Started classes last Thursday and this year I really don't want to let things pile up and only intensively study the two weels prior to the exam. The thing is, I actually dont know how to study if not stressed. What am I supposed to do? I go to classes, take notes, etc. But studying them isn't just rereading them the following day or later at night.. right? So what are your tips and tricks and how do you actually effectively study to stay up to date with the material and not be stress-studying right before exams? Thanks!

Edit : thanks for all the advice, can’t reply to everyone individually but writing down a few I will be trying. Also, just clarifying but what I meant is that im still early in the year and want to stay on top of all the materials to not end up like all my previous years (studying only the two weeks before the exam).

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Whenever I have to memorize something or study for an exam, I feel this intense irrational fear and resistance. It does not matter if it is for university or something I want to learn privately.
It honestly feels like my hands are tied. Part of me wants to start, but my whole body seems to fight it and pushes me toward doing literally anything else.
At this point I am pretty sure it is anxiety blocking me, not laziness.
What actually helps with this?

Goodluck everyone! What are your goals for this term? And how will you plan to achieve them?

People always say the best way to study and to remember what you're learning is by understanding. This way, you'll still know every single detail in the long term. But how can I actually do that? I heard about spaced repetition, but doing that alongside having to study new things every single day doesn't sound very feasible to me. How do you do this?

tasks completed:
1. bio (notes+questions- almost 100 of them)
2. mock test (finally started scoring above the 40% mark)

thoughts:
i did not have the will to start until 11pm. rn it's 5 in the morning and i'm not sleep-deprived yet. (and yes, i took 1 hour breaks for some weird reason). i legit need to finish human physiology by tomorrow if not i'm cooked.
also lets see if i can score above the 70% mark before the weekend

All my life I've been labelled as a gifted student, but never have I ever gave it much importance. Even though I used to start studying only a few days from the exam, I still used to work pretty hard and utilise that time to the maximum and because I feel like I was rewarded with a pretty good memory of the things I studied. I used to retain and remember almost everything that I studied.

But right now I feel like I have lost that ability. Even though I have started studying for the exam a lot earlier than before, I find it very hard to remember even the things I had studied 2 hours ago. While all my peers are studying the same things with 50% less effort while I am having to revise the same things again and again just to remember even the simplest of things.

Since studying used to be so natural before I have no idea what to do anymore. If it is due to any bad habits or anything that I can do then I am willing to do it. Any advice and help is greatly appreciated.

I've made a post about this before, but now I only have until December to ace my exams. (just for context; I will not fail any subject, but I will get some bad grades like Bs or Cs) I've already finished studying English, Sinhala(it's a language) Business-study(yes we are required to study that crap), I.C.T(I.T), E-Literature and half of the whole history book.

but I still have to study Budhism(yes, again, we are required to learn this), the other half of my history book, science(all three chemistry, physics and biology) and some of maths.

I am proud of how far I've come from when I started 04 months ago,(I barely knew anything I do now). But I am still terrified, I started studying way way way later than almost every other student due to my mental illnesses(anxiety, depression, dyslexia; mainly due to my acne and my past of being bullied).

I just need someone to give me some pro-tips to study efficiently as I have almost no time left, if you can, please, give me some methods to study the subject I've mentioned(science is my primary goal since I always get C+).

I know that this may have taken quite the motivation to read, but since you've made it this far, please.. help

I am a tenth grade ICSE student. I had always been really good at studies at, was labelled "TOPPER" all my life. But now that I'm in tenth grade I am having a really bad academic downfall. Yk my teachers, parents, relatives all have really high expectations from me but I'm afraid I won't live up to those expectations. I feel disappointed in myself. All score bad all their life and become smart and toppers during tenth grade but the opposite is happening to me. It's not like I don't understand concepts i do but I just do not what happens to me during exams I always mess it up. Please suggest how to overcome this.

