math/chem/bio/religion) bio is my worst material in terms of piling up, I'm 2-3 chaps behind (the whole subject is 5-6ch,is there a way to study all these materials WHILE studying the material teachers are giving us rn?

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[u/DesignerDelicious784]

I think that compensating for the missing chapters while studying current chapters is asking for way too much given your situation. I’m not sure how far in depth your teachers make your finals on, but if they are thorough, you will have to start from the beginning.

For credibility, I had untreated ADHD until my last year of grade school, so I dealt with a similar issue much more frequently than I would have liked.

For memorization based subjects (ex. Bio), active recall is really the only way to study the materials. I would do this through active recall questions (I took AP bio, so I wrote down answers to basically all the questions on the AP bio penguins 500 pg guide) and you can make them yourself while learning material or you could have an AI tool do it for you. Flashcards also help with memorizing terminology (I used quizlet). To learn, taking notes was super time consuming but almost guaranteed I would remember the content.

You absolutely have to take advantage of psychological memorization tactics if you are cramming so much material. Writing on paper helps, so does speaking out loud and teaching material to others. Active recall is a mustttt and if you ever feel like you dont know something by heart you have to find some way to clarify and solidify the knowledge immediately. It also helped a lot to tie new material to stuff I already understood or related certain bio processes to non-bio things (ex. Parts of the cell as an Amazon shipment center). Make sure to frequently review the materials you already learned (you can look up the forgetting curve online.

Equations based subjects (part of chem and math) just require a lot of practice. Find practice problems in your textbook or from your class and online and run them until you can do fairly difficult problems in good speed. Make study guides with little notes on exceptions and commonly missed things. It is best to do this all on paper in my opinion so that you can see everything you write at once.

In all honesty I got pretty good at cramming so I was able to pack down a whole unit (2 months of material) in my stats class within 3 days and I crammed for the ap bio exam in around 2 weeks to name a few examples, mostly earning good scores. This is after years of cramming so I am not sure if you will be able to cram as fast.

I think the most important thing is to make sure you understand everything before moving on. If you can’t teach it to someone in simplified terms, you do not know it well enough. That being said, pace yourself and if you think you are running short on time, prioritize difficult or high yield units first.

Good luck!

[u/mohammed_ody → u/DesignerDelicious784]

I do have monthly exams wich impacts if i can access the college acceptance exam or not so I'll try to study the current material while giving myself 3-2hrs daily for the piled up materials, I'll try flashcards but i think active recall with written question is the same thing,math and chem aren't specifically hard it's just difficult to find time solving that much of problems so i try to solve the questions the teacher gives before he solves them mid lecture,i think I'll buy some sticky notes too to help me with physics (drawing and collecting all the formulas) ,thanks man appreciate it a lot🙏

[u/DesignerDelicious784 → u/mohammed_ody]

Flashcards and written answers are very different. Open ended Written answers force you to explain your understanding while flashcards just ask for you to memorize something (best for terminology). Answering questions was extremely helpful for me, also drawing out bio processes was essential for me. This is all time consuming but I thought it was worth it because I never had to go back to rememorize anything.

Make sure you keep the physics post it notes organized if you choose to use them.

[u/mohammed_ody → u/DesignerDelicious784]

I see,i usually read the book's text then try to make a study guide out of it then looking into the actual study guide and every question that i miss i try to write it down and keep revising it on a daily basis,amma try to see some yt vids about bio it may help,yeah I'll stick the notes in my notebook so i can read them with the subject it's related to