I have an bio exam in 8 days. It's over 350 slides of material. My professor only talks vaguely about the content, so I don't have many notes from in class to reference. Anyone have any tips for beginning to study so many slides without wasting time? I was going to take notes for each slide, but I think that would take too much time. It is my first college exam, so I am a bit nervous. I have heard the professor's exams are difficult, and he's is a harsh grader as well

can anybody tell me how can i avoid feeling sleepy while studying i have been facing this for the past 2-3 months and its not even like i dont get enough sleep i usually sleep by 11pm and wake up at 6-7 am still whenever i sit down for a study session the sleep surrounds me and its super annoying, like i know that i am doing wrong by feeling this way and wanting to get to bed but at the same time even if i force myself i just dont study at the efficiency and potential i used to have before

ok so ive been building this for a while and its not finished. it looks a bit rough in places and theres parts thats still half done. but it runs and it does the main thing.

basically you put in your notes and it makes practice questions out of them, and if you paste in a draft it marks it and tells you where the marks are going instead of just a number.

free, no signup, no card, nothing. only works on a laptop right now, phones just get a message telling you to open it on a computer, havent fixed that yet.

im not trying to sell anything im just after honest feedback. if you want to try it dm me and ill send it. tell me whats bad about it, thats the useful part

a bit of background : i am a pharmacy student from egypt , most of the stuff i get tested on is like this :

• drug 57 should not be given to patient with X condition , is uniquely good at X , is given by Z route of administration , is exceted by the kidney and/or the liver in the form of R via an oxidation reaction or whatever .
• microbe 86 transmited via Y , causes X , treated by B and/or T regimens , diagnosed in lab via C or J method .
• chemical Z found in plant 135 or is extracted/synthesized by C , causes V beneficial effect and U harmful effect .
• this delivery method/dosage form is better for S patient or P condition for E reason etc..
• syndrome/disease 89 has risk factors X/Y/Z/F , is different from normal function/state by K/T/Y and diagnosed by I//L/H , treated by M/D/V regimens .

extra background : how do we usually get tested :

1. 10 marks for attendance
2. 10 maks for midterms ( tests how much we can recall by either MCQ , complete , write short notes )
3. 5-15 mark assignment or research
4. 25 marks for practical exams ( half of them aint even that "practical i.e 50 % of them are just written exam like the midterms )
5. 50 marks , BIG written exam at the end ( LOTS of MCQ , true or false , sometimes "write short notes"
6. 15 mark oral exam ( the prof interrogates us )

HOW DO I ACTUALLY STUDY :

1. compatmentalise lecture notes
2. read a part
3. try to understand the stuff . recognise the gaps or bottlenecks and ask questions about them like : how to distinguish between X and Y ? how does Z connect with Y or the broader/bigger picture ? why should i know this seemingly unimportant fact/concept ? what is the clinical importance of this ? why do i feel like some context is missing here ? etc ...
4. upload pictures of the page i am in and ask AI to answer questions in step 2 to acheive sufficiently in-depth understanding .
5. highlight/underscore the key words of the stuff i am studying .
6. close book/page
7. recite the keywords pen and paper style
8. check the book/page to see what i missed , avert eyes and recite the missing parts and highlight them for future reviews .
9. move on to the next part

when/how do i review : after 24 hours of studying , then after 5 days then after 2 weeks etc...

i try to recall the big picture stuff/headliners first . after that i cover the details with my hand and then tryna recall them as well then check for missing parts then highlight and test myself on these parts .

what i wanna know :

• is the way i study too slow or time consuming ? is it too excessive ? too many steps ?
• should i just read and lightly test myself to cover as much material as possible or try to understand as deeply as possible and test myself until i got it well enough ? should i focus more on speed and coverage or double down on prioritising mastery and perfection ?
• am i too old-fashioned for using pen and paper ? should i take notes digitally ?
• should i not use ai at all or am i underusing it ?
• am i reviewing stuff too many times ? is studying the stuff once then studying it again before exams enough ?