So ive had an ipad for almost 7 years now and using it in clg was easy i did all my clg on it. However im preparing for a national level entrace exam which mostly involves maths and reasoning subjects along with some english and cureent Affairs. Im struggling to use my ipad for it. Ive noticed that when i take notes i completely forget they even exist unless i force myself to scroll back and revisit them. I dont naturally revisit them. I also dont retain anything i write in my ipad. Idk why.

I recently started using pen and paper after a long time and it seems to work better. I can remember stuff. But i have to carry around so many notebooks and pens and what not.

I miss using my ipad and how convenient it was. Any suggestion on how can i use it ? Or should i stick to paper???

Does anyone know of one that's secure, well-trusted, and aesthetically fine?

Finally completed my 21 days study challenge … thanks genu fobia guy I can’t find you but you really helped me to be consistent… I am gonna continue studying further for next 90 days as I have a exam to compete. If anyone watching I believe you can absolutely study for 8+ hours without any burn out (also even if you did any fuck ups before that )provided you take break, motivation doesn’t exist only action exist so whenever you don’t want to do …do it scared but just do it. Wish you all the best people

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I'm two years into a 3-year biomedical engineering bachelor's degree (about to start my 3rd year), but I have a backlog of 8 exams. At this point, it will take me extra time to finish them all, and I really don't want to graduate too late.

I think the root cause of this situation is a complete lack of discipline. I always find myself struggling a few days before an exam, ruining every plan I make. This makes it impossible to study effectively and actually retain knowledge for the long term. The outcomes are usually either failing the exam or passing by pure luck with a low score.

The main problem is that I can't follow a schedule. If I give myself a month to prepare, I’ll study for the first few days and then completely forget about the plan. I start slowing down until I do nothing, only to find myself with a mountain of topics to cover 5 days before the test. Every single time.

Maybe it's because I don't feel the pressure when I have plenty of time or when a deadline is self-imposed. But another huge factor is my schedule: I am also an athlete, so I have training sessions in the evening. This leaves me with a strict 4-hour window to study between classes and practice. Focusing during those 4 hours is incredibly hard for me. I sit down to study but end up doomscrolling for two hours or procrastinating.

This approach makes me feel like I’ve wasted these past two years because I'm not learning much. Now, I'm starting to feel the heavy pressure of the accumulated backlog. I was a great student in high school, but being so inconsistent is slowly destroying my study skills and making my old methods useless.

It's going to get insanely harder this year if I don't rewire my brain to set a routine and actually stick to it every day. I need some real, actionable advice here.

I’m creating a study group that allows for a little competition but does help w accountability! You must study for at least 3 hrs/day or 14hrs per week or you will be kicked!! Join if interested!!

https://link.yeolpumta.com/P3R5cGU9Z3JvdXBJbnZpdGUmaWQ9NzQwOTkwNw==

I can't focus. I've been watching the same 20 minute study video for an hour. Anything she says, no matter how small puts me off. It's not even that bad, just her saying 5 words puts me in a pissed mood sometimes for a whole day. Its just been unproductive studying and heartache for the last 2 hours. Big exams are in a few weeks. I have to study 6 for different subjects that I suck ass at. Figured that I may as well get it out of my system.

Aimed for 8hrs, Hit 8hrs. I lost about 0 hours in transition gaps—scrolling, making coffee, staring at the wall. The Mission (What I HAD to cover today):

1. Current Affairs --  Skipped
2. PDF Revision -- Done
3. Math Practice --  Skipped
4. Reasoning Revision --  Skipped
5. Study a New Topic + its Practice Sets -- Done
6. One Full Mock Test -- Done

I will improve myself 1% everyday.

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Am in 11th, changed schools and cities so joined my new school in August, quiet late. Somehow scored decent in unit tests but I have mid terms in 3 weeks. Literally haven't studied anything, procrastination has got me really freaking hard this time. The thing is that even after so long, I still don't want to study anything, even going to school is a big headache these days. At this point, I'm pretty sure I'm not scoring that much cause the syllabus is way too much 🥀

In 2.5 months I have exams, then again in 4 months, then the final and most important exams in ~8 months.

If you had to get 90% on all of these exams, how would you do it?

