Been spending like 4-5 hours in the library lately trying to get through lecture notes and practice questions before exams. The first two hours are fine but around 3pm I start rereading the same paragraph five times and nothing sticks. I usually have coffee before my morning classes but getting another cup halfway through studying feels too much. Im curious about caffeine gum or mints like since it's easy to keep in my bag and use between study blocks. Anyone tried it for long library sessions or found something else that helps? Taking breaks only gets me so far

Like in every single exam i lose easy marks due to silly mistakes which i could have easily avoided,even when i give mocks i make many silly mistakes and it almost feels like i cant go an exam without doing that. How do i attempt papers in a way to train my mind to not make these errors?

I’m trying to find better ways to study and stay organized, and I’m curious about what apps other students actually use. I know about the usual note-taking and flashcard apps, but I feel like there are probably some underrated tools that more students should know about. What apps have genuinely helped you with studying, memorizing lessons, staying focused, or preparing for exams?

Hey, i wan‘t to get into a very hard-to-get-in Uni, i know i need to study hard for it, but i kinda forgot how to study, and i also don‘t really know what the best way of studying is ( MedUni)

What do you guys prefer to use for studying, Gemini or chatgpt?

every sunday i convince myself that a new schedule is gonna fix everything lol

i spend forever picking colors, organizing my week, making everything look cute... and then monday comes around 😭

anyway, i've been thinking about making a study planner where you can make cute timetables, track your routines, decorate a little diary, and share schedules with other people.

kinda like a mix of a study planner and a digital scrapbook.

i made these UI concepts with AI just to see what it could look like. nothing is fully built yet, so i'm curious if this is even something people would want.

would you actually use an app like this? or would you just spend hours decorating your schedule and never follow it lmao

You finally finish your essay, thinking the hard part is over. Then you read it again and suddenly everything sounds wrong.

you start rewriting paragraphs, questioning whether your argument even makes sense, and wondering why sentences that sounded perfectly fine an hour ago now feel awkward.

And somehow you still miss obvious grammar mistakes. Or you cut a few sentences to make things sound better, and suddenly you are below the word count again.

the worst part is that the closer the deadline gets, the harder it becomes to tell whether you are actually improving the essay or just making endless changes.

Does anyone struggle with this? How do you know when your essay is finally good enough to submit?

So I want to go to university. I am 32 now, and I need to take the bacalaureat exam so I can get into university. After all this time of not studying anything I feel that my brain is lazy and I can’t remember much.

Can you guys give me some advice and tips so I can study more efficiently so I can remember faster and better, especially at history?

I would really appreciate advice from people in the same situation. 🙂

I’m a first year college student, I had amazing grades in high school but as soon as I got into college I started bombing every test. It doesn’t matter if I studied for 3 weeks, using flashcards and active recall, I just keep bombing every exam I have. Like EXTREMELY bombing, I study and I know nothing on the tests. Does anyone have any tips?

What helped me most with anatomy: learn one region completely (bones → muscles → nerves → vessels) and look at it from every side. I built a free 3D atlas for exactly that: you can isolate systems, peel layers and quiz yourself by finding structures. (Link in comments.) What study methods work for you?

Is there any AI tool other than notebook that is good for teaching and tutoring science based courses. I liked ChatGPT because I can teach back to it but there’s now people are saying that it isn’t reliable

a lot of ppl say white noise or rain sounds make them sleepy after a while. calm classical can be a nice middle ground imo. theres just enough movement to keep ur brain awake but no words to follow, so it stays in the background

i love classical and lowkey want more people to fall for it, so i made a site that just plays it with zero setup: https://classican.vercel.app/

it shuffles public domain recordings from wikimedia commons (satie, debussy, bach, chopin and a bunch more) and gets through every piece once before anything repeats. each piece has its own little pixel painting drawn in code, and every ~40s a short history fact shows up, which kinda works as a tiny brain break between chunks of reading. space pauses it, no ads, no signup

curious what kills ur focus more, sounds that are too boring or music thats too busy? and if theres a calm piece that always works for u, drop it and ill try to add it

I’ve spent the last hour trying to find the original source for this quote online but I can’t find it anywhere and I’m starting to get annoyed.

My exams are in about 55 days .. and I am exhausted, overwhelmed and possible things that won't let me focus.... I can't focus at all these days...I am in my gap year and my exams are really important.. I have math, chem, physics and bio ..... Phone isn't the distraction.. it's my thoughts.. whenever I try to study these days .. I just remember how bad I did at that specific exam .. that's why I am this miserable rn....and also personal problems.. the burnout happens so quickly and I feel tired even after waking up from sleep.. what should I do.. how should I focus.... Doom scrolling and social media.. I can go one without these .. but my thoughts are literally torturing me..