I might have messed up and not learnt for a med exam in 8 days. I’ve just started today and learnt 1 hour and have no motivation anymore.

Help me guys

Day 1 | Starting Again

It’s been almost two years since I last studied seriously.

For those two years, I was preparing for a competitive exam, but things didn’t go the way I wanted. Now I’m starting again, from the basics.

I’m not going to pretend I have everything figured out. I’ll study, make mistakes, waste some time, get back on track, and keep going.

Starting today, I’ll be documenting this journey every day, what I studied, what I struggled with, and how I’m preparing.

Day 1 starts today.

Now I (22y/o) am fucked up cause even at this age im not sure what i wanna do. Rn im standing at such place that i dont even know what i want. I was doing a job and i left it cause yk i donr think its something i wanna do in the future and plus it was driving me crazy maybe because i am not sure what i want. So here i quit it and im at home trying to study for an exam. I will be blunt honest here. A friend of mine gave the same exam and cracked it which I thought id do first. (Im being so unfiltered rn) but she did it first and i cant even START studying. Another frd of mine is going on work trips and all and im soooo fucking jealous. I am happy for them but wtf am i doing in my life?? I cant do shit anymore. I just fucking cant do anything. I feel so dumb.

Honestly, I always thought that writing a post about yourself and your problems would be pretty simple and straightforward, but now I’m not so sure. I’m 16—turning 17 soon—and I’m a second-year student in a technical program. The academic year has barely started, yet I already feel like I can’t keep up with my classmates. This summer, I realized that I don't actually know most of the material I’m supposed to know.

Take basic mathematics as an example. I don't know it as well as I should. Realizing this, I made several attempts to start studying math, but they all failed for some reason I can't quite pinpoint. As soon as I sit down to study and start writing things down, barely 20 minutes pass before I find myself doing something else entirely. I even tried a mini-ritual just to get started, but that didn't help either.

I’d appreciate any advice or tips. Apologies in advance for my clunky English; this was translated using a google translator.

First day of studying after two years.

I studied for 45 minutes today. It might not sound like much, but after such a long break, I’m happy I started.

For now, I’m going to focus on adding a few more minutes each day instead of forcing myself to study for hours right away.

The goal is to gradually reach 6 hours of study every day.

Day 1: 45 minutes.

Let’s see how far I can take this.

The biggest change came in my life is that nobody will tell me to study anymore and now I study myself as I realised how important it is. Now there is no such kind of pressure. Just my decisions in my studies. Honestly, it feels good.

Does anyone of you feel same?

Everyone keeps on saying active recall this and that.Could you actually show a video?Like a POV of it and the identification of gaps and stuff?

How do I study when I go to school and the gym? I had this problem last year when I would go to the gym right after school but then once I got home, I was super tired and wasn't able to do any of my school work or study, and I would always cram. This is worrying this year because I have a ton of hard subjects. Any kind of advice would help.

My subjects are:
Semester 1:
Finanical Accounting

Chemistry

Physics

Applied Functions

Semester 2:

Computer Science

Religion

Functions and Relations

Biology

I need some advice. I really want to get back to studying, but this time I want to do it in a more organized way.
I used to study a lot before, but I stopped studying for about four months. Now, every time I try to get back into studying, I get bored really quickly and start thinking about completely different things. Sometimes I even change my goal and convince myself that I should do something else instead.
I know I want to study, but I feel like I can’t stay focused on the same goal anymore.
Has anyone been through something similar? How did you get back into studying after taking a long break?

For some reason my CC thought it’d be best to shorten a lot of classes to only 8-week variations of it and I’m one of the lucky ones who got the first rendition of the 8-week physics class. Our instructor expects us to pretty much teach ourselves everything at home online through person’s and will only use class time for a lab and to let us do the “harder” homework work problems. Note I said problems, not entire homework’s. We still are expected to complete those at home too. I have calc 2 to worry about also and I genuinely can not grasp what this stupid online course through persons is trying to teach me because no one is bothering to explain anything. I’m really lost for what to do and I took my first test today and I know I did horribly but I NEED to pass this class. Please someone help me with this.

You know that moment when you’re on the last step, just one step away from finishing everything forever, but you just can’t do it?
No, I keep blaming myself for every second, every answer, everything. I want to go back to studying and restart everything, like being reborn, but somehow it feels even worse than last time!!!
Believe me, breathing is hard and difficult, but you know what’s worse? Doing nothing all day and thinking about what I should do, when I should do it, and why.
I just wish the best for everyone, and for myself too.

I really need some constructive advice on how to tackle this exam. It´s a retake of pharmaceutical drug analytics and I basically wasted a month due to fatigue and procrastination. I seriously need to pass this exam to finally enter the lab for it. I know that I need to focus on understanding concepts and practicing questions, but at the moment I´m just scared and panicking, since chemistry related subjects are my weak points. I have managed exams in less time than that, but the questions on this exam tend to be unpredictable and there isn´t much explanation online or even in the material. I´m overwhelmed and constantly tired and would really appreciate some realistic input.