That's moving past the fact that this might be an impossible feat, unless I only eat sleep and study for the next 2 ish months.

First time posting on this sub, i'd appreciate any responses and my bad if i did something wrong lol

I am very new to the university life, and the academic world. First week of university i was unable to understand how i was supposed to learn everything, so i sat down and tried to memorize and understand 50 articles in one weekd. What happened was that i learned it, but my knowledge about that subject was around 60%. When i had multiple choice exam i had 6 of 20 wrong.

I have a new subject now, and exam and a assignment in 11 days. I want to have all the 20 questions right. How many new topics should i aim for to learn everyday, so that the information sticks, and i dont get overwhelmed and freeze everytime i sit down to study?

Like for now, there is maybe 12 concepts that is important to learn, cuz those will come on the exam. And i also need to read 2 chapters. And actually understand them. Now my subject is about Ethics, and this is important to know everything about before i write my assignment, those two are correlated. The assignment is on 2000 words, and due date is the 17. september.

I need advice, as i haven’t started the assignment, and i feel im doing to little if i aim to learn 4-5 new concepts. How should my study days look like?

I thought I just had math anxiety or impostor syndrome, but I am genuinely behind my peers. I have an undergraduate degree in math, am beginning a graduate degree in math next semester, and have presented at multiple math conferences. I am part of multiple math meetups, and so on and so forth..but I always felt off.

I always felt like the people around me were way smarter than me, and I finally figured out why.

I decided to prepare for my next semester of grad school by reviewing math topics I learned as an undergraduate, but it was so difficult that I ended up decreasing the difficulty of the topic being studied until I reached high school level math. I am studying from an Art of Problem Solving book right now and it's kicking my butt.

I'm scared that I even got this far while being so bad at math. I think it's possible because my problem solving skills are poor but I have an above average memory, which can compensate sometimes.

Is it possible for me to catch up before the semester starts? I have 16 weeks (including this one) and plan to read 13 books, but this AoPS book is taking me so long to get through...

What would be the best way to spend this time preparing for the next semester, knowing how behind I am?

Here's my current study routine:

6 math pomodoros per day

2 formal logic pomodoros per day

I've only done this for two days, but I feel like I'm progressing too slowly.

I've been thinking about this a lot with Spanish.

I started learning it because I actually wanted to use it when traveling and talking to people, not just get better at exercises or memorize grammar rules.

The weird part is that studying and actually using what you learned can feel like two completely different things. I can understand a decent amount when reading or listening, but speaking in real time is still much harder.

Lately I've been trying to study a little differently. Less obsessing over every grammar mistake, more learning phrases in context, listening without pausing constantly, and actually forcing myself to speak even when it’s not perfect.

I'm still trying to figure out the right balance between "studying" and actually practicing the skill itself.

For people learning languages, coding, or anything else you eventually want to use outside of studying, how much of your time goes into learning vs actually doing it?

( I hope this will not get removed or rejected, please forgive me if I used a wrong flair, I am posting here for the 1st time)
I started my 2nd Year of EE today after screwing my 1st year ( I barely passed) though I do have passion and I am intelligent and dedicated enough to do what I want but but but

I really don't know what resource to use
My professors don't really provide slides or notes or lectures too that are good enough to be used as a standalone source.
But my real problem or maybe a dumb thought that has kept me locked out of my potential are these:
1. I think reading one textbook is too much limiting for the courses that use a textbook.
2. I tried to use ai and youtube + websearch but that's not enough too but it lead to more harm and waste of time tbvh , I have tried this in my summer internship :)

1. I think I am addicted to ai now, after 4 years of regular I am addicted for both personal and professional life (ps. I wrote this without ai)

I was thinking to use one textbook as primary resource and keep some more textbooks to refer whenever I have a question that my primary textbook can't answer, this is time consuming and a little complex at but ik it will definitely work.

Also I am confused about notes, I do have tools to take both physical and digital notes but I really don't know how to make notes and more importantly time management while making notes.
I do like the feel of paper while writing but digital feels more easy to drag and drop screenshots , problems and diagrams etc.