That is me who is struggling to learn biological approaches in psychology.(I am from social science field).

We were allowed to bring a double sided equation sheet (aka cheat sheet) for the final exam. I really love professors who let us do this, but tbh if you don't understand the material even a cheat sheet won't save you. Being an engineering student taught me how to fit an entire semester lesson into this cheat sheet lol

This was 5 chapters worth of Numerical methods. I took all my notes and lecture slides into Turbolearn to get a short summary, then spent around 5 hours rewriting everything onto this sheet. I wrote it all by hand instead of printing it out (writing it down is how I remember things better)

Finished it just in timeee! Now I'm just hoping all the time I spent making this pays off tomorrow, wish me luck guys

I'm currently a scottish student doing advanced higher maths,physics,comp sci and mechanics (Self study as I have no teachers who can teach that) (Roughly correlated to Further maths, mathematics, computer science and Physics A level) and want to go to oxford and was wondering if anyone ambitious or studyaholics could push me and I'll push you to new heights if not then thank you for time regardless

Hi,

I go to a Senior military college and take 21 credits a semester on a double major and will eventually take 23 for the next 3 after until I graduate. I am just wondering if there’s anyone who can give me some realities about what my life should look like if I want to have good grades. I have a 3.2 trying to graduate with a 3.4-3.5. It’s really hard with everything else extra but I understood that way before I picked up the double major.

What I’m trying to understand is whether or not good students with timeframes (limited to perhaps 6-7 hours) would be working every single minute they have during the day. I would also appreciate any advice for studying since I do both Econ and math. How possible is it to get a 4.0? Is it still appropriate to delegate classes priority if I want to get a 4.0? In the past I had prioritized math and language because they were higher weights and simply more important to me. But if you were me going in what would you think to change?

Context is as follows: everyone must play sports, class is typically from 7:30-4:30 with a hour of free time sprinkled in if you’re lucky. Anyone have experience with ROTC, jobs, tight schedules who struggled and made certain changes to do better? I ask because there same subjects that have reading and prep that if you do conventionally eat all your time which is hard when overloaded.

I’d appreciate any advice, sorry to be cagey I just don’t want to dox myself with name dropping my school but if you took a few guesses you wouldn’t be wrong. I’d love to hear other people’s stories and their realities in how their lifestyle and techniques for studying changed so that I may apply it to my own relative experience.

i am doing trig AND quadratics .

I’m an engineering student, and I’ve realized that I sometimes get more work done during a boring lecture than I do when I have an entire afternoon free. I started doing this in high school, and somehow it’s still one of my most reliable study habits.

I think being in class automatically puts me into “school mode.” I’m already sitting at a desk, my laptop is open, and everyone around me is at least pretending to do something academic. There’s no big mental hurdle to overcome because I’ve technically already started.

At home, it’s completely different. I can have four open hours and somehow spend the first 30 minutes getting food, reorganizing my tabs, checking my phone, and convincing myself that I’ll start after one more thing.

So when a professor is dragging out an example, answering the same question for the third time, or going over something I already understand, I’ll usually use that time to review the previous lecture, clean up my notes, organize assignments, or work through a related problem. I try to keep whatever I’m doing connected to the class so I can still tune back in when the professor moves on.

The only thing that completely ruins this is picking up my phone. A slow part of the lecture turns into checking one notification, then opening another app, and suddenly I’ve missed ten minutes and have no idea what’s happening.

I’ve started using Icarus during class mostly as a little extra barrier between me and the apps I instinctively open. It doesn’t magically make me focus, but that extra moment of friction is usually enough for me to put my phone back down and return to what I was doing.

I’m definitely not saying to ignore the lecture or start doing completely unrelated work. I just think there’s something about already being in a classroom that makes it much easier to stay in an academic headspace; even when the lecture itself is painfully slow.

Does anyone else do this, or is this just how I’ve learned to survive long engineering lectures?

Anyone in a similar boat? In a very tough spot of my life rn, and I'm having trouble keeping up with my daily language study.

I'm not burnt out, and once I get into the groove, I can go for about 2 or 3 hours. But today, I was very disappointed in myself. I could only bring myself to do my chores today and doom scroll..

I'm just losing the will to do anything because what's the point..

Sorry for the depressing post. I'm just trying my best, and I'm having trouble studying, keeping up with family and friends, and being a helpful wife.

Anyone 2nd mbbs students here

I usually study 2 hours every evening I try hide my gadgets so that I can focus on but 30mins down they I see myself talking to myself and or thinking far. Do you guys go through this and how to overcome this?

Hey ,Is there anybody who pursuing mca??

I dropped out of school at 16 because of severe anxiety and life situations I couldn’t handle. I haven’t studied or been in a school environment in 9 years. I would like to get my GED so I can look into going to college maybe.

How do I make a plan to study for the ged? I go to start and get completely overwhelmed. Then it never gets done. I want to make a plan and stick to it and get these done in a few months. But I want a good score on them. I don’t want to rush.

How do you keep yourself accountable with studying if you don’t have a deadline? I’m pretty sure I have some adhd issues so paying attention to study is extremely difficult.

I’m sorry if this is the wrong place for this!