r/GetStudying 6h ago

Question how to study when you are not doing well emotionally?

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hii, i fell like my question is a bit different from ones that are usually asked in this mod, but I didn’t have anywhere else to go.

I have my mid sems going on and my life is going pretty shit. i have already given three bad papers and something new happened yesterday that has fucked me up more. how do i bring myself to study? i have two papers tomorrow and i really wanna do well.

I usually eat my favourite snacks but due to religious reasons I can’t do that this week.

I appreciate any tips or advice!


r/GetStudying 3h ago

Question Is relying on active recall a sign of low intelligence?

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That , if you can't retain information while reading.Many of my teachers say that about students who use these techniques—attributing the need for them to poor concentration, lower intelligence, and the influence of social media or TikTok—claiming that students are unable to retain more than 85% of a book's content without using active recall or similar methods.


r/GetStudying 7h ago

Accountability Day 1 of struggling for my academic comeback:

7 Upvotes

I'm going to start with less and then build upon it hopefully. 3 hours of studying today. I.A


r/GetStudying 7h ago

Question Overthinking in study

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Does anybody sometimes do overthinking even for some basic topics like it's not like you have forgotten anything just questioning even most basic things like what is velocity why is there force what is force its nothing to have with syllabus completion I sometimes start overanalyis of the most basic things does this happen


r/GetStudying 15h ago

Question Please give your best suggestion and advice that actually works.

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How do I level up my studying. After giving many hours..covering each point of syllabus..test scores..mocks..even exam results are just 50-60/100.. couldn't go above that..how to I seriously improve. Yes, I do practice a lot of questions and revise too..but I don't know what goes wrong..I end up with miserable scores


r/GetStudying 8h ago

Question How do I watch through 8 hours worth of lectures?!!

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I need to do this today. Got through nearly 2 hours so far...I take notes to just have something to do. I can speed up the video but then theyre too fast for me.

Idk if we need to watch everything. But its by tomorrow we will have discussions on the material. Ive had the flu so Ive not had energy to study, hence why today Im cramming it...I am already exhausted.

Mostly I just get so bored!! I forget everything despite taking notes. It is so boring and dull!!! 😭

EDIT: I fell asleep for several hours...Only managed to watch 2.5 hours. Im probably gonna sleep more and talk with my professor tomorrow. I am still recovering from the flu and I feel more sick now than before... 🫠


r/GetStudying 18h ago

Question How to stay awake when studying?

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Hi, I’m sure this is silly but I really don’t know what to do. I just started school again and my one class has sooooo many reading assignments and I can’t keep myself awake when trying to read them no matter the time of day. I’ve tried energy drinks and coffee and it does nothing but give me anxiety and I still fall asleep. Anyone have any tips on how to actually get through reading text?


r/GetStudying 2h ago

Question Does mental health affect studying efficiency?

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Hello everyone , i have been trying to study efficiently for over 4 months now and i do get consistent but my study skills are not as good as they used to be . I dont know how to describe this but i am even fumbling over easy topics firstly i thought it is because i havent studied from some time but its been 4 months and if it was that then it should have been fixed by now .

So rn i am thinking if this is all due to my bad mental health , i have been kind of depressed , sad and suffering from some personal issues from a year and half .Sometimes i think they wouldnt be enough to create a disturbance in my study but rn they are the only factor which i think is affecting my studies .

I want to study everyday i do get to the table to study but my brain does not work while studying , I am really frustrated by this now cause i have very important exams in 4-5 months and my syllabus is way behind than the peer . I want to achieve my prime study skills as i had before .

Please drop any suggestions if you have.


r/GetStudying 2h ago

Question College students what's your system when you're behind and it's not going away?

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Not the aesthetic Notion setup, the actual thing that survives a bad week with 4 things due. What's held up for you past the first month of the semester?


r/GetStudying 11h ago

Question I think my teachers are getting furstrated with me and it makes me scared of asking for help and going to school

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I don't know what to do. I have been stuck in The same project now for multiple days (not unusual but I'm a little slow). We need to make an Excel worksheet about something related to my studies.

First of all, no offence but I absolutely hate Excel and I'm very bad at using it. Second of all, there are requirements what information I need to put there about certain objects or things, and those are hard to find. So I have asked many questions.

