Cram 2 days before an exam

>cram 2 days before an exam
>get no higher than 70% when I do this
Am I a brainlet for this? I find that the only way I can keep a good GPA is by studying almost every day.

But why
Don't you remember the material the first time the professor says it?

No? I basically self teach for most of my classes, the professors only exist to organize and grade content.

am in the same boat OP. Long story short, it's a conditioning of several bad habits coagulated into one. can only be fixed after the semester ends since it requires complete reset of sleep, uprooting of instilled bad habits and pursuing a healthier lifestyle

>tfw choke hard on exam and get a bunch of easy-ass questions wrong
at least my average was good going into it

For me, I'm just a really really bad test taker.

God forbid you actually study something for once.

Change up your strategy. I start by rewriting all relevant materials in shorthand. Then I work out all example problems verbatim. Then I solve as many relevant problems from the material as I can. If there is a practice exam, I look at it last.

Most importantly though, always be putting pen to paper. Just reading it won't commit it to memory.

what topic?

usually you want to generalize things as much as possible. try to see the underlying relationships

Ah. You see the school I attend is different. I pay tuition, and professors teach. Or I gain access to a lab to do experiments.

I don't pay to have my self-study knowledge "checked".