How do students do active recall actually?I know i have to close the book and active recall it and if I get stuck i check my book and active recall again but it seems it's not working.I see students who don't close the book and stuff get top grades than me but I am doing active recall it's not working .Sometimes I can active recall while I am studying but if I want to actually active recall to check if it's my memory just after active recalling I can't or I am not doing it well? I just recall some part or I am doing it right. I am doing STEM major.

I recently quit my job because i knew i wouldn’t be doing better with this job in the future. Now i want to study further and I’m just at home doing nothing whole day. How do i get back to study???

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Every AP subject has its own page with:

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Everything's free, no login required, no paywall. Still actively adding to it — if something's missing or wrong for your subject, let me know and I'll fix it.

I'm a CS student, and my usual study method is curiosity oriented, I use multiple online resources, go down rabbit holes, and by the end of a session I can explain concepts to myself pretty accurately. This works great for CS topics, but not for maths, which also needs practice problems to actually internalize theorems and formulas, and I really struggle to make myself do those.

This semester's maths course is Numerical Methods and Analysis, and the exam expects me to solve a variety of numerical problems using what we've been taught. That means a lot of practice, which I HATE. I have plenty of resources available, but I can't bring myself to open them, even though they aren't that hard. It's usually just applying a theorem and solving until you get the answer, IT'S VERY TEDIOUS but doable, unlike calculus.

To say that I SUCK at maths would be an understatement. I secondguess doing 55 + 38 in my head much less solve differential equations (thankfully calculators are allowed in the exam). And I can't get myself to sit down and study, it's much lower stimulation than what I'm used to (Right now I'm binging Better Call Saul and scrolling social media/listening to songs whenever I'm not watching it)

Exam's in 5 days. Any tips so that I am able to push through the dread and actually solve problems for once?? How do y'all study for your maths exams?

I started using the website 3 days ago and just discovered that you can add friends to share stats with. I think that would be quite motivating. Anyone up for it ? My username is enn14

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I've been insanely unproductive for the past month and I genuinely don't know how to fix it. I'm in 12th, boards are this year and I also have a law entrance exam in December, so I KNOW I have a lot to do and it's getting really close.

But somehow I'll do literally anything except study 😭 scroll reels, watch movies, talk to people, random useless stuff etc. And even when I finally sit down I can barely focus for 35-40 mins before giving up.

The worst part is I know studying is important for me, I just don't feel like doing it. Has anyone dealt with this? How did you actually get yourself out of this cycle?

I'm a computer science student building a productivity tool for university students.

I have one simple question:

What's one repetitive task during university that wastes your time every single week?

I'm not talking about AI doing homework. I mean annoying workflows like:

• organizing notes
• searching across PDFs
• making flashcards
• lab reports
• group project organization
• exam revision

What frustrates you the most, and why?

I'll read every reply—I'm trying to solve a real problem, not build something nobody needs.

Hi, I'd like to know how students in particular, organize their days. Could you answer these six questions?

1. How do you organize your activities?

2. Do you use apps or other tools to organize yourself?

3. What's the most annoying part of organizing?

4. How common is it to not know where to start?

5. How much time do you waste organizing yourself?

6. How do you organize your week?

thanks u for aswering my questions.

adderall. If anyone is in a similar situation, did it help you study better and do better? I always put off my studying and was just wondering.

Hi,

I’m in my early 30s and I have an exam coming in less than a month, with about 12 modules to study and know about marine ecosystem and cetaceans.

I just realized that I‘m bad at taking notes and study in general. probably the reason I wasn’t that good at school when I was younger.

For example, my notes are just shorter version of what I read (PDF) or notes of what's being said in live lecture or videos. So, instead of memorizing, I just copy...

I tried reading, then closing the document and try to write in my own words, but I’m just bad at memorizing this way too because I just don't know how to clean up the content to really see what matter and what is just bonus or filler content.

For example, one of my modules is about the marine ecosystem. I think I know the overall aspect of what the ecosystem is, but there is also a list of about 20 species and I don’t know if it’s just for general knowledge or not. Should I know everything about those species (color, size, etc.), or just something like "X and Y are important because A".

So, I just write down everything in my notebook which doesn't really help when going back into my notes for review.

And now, the exam is coming soon and I barely remember my first few modules… I wanted to rewrite my notes in a better way, but it may be a waste of time for now.

I really don’t know how to study, take notes, and just memorize things. I should have done active recall when I was learning the content as I was reading it. Now, I have to do everything at once.

I’m trying apps to create flashcards, quizzes, summaries, etc. to help me right now.

For the future, I want to find a new way to take notes to better memorize concepts and links. For different species, maybe grouping them by similarities instead of writing all of them one by one.

Sorry if I just seem stupid to not know basic things at my age.

I appreciate your help and support.

what's your best advice for new med students