I’m studying for my ged and I have a hard time really understanding anything and it’s irritating me because I have adhd and I get bored easily was wondering if anybody can get me some pointers?

I am a med student currently in 2nd year. This is how I prepare for the exams with 2 months in hand.
1 week warmup study (between 3-6 hours). Then,
4pm to 5am/6am.
max 2x breaks between 10-30mins in which I listen to music and have some snacks.
Sleep at around 6am, then wake up at 1:30, eat breakfast, use laptop, and Repeat.
I am very much against all the fancy methods I see here and there. It is just a way to coup with your laziness in my POV. However I do promote smart study, wisely dividing your time on more important and less important topics, etc. These timings I mentioned are not always the same, there are days (other than Sundays) where I don't study at all coz I don't feel like it, just sit and enjoy wasting my time, Since I don't like sheer discipline, where you are following one straight line. I like to be on my own terms.

im a pol sci major and i obviously have lots of theory, but this sem they've just become unbearable, ive also done well without having to study days before the exam, so i do study last minute and it just clicks in my brain. but this time, I don't think that strategy is going to work, I have no idea how to study otherwise. my exams are in like 2 months, and I just want to do well. but how...?

completed 2 weeks of consistently putting 8-9 hours of studying which includes active recalling , watching lectures and writing and solving questions

long way to go …one day at a time :)

I work on Study Arena. Used to paste the same question into a few AIs and eyeball which explanation I actually understood. Messy. Now: ask once, get 3 answers with the names hidden, pick the one that helped, then see who wrote what. Free for that.

So How You Guys Takes Notes, Extract Exams Oriented Information Or Facts From ONLINE STUDY MATERIALS (Lectures,, YouTube Videos,,PDF.....etc)........

Loved the idea

Hello, I made a city building themed app to help me focus whilst I study. It helps me stay away from distractions and incentivise me to keep to my studying habit. Traditional focus apps with a simple timer didn’t keep me invested enough to make me want to continue using them.

The app is called Scapedia and it's available for both Android and iOS. It features a fully customisable city map that you can grow entirely from focus sessions.

If you’re looking for a visually-pleasing new tool before the uni year starts, this is a great option to try out especially because it’s free to use. These features are also all free:

• Deep focus mode (app blocking) currently only on iOS.
• Countdown timer and stopwatch options for focusing.
• Custom focus tags.
• Add friends and view their cities
• Link with apps such as Anki to speed up progress. This is an optional mechanic unique to Scapedia that safely validates the effort you put in on those apps.
• Focus insights overview for the week

I hope you can come give it a try for yourself. All of the assets, design details I spent a lot of time making, now I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out.

I am also actively taking in feedback I’ve gotten, in turn, using it to add even more value and quality into the app. I’m not hoping it will be a sure replacement for your other apps, but hoping it’ll be an app that is enjoyed, or even loved.

whenever i try to study, i always get so distracted and my mind goes like “i wish i can do something fun other than studying” and it starts to wander off somewhere and it doesnt absorb information, its like my brain doesnt want to work with me

i used to really enjoy studying and especially memorizing but now i have a rlly hard time memorizing even the most simple things like what i was about to say or what i was supposed to do and its negatively affecting my academics.

i wanna ask for advice as to how you worked out on that problem or if youve also experienced a similar situation to mine. pls help me out i rlly dont wanna fail and retake a year😭

guys how do i study chapters i havent done in a rlly long time.

I originally thought the biggest problem for students was memorization. I was building a concept around helping students review material during small periods of free time.

But one person told me they can memorize things very quickly, but what takes the most time was homework and assignments. Another student said that they have many classes and extracurricular activities that finding enough time to catch up on assignments is a constant problem.

That made me wonder:

What if the problem isn't necessarily a lack of time, but the lack of usable, uninterrupted blocks of time?

I am interested in hearing from medical, law, engineering, and other high-workload students.

How do you deal with this problem? What do you do when you have more academic work than you have uninterrupted time to complete it?

Hi r/studytips,

Two weeks before finals, I was buried in flashcards in the library when a client texted me about a new video edit. I opened the reference clip and froze, it used a technique I had genuinely watched a tutorial on months earlier. I remembered watching it but I could not remember a single step of how to actually do it.

That was the moment it clicked. I was feeling productive while watching but I didn't retain anything. I told myself I was learning. I wasn't, I was just watching. This tracks with the research (Roediger & Karpicke on the testing effect): passive rewatching creates an illusion of competence, only active retrieval actually builds retention.

So after finals I built Studiamo, an Open Source tool that turns a YouTube video, PDF, or set of lecture notes into active recall quizzes and schedules spaced repetition reviews before the memory decays. Paste a link in, get tested on it instead of summarized at it. It's AGPL-3.0 & self-hostable via Docker (BYOK). And there is a small monthly fee on the hosted version to cover AI and server costs.