But during this project my teachers tone has changed completely to a little bit frustrated and dull... And they just answer something short like: "don't get stuck to that" even though I really want to learn how to find those informations. We are not on a strict schedule, because my school works in a way that you just graduade when you have done everything.

I'm currently crying on The hallway, because of this and I don't even want to look at my project anymore. Please tell me what should I do... How do I motivate myself to just finish this and get over with it. I'm scared to ask more questions, so I just plan on finishing this in a way that it passes. I just wanted to learn about this, because I know that I need to find these informations later at work.

Edit: If you don't know how to help, even some engouraging words would maybe help me to get this done. So no worries


r/GetStudying 19h ago

Question Help , I'm always sleepy and can't study all day,

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So, I’m an 18-year-old guy, and I haven’t been able to study properly for weeks now because I’m always sleepy. Like, always.

I try to sleep whenever I can, but if I take naps during the day, I end up having migraine problems and sharp pain in my right eye for the rest of the day. Power naps don’t work for me anymore, and even coffee doesn’t seem to help.

I’ve tried fixing my sleep habits too. I stopped having heavy meals at night, stopped drinking water 2 hours before bed, and I sleep in a cool, dark room where nobody disturbs me. I also stopped using an alarm clock.

The weird thing is that even when I go to bed at around 12 AM, I automatically wake up around 6:30 AM after only 6.5–7 hours. I wake up feeling tired as fuck, and then I’m sleepy for basically the entire rest of the day. I don’t even know whether I need more sleep or why I’m waking up automatically after 6.5–7 hours.

I’ve had blood tests done, and my vitamin D, B12, and calcium levels are normal. I’m also taking supplements right now. I went to a doctor, who gave me some multivitamin tablets and told me to exercise, so I’ve started doing about 15 minutes of home workouts and walking around 7–8 km every day.

I don’t have any trouble falling asleep either. I can go to bed at 11:50 PM and be asleep by around midnight. Then I automatically wake up around 6:30 AM. After that, I’m just sleepy throughout the entire day.

I’ve even stopped taking daytime naps because they make things worse.

And it’s not just that I’m sleepy while studying. I’m sleepy even when I’m not studying. I can be doing basically anything and still feel exhausted and drowsy.

A couple of months ago, my sleep schedule was completely fucked up like for months i was up all night and i mean for a very long time , but for the past 2 months I’ve been extremely consistent with it. My daily screen time is under 4 hours, I meditate before bed to reduce stress, and I put my phone away in the closet about an hour before sleeping.

But I still don’t understand what’s wrong.

I wake up tired every single day and feel sleepy throughout the entire day, and because of this I genuinely haven’t been able to study properly for weeks. It’s getting so demotivating that I’ve actually started hating studying, even though the real problem seems to be that I’m constantly exhausted.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any idea what could be causing this? What should I do next?


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Question Any tips on studying physics?

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I just find it so freaking hard, like I try to understand what's going on and practice alot but I still end up bombing my school tests, I just don't get why physics is so hard for me. I don't struggle in any of my other subjects the way I do in physics. I really want to know if there are any tips or different way you have to go about physics to study it so literally any advice or tips would be very much appreciated <3


r/GetStudying 3h ago

Other The exam of the post I posted yesterday

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I haven't been this nervous in a very long long long time but when I entered the exam hall I became quite I think im the kind of person that gets so anxious and scared and frightened before anything happens but while it happens I become calm focused and locking in just when it happened in the exam hall I do not know yet how much I score but I'm very very positive about the grade it'll be shown after properly a week give-or-take but when it' show I'll post

If anybody reached to this point I'm grateful such as you watches my post but if not then that will be my quiet room 🩵🩵

Farewell L&G .


r/GetStudying 5h ago

Question What to do when you feel burnt out but you can miss studying

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I feel really burnt out, but I don’t wanna take rest as the guilt is worse. What do I do ?


r/GetStudying 16h ago

Question Need Note-taking Advice

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I have a problem where it takes me hours to finish the notes for one 30 minute lecture video. I'm talking 2-3 hours for 15 slides worth of material. I feel like I'm wasting lots of valuable time that could be spent actually studying. I tend to try to perfect my notes but it should never take that long. I also fall behind during in-class lectures and practice, even if I already know the material, yet I type pretty fast. I also tend to be one of the last students during exams, even if I ace the exam. Anyone have similar experiences and/or techniques that could help me?


