STUDY THREAD

I'll read or practice for about 10 or 20 minutes. Then I'll take a break. Then I'll read or practice for 10 or 20 minutes.

Our attention spans aren't that great, so taking frequent breaks can help you remember. I do this a good 2 or 3 hours 4 or 5 days a week.

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I was doing so fucking great up until two days ago, haven't studied in 2 days. Have the most important exams of my life in a month and a half, motivate me to study 12 hours per day Veeky Forums. Would you?

> 8:00 - 17:00. Break in 11:45 - 13:15
> Endure
> No magic solutions learning
> Don't be a "oh but Im out of energy, I need a break or some treat" cuck
> Study something you genuinly like

The most hands on tip I could give, ranting aside, is to:
>Write down every single word / sentence / construct / method you cannot rigorously explain to yourself. Maintain such a list of words, such as "Laplace Transform", "Bias in Neural nets", "NURB" or whatever. When you have spent hours of reading and discussing whatever confusions you have with your classmates, you may cross the item from the list down. tl;dr: Maintain a list of stuff you don't understand.

In general I think it is extremely important to identify that there's something you don't understand to begin with. I get the impression that many people does not see learning as an identification of problem --> understanding --> explaining process.

Take breaks often.
Write important connections down.
Listening to music can sometimes help getting into a focused trance.
If you feel like you're getting head-aches/getting stressed easily, you might need glasses (I did).

Drugs are gay.

>tfw you study for only a day prior and walk out of calc test knowing you got everything right

>ebin generic trip hop beats

>find a neat spot somewhere in my school where theres as few people as possible
>only study in the evening with music suited for what I'm studying
>doom metal, black metal or noise for grind homework (stuff I already know or is easy)
>techno, dub or drone metal for homework that requires some thought
>lowercase ambient or drone for actual studying that requires learning new things that aren't easy or self explanitory

Is this an upskirt shot?

Shit music taste.

>stop liking what I dont like

To be fair, 90% of everything is shit. There are gems to be found in any musical genre.

>Read Book
>Take Notes (Including copying full proofs if they are really important and I want to make sure I absorb them.)
>Do Exercises

I have no motivation to study for chem final

Help me

I think it's one of the groups that made the soundtracks for the Samurai Champloo anime.

Watch khan's videos at 2x speed. Profit.

my study habits depends on the weather. when its cold, i listen to quick hardcore edm. but when its hot i listen to music i can chill to, like slow hip-hop, or the beatles. i listen to music when i study.

Don't bother with college, if you don't even want to be there.

This is a great analytical strategy for itemizing and eliminating complex topics that you don't understand. However, it's important to keep in mind a lot of studying done in school is simply trying to absorb and internalize as much raw information as possible. This kind of studying necessitates structured and consistent reviewing and problem solving. Do it over and over again; just like if you want bigger biceps at the gym, repetition and form is the key.

I'm a strong believer in interval studying, 25 min on followed by 5 min break. Reflects my philosophy on exercise.

For studying that involves a lot of writing/drawing, a large white board is an excellent resource! Whether in your bedroom/house or a study room at school, this saves you from going through pages and pages of notebook paper. You can write large letters/pictures and keep a whole problem set visible at once. Take photos of the board before you erase and reset.

i read books and think about the material. wtf kind of question is this?

oh you want to know how to get rid of bad habits. stop.

>What is your method for absorbing information?
I just allocate it to my personal chronology and it instantly gets memorized. Most such information is completely useless, but sometimes I'll allocate some really nice, really useful heuristic generating information for my personal chronology. Other than that I'm pretty much doing something interactive.

Not him, but my university forces you to take a general first year in engineering. What this basically boils down to is 8 courses you hate/will never need again, 2 courses you like and are important, and 2 electives.

I have different strategies for different classes

Math: attend all lectures, take few notes, except key concepts. Drill the FUCK out of problem sets.

Chem: attend all lectures, complete any assigned homework, drill problem sets by starting with the set, turn to textbook to explain concepts when I'm stuck. Review lecture notes.

Bio/memorization type material: attend key lectures, skip sometimes. Take sparse notes. Do the reading if lecture isn't comprehensive enough. Write down vocab definitions and try to write out short explanations of concepts. Few days before exam day, I write out everything I need to know in my own words, then review the night before and morning of the exam

I study pretty much all day, every day, with 1-2 days off a week where I drink and fuck with girls

This is the only thing that works for me. I call it self brainwashing.

I want to be here. I don't want to take chemistry though

Modafinil and flash cards.

what does modafinil feel like?

I don't like to rely on drugs for my academic success, but I've created a caffeine habit for myself and I'd like to cut back without becoming groggy/unfocused in the middle of the quarter

>embryonic mouse forebrain
Shit, I just fapped to that.

>What prescription meds do you use?
I think OP smuggled his real question among the others so it wouldn't look like one of those "what drugs do you use to achieve results" threads.

Only idiots think that's something to brag about.

Hour study, 20 min break. I find writing things onto notecards is a good way of imprinting concise information in memory. Then ill use the notecards to study from, and quiz myself with the information (covering up parts with a thumb etc). Eventually after a good day or 2 of studying i have a mental image of my notecards, and recall is much easier.

Obviously you have to understand the material ahead of time, its just a matter of quick accurate recall.

Don't study in home. Do it in the library.

It's similar to amphetamine minus the cracked out feeling. No jitters, just pure focus. It allows me to make connections more easily; that is to say it heightens reasoning ability. I've noticed a marked improvement in verbal memory as well. Unlike amphetamines, it doesn't have make you want to study. You need to actually want to start or force yourself to, but once you've directed your focus to the task at hand, the concentration boost is powerful. Another interesting effect that I've noticed is that it makes me feel more confident. Suddenly, reading 200 pages seems super doable, for example. It makes you feel like you can handle things more easily.

I do this

I have a bit of social anxiety so being around other people forces me to pay attention to what is in front of me.

Furthermore, I sure as shit won't be browsing Veeky Forums in public

how are you going to cope with your work without drugs after you graduate if you cannot even study without them?

>being around other people forces me to pay attention to what is in front of me.
It applies to everyone, it's basic psychology. That's one of the reason why they like to crowd people in offices so much.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_facilitation

>Furthermore, I sure as shit won't be browsing Veeky Forums in public
nor porn, tv shows, animes or most of the distractions, that addict you by giving you instantaneous rewards.

Environment is very important while studying, and you can't really find a better one than a library.

Medfag here. I have a question regarding retention. Several neurologists and neuroscientists have told me that writing what you read enhances retention rate, e.g. only reading yields 5% information retention, but if you write the main ideas of the text as you read, retention rate increases n-fold. Can anybody confirm this?

SRS, mainly anki helps a ton in medschool. Or so I heard, I only use it for language learning and it's fucking great. Drills everything into your head.