можете поделиться своими советами по учёбе и не только

My professors uploaded all the lecture slides and the pdf for the textbooks. I am really lost on how to study, because what I am supposed to do with the two e books.

Hello guys! Currently preparing for the Nov 2026 ChELE! Any tips naman jan sa mga previous ChELE passers, like anything and everything I need to know. Study hacks that worked for you. Like any insights guys huhu. Ano ano yung mga links na pede aralin, like indiabix ganon. Anong mga references pa pedeng ibrowse. How was the previous exams, like mahirap ba? Ano ano yung mga parating napapasama? Ilang items, anong percentage yung computation and concepts? Like LAHATTT! I really need help. Mag-isa lang kase akong nagrereview, and usually the most effective way for me pag nagrereview is through group study. But, magisa lang talaga ako ngayon huhu kaya nakakabaliw.

Ever since I was a kid I’ve struggled with studying and reading through books, I’ve been on the highest dose of meds for adhd since I was in 3rd grade. I now have anxiety, depression, and ADHD and they want to test me for dyslexia. I’m trying to get accommodations from the university to help me out.

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 feel off. I feel like I'm behind.

I always feel like the people around me are way smarter than me, and I have finally figured out why.

I thought I just had math anxiety or impostor syndrome, but I am genuinely behind my peers.

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 this book is hurting my feelings.

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’m a university student and over the past year I’ve been building a study website called Sylly.ai.

I originally started building it because I was terrible at staying ahead of school. I’d forget deadlines, leave studying way too late, and then basically try to learn half a course a few days before the exam.

The idea eventually became an all-in-one platform that can take your syllabi and organize your semester, turn lectures into notes, make flashcards/practice tests from your actual course material, track your grades, build study plans, etc.

But one thing I’ve always hated about study apps is that they can make a million claims about “helping you get better grades” without really having anything behind that claim.

So for this semester we decided to put our money behind it.

We’re doing a challenge for the first 500 students called the Semester Lock-In. The basic idea is that Sylly tracks whether you’re actually using it consistently throughout the semester and completing the study requirements.

If you hit the usage requirements and your grades improve: you get $67 in Sylly credit toward next semester.

If you hit the requirements and your grades don’t improve: you get a full refund.

If you try it and just don’t like it within the first 7 days: full refund, no questions asked.

And for freshmen who don’t have previous university grades to compare against: if you hit the usage requirements and still don’t pass all of your classes, you get a full refund.

YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE

I’m obviously biased because I built it, but we’re genuinely confident that if someone actually uses Sylly consistently throughout the semester, it can make a meaningful difference. That’s why we wanted the risk to be on us instead of the student.

The usage requirements also aren’t just “open the app X times.” They’re supposed to represent the behaviours we actually think help: getting your semester organized, keeping up with your study plan, preparing before major evaluations, actually studying from your course material, etc.

I’m curious what other students think about this kind of guarantee. Would something like this actually make you more willing to commit to using a study tool for a semester? And is there anything about the structure that you’d change?

I am currently taking patho and pharm in my ABSN program and am tasked with taking notes on hundreds of pages from the text book. I am looking for what website might be best to do this for me so I can get right to studying rather than spending all my time to take notes. I have tried using chat gpt but I feel like it misses important points/ oversimplifies some concepts so I wouldn't be as prepared for exams. Does anyone have any recs? Something reliable which would essentially make the same notes I could make myself but just faster?

because I feel a lot of pressure when I see ALOT of my friends studying long hours and I personally only study 3-4 hr max per day. so now my eoy is coming and it's my most important exam this year, but I still don't have to motivation to start yet but I still make sure I do something every day, for example memorising 2 paragraphs for a question daily or doing one prac paper, I also finished most of my notes already but i still feel much pressure as i haven't been studying as much as my friends, grades wise, i have consistent a for math,history and science but my other 4 subjects, English Chinese, geography and literature is up and down ,sometimes b sometimes a and a few c ... as for my friends who study long hours , there are some I tied with, some I did better than and some who did better than me in certain subjects, and I want to know if studying long hours really works and if i shld study long hours too and if so how to break it down to smaller bite sizes?

please comment if interested :D and only 14-16 age range allowed! so we all can communicate together and help each other in studies🍀let's grow together!!

