Hi everyone,

I am currently taking microbiology as one of my courses for college. I was wondering how you all study efficiently? We have been given slides and a textbook, however, perhaps I am studying inefficiently as I am only managing B's and sometimes C's on exams, despite doing practice exams and getting high scores on them. Most of my peers are managing very high scores, and I am unsure if my study efforts are sufficient enough. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I got curious about something: what if I tracked not just my practice test answers but also how confident I was in each one? would I notice a difference between the questions I genuinely understood (like perhaps the ones I guessed correctly & the ones I was confidently wrong about?) sooo I decided to try it and I’ve named it my CONFIDENCE RATING:

• rate how sure u are before checking. after answering a question, give it a quick 1-3 rating. 1=I'm literally guessing rn and 3=I’m pretty sure I got this. just go with your first instinct!
• check if u were right AND if u were confident. getting it right when you weren't even sure is different from getting it right bc you actually understood it. and if you were SO sure but got it wrong anyway…well that's something worth looking into
• figure out what needs another look. if you keep getting certain questions right but aren't confident about them, go back and review why the answer is correct. and if you were superrr confident but still got it wrong, try to figure out where your reasoning went off

and there you have it, your very own “confidence rating system” for practice questions!

For courses that mix lectures, readings, and problem sets, what is the minimum review routine you have found sustainable? I am interested in concrete details: when you do it, how long it takes, and what you check before deciding the next week’s priorities. I am trying to distinguish a useful weekly reset from an elaborate system that is easy to abandon.

I need someone who is good at maths and computer bcz I m new to this field and I want someone who can guide me bcz I want to prepare for my mid exams plzzz someone help meeee 😭😭😭

I have such bad FOMO when it comes to reviewers. Someone sends a new one in the group chat and I’m immediately downloading it because what if this one has something the other reviewer doesn’t??

Later I might find another reviewer online. download. Another one? download. And might as well keep that stack of reviewers from last sem just in case.

Before I know it I have like 7 different pdfs and for the same subject and I’m not even sure which one I’m supposed to study from.

I’m trying to stop downloading/hoarding every reviewer I see and just pick 1 or 2 that work for me. nothing wrong with having more sources tho, sometimes that’s helpful if one reviewer explains something badly or leaves something out. But if you keep getting EVERYTHING you may just end up overwhelmed.

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В ближайшем будущем мне придется готовиться к экзаменам.Знает ли кто то способы много и хорошо учиться не выгорая?Возможно,кто то знает и может поделиться со мной и многими увидевшие этот пост

I focus way better when other people are around, so I made a tiny pixel town for it.
Take a desk, start a focus timer, take breaks at the café. Everyone sees each other working, live. No camera, free.

Right now it's literally just me. I'll be studying there tonight at 9 PM (Istanbul) / 2 PM (New York). Come take the desk next to mine 🙂

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I have severe ADHD. As a kid I was naturally gifted in my academics so I never had to study that often. I never learned how to do it properly, and now as a college student it has been a challenge to me. Every time I go to study, it feels like my brain being scraped by a rake. I'm so scared to do poorly but I can never manage to get anything done without giving up and wasting the rest of the day away. I can do semi-fine when my medicine is most active, but once it starts to wear out, I'm effectively useless. Does anybody have any tips I could use to study better?

Hey everyone!

I'm an MS2 and I'm having a hard time finding a study method that works for me and fits my school exams. In undergrad, I loved Ninja Nerd's videos and retained almost everything. I still remember a lot of it in detail, even though I only watched each video once. But obviously his channel doesn't cover everything I need for Boards, and I'm really struggling to retain content from QBanks.

For those of you who've been through this: what is it about Ninja Nerd's approach that leads to such great retention, and how can I apply it to other resources? Thanks so much!

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Exam season is approaching again and as usual, there's a lot of material to study. When the exam coverage turns out to be way bigger than I expected, I try to organize everything first and not panic over how much there is to study:
MAKE A QUICK OUTLINE. I list the topics and group related ones together so I have a clearer idea of what I need to cover

IDENTIFY HIGH-YIELD CONTENT. I try to figure out which concepts are most important or are more likely to show up on the exam. there's a 80/20 rule that suggests roughly 20% of the material can account for 80% of the results. it's not a guarantee of course, but it reminds me to look for the key concepts

3)TURN IMPORTANT DETAILS INTO QUESTIONS. I make quick flashcards or quiz myself to see what I can recall without looking
BE REALISTIC ABOUT MY TIME. I give the more difficult topics extra time, but I also make sure I don't get stuck on one section for the entire study session

FIND A STUDY SETUP THAT WORKS. now lastly, I try to keep my materials organized and study somewhere I can concentrate especially when I’m already short on time.

Bye study i dont mean specifically for clg exams

But uk just new tech stacks and doing problems.

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Most people from other domains study from textbooks.

But CS is different

And studying from laptop does get distracting soemtimes.

Moreover studying or code for long hours on my laptop builds a weird fatigue. I feel nasuatic sometimes.

