Learn the proven note taking, studying, and course management techniques I used to turn around my grades while spending less time studying and more time doing the things I enjoyed
Learn the proven note taking, studying, and course management techniques I used to turn around my grades while spending less time studying and more time doing the things I enjoyed
I wasn’t always a strong student. With severe ADHD, I scraped by school and even landed on academic probation my first semester of college (which I barely qualified to get in).
When I recieved the letter informing me I would be kicked out of my program if my grades didn't improve, the shame was enough to move me to make a change. After a lot of discussion with my mum and self-reflection, I realized that it wasn't just how I studied that was the issue but all the self-limiting beliefs I had built up over the years that made trying so hard.
By rebuilding my approach from the various science-backed methods I learned and addressing my own mindset around school and learning as a whole, I turned my grades around and graduated with an 86.3% average.
During this process my goal wasn't to find THE BEST study method, but find one that met this criteria:
Was low maintaince and easy to keep up
Worked for all my classes - regarless of dicipline
Gave me real-time feedback to stay motivated
Step #1: Control
Using a one physical and one digital reminder of what you have coming up no farther than 4-6 weeks away.
Step #2: Capture
Every course, lecture, textbook, and chapter follows the same format - know what it is and take notes on only the information you can/will be tested on.
Step #3: Convert
Knowing 4 or 5 question formats your teacher use to test your knowledge, convert your raw notes into exam prep notes (should take less than 10 mins)
Step #4: Conqure
Using the Traffic Light method, run through your exam prep notes until all the most impotant concepts green
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Maximize your recall of key concepts, principles
and definitions without wasted effort
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