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Idk how to study. I have to study for a big exam in May and I’m overwhelmed. Idk how to retain anything from textbooks, I never do when I read textbooks and I feel like time is just slipping away. Any suggestions would be appreciated
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Anonymous 1d

May’s such a long time from now, there’s tons of ways to approach that problem with that time frame. But idk what subject’s it for. But just read

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Anonymous 1d

I actually have a good method. Every lecture I use an AI note-taking platform called Granola so I can pay full attention to the professor and then I’ll take my class notes and put them into a claude project. When it comes time to review for the test I’ll upload the course materials and exam format and have Claude generate a mock exam, flash cards and a brief review slideshow that goes over everything. I’ll take the practice exam and review what I don’t understand!

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Anonymous 17h

Old school methods worked for me. Don’t just highlight, transcribe into a notebook those things you want to remember. The act of writing down helps you remember them. Also, since it’s so far away, before you start a new chapter of notes review all of your previous notes. Set up schedule about what you want to accomplish each week or month

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

So it’s the mcat, I’m so embarrassed cuz I always chicken out when it comes to this. I want to be a doctor so bad, don’t get me wrong I do, but for the life of me, studying for the mcat is just so difficult. Also reading and comprehending what I’m reading is difficult. But somehow I got my bachelors in biology idk how

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Yeeah just read, don’t worry about understanding everything just make it a goal to read, comprehension comes with time

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Speaking as an EE student

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I’m just scared that I’ll spend too much time content reviewing and not enough studying. I feel like I don’t know anything so I have to content review but idk when to stop or how to really start. Idk what to read, there are so many options and idk if I’ll make a mistake using the wrong one.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Yeah I get it. There’s gotta be a review guide somewhere. But how i study is read, practice problems, then make flashcards about conceptual questions when you needed help with those questions

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

I just saw it’s the mcat. Similar advice with ai but you can use Gemini notebook to make audio overviews of topics, you could use ChatGPT voice mode and have a conversation with it about what you don’t understand the same way you would with a tutor, and again take practice exams. I find the best way to study is by taking the test first and then seeing what you don’t intuitively understand instead of overwhelming yourself with a giant textbook first

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Anonymous replying to -> digiteratus 14h

So I never really studied, tbh idk how I got my degree. When I tell you I don’t know anything I’m not trying to be modest, I took a lot of my classes online. I genuinely don’t know anything and idk how to study in general but I can’t prolong this, I’ve been doing that for so long.

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