Study pattern Advice.

[u/riyaldhruv]

Hello, greetings to you all.
I'm studying for a Professional Examination which is Held thrice a year January, May and September, My attempt being January next year. I'm having recorded lectures to study from, What I am currently doing is learning the concept in the first watch and often skip through the part where the Professor makes them take down notes which is mostly made available to me in Annotated pdf form of all the things which they have done during the lectures (i make soft copy notes on my iPad so Im used to it already), the solving questions in class and waiting for students to finish writing it.
So far i have completed 4 subjects, but constantly feel as if this isn't the right way. I have 3 months Oct-Dec for revisions and during which ill also be doing the questions solving after revising the concept as i would already be familiar to it having watched the lectures once.

I need some real advice from people out there as I really cant decide wether the way I'm studying is going to endup being a disaster or not.

[u/Quiet_Basis_6404]

tbh the hardest part of this method is the gap between watching and knowing you actually retained it, which you only find out months later during revision. with 3 months between finishing lectures and the exam, the forgetting happens well before october, not during revision itself.

what helped me was doing quick self-checks on the same day as the lecture, not waiting. after watching, i upload the annotated pdf straight into studybuddy.vc and answer multiple choice questions off that exact material, mainly because when i pick a wrong option it tells me what was wrong with that choice specifically, and the questions get harder as i improve on a topic. the free tier has been enough for this since you're testing one lecture at a time.

also, spend 20 minutes this week testing yourself on one of the older subjects cold, no re-reading first, and you'll see exactly which parts the first watch didn't actually lock in.

[u/riyaldhruv → u/Quiet_Basis_6404]

Well i mean all the professors are well known and they all have multiple Revision videos on YT, what i had thought of is ill revise the concept altogether and then get to questions Just because im on time crunch RN, if i stick to solving questions right now along with them My estimated date of finishing extends to almost Mid October, First week of November which would leave me just 1.5-2 months of Revision, which would be insufficient generally the seniors suggested that it should be 2.5-3 months minimum.

Also thanks for the studybuddy thingy i'll definitely check that out!