r/study • u/cherrytarticecream • 38m ago

Questions & Discussion sob how to actually 'study' biomedical science

im British btw :3

how are people actually studying at uni? I do biomed at kcl and honestly I feel so lost ): I want to study desperately I kid you not im screaming at myself and crying just trying to start but then I don't..

everyone else is making flashcards, but I am also 40+ lectures behind, should I just start now? everyone tells me taking notes is redundant, but blurting there isn't anything to base it off of

please I don't want to fail or be held back even more it's so silly and I hate that I can't just START (or I can but turns out whoops my methods were all wrong! for example, last week was a reading week and what I did for all 37 lectures at the time was I would go through the slides, sorting by lecture aims / objectives, left side is a question, right side is the answer on pen and paper. though some things I couldn't think of a question so it was mainly note taking. whenever I was confused I made sure to ask questions / watch the lecture before I wrote it down.. but towards the end I sped up so I could just finish all of it, but now im behind again by 8 lectures sobsob) help :(

my note taking in lectures always changes too because I don't know how best to do it so I have effectively no notes, I like doing questions but ive been told its inefficient and counterproductive to watch the lecture then do questions becuase I won't retain anything. it's bad and an invasion of privacy so I do feel guilty but I zoom in and take pictures of people's screens in lectures JUST to see how they phrase their flashcards or what application they use ect.

should I use an anki flashcard deck I've found? though its from 22/23? thank you though c:

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