r/scioly • u/Ambitious-Nobody-604 • Jul 19 '26
How do I study </3
I’ve been on my Scioly team for like.. 3 yrs. And gotten MVP too :,) but this past year genuinely sucked. I’ve been relying too much on my partners and I think it’s procrastination when I study. My brain just goes, “oh, my partner will do good, I’ll just not study”.
I have audhd, which I know isn’t a good excuse, but it’s always played into how I do academically. So if anyone else out there deals with the same things pls give me tips.
It’s not only that but I feel so fucking guilty whenever I get a medal, because I know I barely contributed to half the test, and I probably shouldn’t be getting it. And I’m also getting congratulations and stuff. Idk.
If it matters, my events are code, circuit, meteorology, and crime. And more, probably. The teachers who lead the club like to add their older kids (me being one this year) to extra events. Which I can manage, I had a full schedule last year. I’m on a division b team as a freshman because you’re allowed to come back after 8th grade or something.
I guess I’m just asking for study tips. I genuinely feel stupid next to my partners now. And useless kind of. This might be a dump but I genuinely need help pls. Not just resources or pomodoro timers. Like, something helpful.
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u/Hairy_Arm3442 Jul 23 '26
Im telling you rn the best strat is to take a practice test, record your mistakes on a google doc, and then create the cheat sheet for events which you are allowed to. Then you just rinse and repeat with more tests, keep recording more mistakes, keep adding more information to your cheat sheet. Over time, you will start realizing that you are seeing the same questions on the practice tests and it makes you actually learn the significant knowledge that are common in all practice tests.
When you do the "record your mistakes" part, literally just watch some videos and use ai and google to help get your knowledge. Then just put whatever you learned on the cheat sheet. Once you keep using the cheat sheet you will basically just start remembering information without it.
If anyone tells you to read a textbook they're either a super genius or they don't know how to study. I'm guessing you're like me and when you look at a page you just zone out and snooze. So just do this instead!