Hello! To any other criminology students- is there a way you found helpful memorize and practice your material? Or any recourses that are helpful to you? I take notes, flash cards and I reread my notes but I feel like I could be doing more. Thanks!

How are we getting through reading textbooks that are SO dry? I really want to fully comprehend what I’m reading, but my brain just shuts off.

( 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.

That’s what Truffle Journal does. Connect it to ChatGPT once, then save the answers you want to keep—with readable headings, editable tables, and checklists. I’m the developer.

With Truffle, you can:

• Save ChatGPT answers as clean Markdown notes in Truffle, with headings, bold text, lists, and sections that are easy to read and edit on your iPhone.
• Set a reminder time on any note or checklist in Truffle, and get an iPhone notification when it’s time.
• Create and edit properly rendered Markdown tables in Truffle, so structured information stays clean and easy to work with.
• Write or edit notes directly in Truffle, then ask ChatGPT to read or update them later, so your own notes can become part of a future ChatGPT conversation.

Why?
Useful ChatGPT answers can easily get buried in chat history. Screenshots save too much, and copy-pasting whole answers into Notes can quickly turn into clutter. Truffle keeps the parts that matter as real notes you can edit, organize, and ask ChatGPT to read again later.

Connecting Truffle to ChatGPT is quick too.
There’s a guided 3-step tutorial inside the app. Setup takes about 2 minutes, you only need to do it once, and then you’re ready to go.

Complete the tutorial and you’ll automatically receive 1 month of Plus for free.

The attached video shows me completing the tutorial, receiving the FREE month, saving this post into Truffle, editing tables, set notifications, and taking a quick look around the app.

Truffle Journal is now officially on the App Store. (after spending 6 months testing it with our TestFlight users and improving the app based on beta users' feedbacks)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/truffle-journal/id6758567685
ChatGPT app: https://chatgpt.com/apps/truffle-journal/asdk_app_699eb35b0f808191b597c5171627de5d

Regular flashcards work well for active recall, but repeating the same flip-and-review routine can become boring. I’ve found that changing how the questions are presented makes longer study sessions easier to continue.

A useful flashcard routine is:

1. Keep each card focused on one idea.
2. Write questions that require recall, not simple recognition.
3. Mix difficult and familiar cards.
4. Practice in short sessions.
5. Review incorrect answers more frequently.
6. Use different formats to keep the material engaging.

We recently added Study Games to Simplyr. Students can use their own synced flashcard decks in Campus Crossing, a fishing quiz, and a term-and-answer memory game. There’s also a number-merging game for a quick brain break.

Simplyr is a college planner and student productivity workspace for courses, assignments, exams, grades, notes, flashcards, and study planning.

Try it here: https://simplyr.app/

Would gamified flashcards help you study more consistently, or do you prefer a traditional review mode?

Welcome to today's quiet campus desk. ️

What are you working on or studying for during this session? Leave your goals for today in the comments—let's hit play, stay accountable, and cross them off together.

Tip: Keep the volume at a comfortable level and stay hydrated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3SzJFyLD4g

Free tool link: https://solvekit.ai.studio/gpa-calculator

Every semester, converting syllabus grading scales, weighted credit percentages, and GPA to standard 4.0 scales can get confusing with all the different grading curves.

I built a quick, lightweight student calculator suite as part of SolveKit:

• Convert GPA ➔ Percentage and Percentage ➔ 4.0 Scale

• Weighted Course Grade calculator (find out what you need on the final exam to keep your target grade)

• Fast, client-side, and distraction-free

• No accounts, passwords, or emails required

Check it out here: https://solvekit.ai.studio/gpa-calculator

(Or see all 17 free utility tools at https://solvekit.ai.studio)

Hope this helps anyone stressing over their syllabus breakdowns this term!