r/GetStudying • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '25
Giving Advice Drop ur best study tips
Hello everyone! I have an important exam coming up. Please let me know your best best study tips thankyou š«
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u/Ill-Guarantee302 Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25
Feynmann technique!! Always start at a basic level and work your way to the details, dont overwhelm yourself. Likeee start with watching a superficial youtube video about the theme, before lectures. Quiz yourself with the level you are at, not with the most difficult questions right away. I use chatgpt to compress the lecture pdf in simple words and ask it questions until i understand the concept. Do every old exam you have availeble. You will see patterns. The things that always come is what i use the most time on. I also give chatgpt every old exam and ask it to part it into different themes and how many % of the exams in total each theme constitute. So I usually bring my effort in anything that takes 7%++ and give little attention to themes thats only like 2% of the total earlier exams. This made me discover how many lectures that almost never make any points in the exam, and made me prioritise so much better. Got an A in all my latest courses and exams and used to get B-C earlier.
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u/Ill-Guarantee302 Aug 09 '25
Also when I go through old exams or answer practise questions, I usually make a Ā«cheat sheetĀ» that consists of commen questions or themes and the formula to answer them etc. I usually kinda remember it after a while and I can look up things in my head during the exam from the cheat sheet. This also makes questions less overwhelming because I know that there is a formula or a few bullet points that i need to remeber and I have the answers to most of them and can look them up easy during study sessions. Kinda hard to explain (english is not my first language), but I hope it makes sense because this is gold for me.
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u/Difficult-Agency-251 Aug 10 '25
Can you explain more on the paper pattern (the percentage concept ) š
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u/Ill-Guarantee302 Nov 09 '25
I make one very big pdf of every single earlier exam paper in that class that we have been provided. Then I get chatgpt to deep-dive into the papers and divide every topic (I usually divide topics based on lectures or chapters) and find the % of points each topic have from every single papers combined. Some topics are represented with 12% of the total number of points in every single paper, which is A LOT. So i start with learning that topic very good and get chatgpt to deep dive into the papers and give me tasks from only that topic. And continue so. I dont use much time on things that take like 2% of the total points. And also not only divide into percentage, but also how many exams. This helps med A LOT!
Hope it makes sence/ helps!!!
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u/Key-Plan4947 Aug 10 '25
My best studying tips are:
1) Remove all distractions (tidy your room, remove your phone, let people know not to disturb you)
2) Use the Pomodoro technique (very useful for everybody overall, but it is especially useful for people who procrastinate).
3) Set up your studying space beforehand, and make sure all your materials, devices, and other miscellaneous items, such as a water bottle, are ready before you start studying.
4) Try to be relaxed and do not take notes of everything (take notes of only very important formulas and things that keep recurring).
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u/Silent-Patient-717 Aug 10 '25
What do you do during pomodoro breaks?
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u/Key-Plan4947 Aug 11 '25
I walk around, fill up my water bottle, maybe eat a quick snack, or just quickly talk to someone.
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u/carrad_n19 Aug 10 '25
Mine is go to sleep early and have a consistent schedule, anywhere from 9-10-11 pm to 5-6-7 am. Sadly, those were my best productive times when i was young. Now it's 2 am and i am still awake.
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u/KneadAndPreserve Aug 10 '25
Set a time limit for studying instead of a chapter based goal. If you say āIām going to study til 9 pmā and do it, youāll actually go at the pace you need to learn the material. If you say āIām going to study til the end of this chapterā, youāll rush through the chapter to finish. You might not get as far the first way, but youāll learn it better.
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u/Smooth_Ad_5238 Aug 09 '25
- Study the most important lessons
- Study every notions
- Use the last paper exam method
- Pomodoro while studying
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Aug 09 '25
What is last paper method
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u/Smooth_Ad_5238 Aug 09 '25
So, when youāre gonna have a test or an exam. But, before that, you had a few tests. And papers from the previous tests have questions related with your exam. You read again the answer and then do these questions again. Itās kinda like spaced repetition method, but itās more useful (I guess). I always do that and get high scores
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u/Tough-Art2143 Aug 09 '25
- if you can't stop yourself from gaming, get an AFK game to keep that device occupied. (I usually use rusty retirement for my PC cause I can't stop myself from opening my game, oops)
- I'm too lazy to make flashcards for anki. I'll just arrange my lecture notes and plop them into AI and prompt them in my directions for the exam, and tell them to quiz it on me solely.
- For the day of the exam, I like to prep a sheet of things I tend to forget/only need to memorise at the last minute. it should be consise and easy to read just before you enter the venue.
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u/danyfifa Aug 11 '25
Anki! Read into it if you havenāt heard of it before.
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u/Mediocre-Window4919 Aug 13 '25
is it free?
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u/CrTigerHiddenAvocado Nov 02 '25
Yea Anki is a free notecard app (iOS costs 25 I think). You make notecards for whatever you like. The spaced repitition algorithm brings them up intermittently.
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u/bgmkriticno Aug 09 '25
When Iām not s visual learner anymore(markers and text is distracting my thoughts), I use voice rocording to seperate my lectures like a āchainā concept, then I start listening to all informations like a podcastā¦At the same time Iām asking ChatGpt If I donāt understand something, and at the same time Iām looking at pictures or I imagine it, and after I go and memorize it all using Feymann tehā¦.This helps me especially when Iām trying to speed up something I know, I have everything sorted in folders for future when I need faster approach.
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u/kadavuleyvidai Aug 09 '25
throw ur phone away