Since this sub actually cares about how you study, not just which tool does it, I'd rather hear the honest answers than the upvotes:

1. Does the generated quiz feel like it tests real understanding, or does it feel shallow and gameable?
2. Compared to how you currently retain stuff from videos or lectures, Anki, notes, nothing, does this fill an actual gap?
3. What would make you keep using this after the novelty wears off?

I'm also giving away a few free tester spots on the hosted version, comment or DM me if you want one.

Thanks for reading.

Im currently taking anatomy and using Noji for spaced repetition because it's much simpler and more user-friendly for me than Anki.

I'm trying to find an app, AI tool, or workflow where I can upload my lecture PowerPoint slides directly, and have it automatically detect and cover up the labels on anatomy diagrams (bulk image occlusion) for flashcards, rather than having to manually screen-grab and mask every slide one by one. Bonus points if it can also pull relevant reference images when needed.

Does anything like this exist that connects directly with slide decks / PDFs without a super complicated setup?
How are you all converting anatomy lecture decks into occlusion cards quickly? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

l'anno scorso mi sono iscritta a Biologia Molecolare e ora sto passando amministrativamente al secondo anno anche se ho diversi esami arretrati che mi impediscono di accedere al secondo anno. nonostante ciò, mi è comunque possibile frequentare le lezioni del secondo anno che sono a frequenza obbligatoria.

per chi ha più esperienza di me o si sente di darmi qualche consiglio che ha appreso nel suo percorso, vorrei sapere anche per mia semplice curiosità come affrontare questo secondo anno al meglio considerando lo svantaggio di dover dare esami del primo anno, sopratutto per la facoltà da me scelta.

spesso fatico a concentrarmi e a mantenere il focus quindi vorrei evitare potenziali errori (che poi ahimé, può capitare di tutto ma avete capito il concetto) e non vorrei prendere sottogamba la mole di studio. sono materie che vanno capite a fondo come credo sia in realtà per ogni cosa inerente a un percorso universitario ma ecco, riconosco delle mie difficoltà e vorrei anche delle dritte utili per sfruttare al massimo il mio potenziale e non limitarmi a uno studio passivo. durante il primo anno purtroppo, per una serie di problemi familiari e mia demotivazione generale, non ho organizzato bene lo studio e ho perso molto tempo prezioso dietro altro.

vi chiedo quindi dei consigli genuini e il vostro approccio allo studio, sopratutto a coloro che rientrano nella categoria Scienze e che quindi sono iscritti a facoltà simili o la stessa.

voglio metterci il massimo, voglio imparare il più possibille perché credo che questa sia la strada giusta per me sopratutto per le opzioni lavorative che sto già prendendo in considerazione.

1. qual'è metodo di studio è stato più efficace e utile nei vostri casi (preferibilmente nella categoria Scienze, ancora meglio Biologia/Biologia Molecolare o simili)?

2. cosa avete appreso ai primi anni o nell'intero percorso che avreste voluto sapere prima? che sia riguardo gli esami, lo studio, le materie, le lezioni...

3. come avete organizzato la giornata dopo le lezioni per non privarvi di sport, uscite con gli amici e impegni d'altro genere?

4. come avete organizzato lo studio e la preparazione di esami distinti con vari cfu durante la sessione? e come credete sia meglio gestire il mio tempo sapendo che ho degli esami arretrati che devo assolutamente recuperare entro settembre 2027?

5. come erano organizzate le giornate durante il periodo di lezioni? valutavo di sistemare gli appunti e rileggerli ogni giorno quando veniva affrontato qualcosa di nuovo, banalmente, così da avere una mente fresca e capace di ricordare anche la lezione. sistemati gli appunti delle lezioni del secondo anno, avevo già in programma di rivedere le materie del primo anno e avvantaggiarmi per la sessione che mi attende (sperando di far coincidere il tutto visto che avrò lezioni ogni giorno)

mi sono già fatta alcune mie considerazioni e so già quale metodo sia migliore per me ma sono aperta a più opzioni e non voglio impedirmi di spaziare. inoltre, nella mia vita ammetto di non aver mai avuto un metodo di studio preciso, anche perché varia molto di materia in materia.

ho diverse lacune che negli anni mi hanno un po' limitata (e so benissimo che la "colpa" di questo è principalmente mia quindi voglio migliorarmi) anche alle superiori, ma ho intenzione di iniziare il nuovo semestre con più disciplina e costanza.

magari possono sembrare domande stupide e soggettive ma saperne il più possibile, grazie per chi risponderà gentilmente alle mie curiosità. sono anche curiosa di conoscere meglio le vostre esperienze universitarie inerenti alle domande che vi pongo.

grazie!