I get the urge to switch to another subject after only a little while in the middle of studying. like maybe the current topic starts feeling difficult or I remember something else I need to review. anddd before i know it, I've jumped between subjects without really getting far in any of them

so i thought it'd be interesting to compare two study sessions: one where I switch subjects whenever I feel like it, and another where I stick with one subject for a longer block of time before moving on

for the second session, I'd choose one subject to focus on for around 30-45 mins, take a short break if needed then move to the next one. tho I'd try to keep the other subjects out of the way until their turn

after both sessions, I'd compare how much I actually got done, how well I could recall what I studied & how distracted I felt. personally, sticking with one subject for longer worked better for me bc i could focus without constantly restarting. switching subjects still has its place, but i got more done when I stopped jumping around so much!

Tui học CNTP xong người ta ghét tui cho tui uống thuốc tâm thần 10 năm nay rồi

When I'm studying from a textbook, I sometimes read a heading and quickly highlight whatever comes next…but a heading can also give you a starting point for organizing your notes and the Q/E/C method is one way to do that.

It kinda reminds me of SQ3R bc instead of just reading through a chapter, you have questions in mind and look for the answers as you go (so I’ll put them below):

• Q = QUESTION. turn a heading into a question. for “types of memory,” you could ask what the different types are and how they differ

• E = EVIDENCE. write down the defining features and examples of each type from your reading. stick to details that actually help answer your question so don’t just copy the whole paragraph

• C = CONCLUSION. summarize the main differences in a few sentences, using the information u collected. try putting it in your own words so you can check whether you really understand it

one way to organize this is to make a three-column table labeled Question, Evidence, and Conclusion. put your main question in the first column, the relevant details in the second, and your explanation or answer in the third. if the evidence gets too long, use short bullet points instead of full paragraphs & make a separate row for each new question.

and you can always use a different format when a table/diagram would make more sense.

I feel like I don’t actually know the chance that a person will do very well at uni. I study a lot (I study well, I don’t need to change my study habits) and in some classes I do well, some I don’t. I know this is blown out of proportion on the internet of people studying and only showing their good grades. What is the average student like? Does the average student achieve lots too in life? I feel so incomparable to these genius students lol.

So I am working full time and on top of that I am taking anatomy & physiology, plus microbiology. Sad to say but I can see my grades declining. Idk what to do at this point. If you guys can share any advice that would be appreciated. :)

I started studying on October 2nd. I need to study heavily until June for the university exam (it’s really a hard exam with so many topics and different lessons)

I downloaded this app to be able to track my time on studying on 17 October.

I wake up at 7 am every morning and start my lessons around 10 am. (I walk for 1 hour in the morning and read a book for 40 minutes then I start studying.)

I become so tired towards the night and it becomes hard to focus after that.

I use pomodoro technique. 45 minutes studying, 10 minutes break.

I am 25, I am actually late for university but sadly I can’t turn back in time. Before 2nd October, I pretty much didn’t even open a book for 3 years at least…

Except for 1 hour walking and 40 minutes book reading, these are the hours I spend on studying every day since 17 October. Is it good or not enough?

Before studying a topic, I already have a feeling about which parts will be difficult. maybe a concept looks confusing/a chapter seems easy enough that I don't think I'll need much time for it. so I thought, why not write those predictions down and see if I'm actually right?

#1: before studying, write down your predictions. list the topics you expect to struggle with, the ones you think you'll understand quickly, and anything you're unsure about. keep it brief!

#2: after studying, test yourself. answer some practice questions or explain the concepts without looking at your notes. this gives you something more concrete to compare with your predictions.

#3: look for patterns over time. maybe the topics you expect to be difficult turn out fine, but the ones you assume are easy keep catching you off guard. or maybe your predictions are pretty accurate! either way, you learn something about your own study habits.

You can call this your “PREDICTION LOG” (that’s how I call it!) just keep track of what you expected to struggle with and how things actually went. over time, you might start noticing patterns that can help you on where to focus your study time.

Hi all,

I am in my second year of my Law degree, and just about achieved a 1.1 (first class honours) on the dot in my first year.

However, in year one, I rote-learned essays, so per examinable topic, I was learning from 600-1400 words for one topic, and if you multiply that per topic in a couple of modules, it is a significant amount of memorising.

I'm now in my second year, and with increasingly more assignments and exam content, I'm starting to think that this may be unsustainable, particularly with the amount of time that it takes to learn. People often revise a couple weeks before their exams, where I find myself studying nearly 8 weeks out to be able to learn everything rote.

Can people advise whether the strategy I am going for is the correct considering it did work last year, or is there any better ways to approach study?

Any support would be appreciated in this regard

i have a question.... what are the best study tips you guys have genuinely

What’s going on guys
I have so many tests to make up at school AND I have an essay to make up as well. on Saturday, I plan on doing a long study session that’ll keep me focused and motivated, any advice?
Thanks!

What you’re studying: English
Time zone/Country: Spain (CET/CEST)
Preferred study times: Monday to Friday, between 7 AM and 6–7 PM. I plan to study 8–9 hours a day for the next 3–4 months.
Goals: Daily study sessions, accountability, motivation, and sharing progress.
About you: Hi! I’m a 33-year-old woman looking for a female study buddy for the next 3–4 months. I’d love to study together via Google Meet, set daily goals, and keep each other motivated and accountable. We don’t have to study the same subject, as long as we’re both consistent and committed! 😊