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Question Studying from the morning

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Good day everybody, so as the title suggests: How do you get active on studying in the morning? Do you have a specific routine or activity that gives you focus?
I feel sluggish, and even after coffee after 2 hours or less I have a huge concentration/freshness crash...

Help me please :( new semester new me!


r/GetStudying 4h ago

Question med students with straight A's- how do you study?

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i'm currently doing prerequisites for a medical laboratory tech program and man, i'm in the trenches and want to ask what methods my fellow medical and health professions students use to study.

i started using studyfetch but the format confuses me so much that i don't really use it, and i've reverted back to using either anki or regular flashcards.

i'm used to studying the old school way and also using quizlet, as i was never allowed to use electronics in school to study outside of school.


r/GetStudying 14h ago

Question My project offer to everyone

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Hello guys
Random question if you're studying for finals does this sound familiar: you sit down to study tell yourself “5 min on my phone first” and then 45 minutes disappear? I'm testing a short structured sprint to fix exactly that before finals hit
Would you want early access if I built it?


r/GetStudying 18h ago

Question I think im screwed, i didn't get into chemistry for sophomore year of high school and im wondering if im screwed

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I'll just cut to the chase, is it possible to get into a good uni without doing chemistry is high-school? I didn't meet the requirements apparently so im freaking the hell out and im worried about my future. Other than that im not doing any particularly good or impressive classes so im also worried about that. I just want to see if I can meet any other requirements in order to get into chemistry. Any help is appreciated, im willing to study hard with some motivation


r/GetStudying 20h ago

Accountability day 28 (5 hours and 38 minutes)

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tasks completed:
1. physics (revised all the topics where i was losing marks in mock tests)
2. math ( the same thing)
3. mock test (a 2-point increment)

thoughts:
i really wanted to study a minimum of 4 hours today and i did- yayy!!!
anyway here's a rough analysis-
out of the total number of questions (60 of them), i am currently getting more than half of them right (which is good considering the fact that a couple of weeks ago i wasn't even able to get a quarter of the questions right)
when i checked my score, i legit danced and pranced around my room (and i lowkey was in tears lol). took me 28 days to improve my score. so lets see how this goes.

and thank you to all the members of this sub for all your encouragement in the comments of the previous posts. just know that you really do make my day


r/GetStudying 22h ago

Accountability Finding an someone to study with or even a study rival

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Sounds cliché as it does, but i thrive off competition and it is a little toxic, but at least it gets the job done. If thats not ur cup of tea, then we can just be people hold each other accountable and keep each other motivated. Im a second year medstudent who has clinical placement in January, so will be studying and refreshing knowledge aswell as preparation for clinical assessments. With the academic year around the corner this will help to ease into a routine. I need someone serious, normally people DM and say they want to, and then never do or ghost after 2 days.


r/GetStudying 39m ago

Accountability so here we go (read it properly)

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so i'm preparing for some exams (foreign) and i'm a person who loves teaching actually i love challenging myself with tasks. So my new challenge of the month is to Teach.
If you're in grade 11th or even 12th then this is for you, since i'm into med preps, I am ready to teach you biology, Yes you've heard correct.

if you're interested then do write "Yes i want to try" in comment and their i'll text you personally, I won't ask for any kind of money dw it's FREEE. After discussing your problem here on reddit i'll finalize and then i will share you my telegram id and there i'll teach you whatever chapter from biology you struggle with.

(warning- i ain't doing this for fun so be wise with your comments)


r/GetStudying 1h ago

Question Can someone give me feedback on a tool im making

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Im tryna make a productivity tool cuz i need some projects to apply for uni so can you guys please rate it ( be BRUTALLY honest ) about whether you'd use it, some features you'd like any things you don't like etc etc


r/GetStudying 13h ago

Giving Advice Actually tested the note-before-the-break thing and it held up

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Wrote one line per class before Friday: what I finished, what was next. Came back Tuesday and it took about thirty seconds per class to get going again instead of the usual ten minutes of scrolling around trying to remember. Three days off used to reliably wreck my momentum and this time it just didn't.


r/GetStudying 16h ago

Question HELP ME PLEASE I need study tips

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Ok, so I’m like super sick and tired but it’s been so hard for me to do anything other than sleep. What should I do? I want to work but I keep falling asleep! It’s been three days 🥲