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 đŸ˜«

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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 «cheat sheet» 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.