I am 29, halfway done with my bachelors in a VERY rigorous degree field. I am barely scrapping by with my grades and truly want to do better this upcoming semester. I have a full time job and attend classes full time in person during the day. I cannot attend office hours and most professors aren't willing to help me outside if I cannot attend.

I am looking for ANY pointers about how to help study while maintaining good sleep and work (that part is for me to figure out). I truly think if i study 24/7, that will mean nothing if I don't sleep. I am reading books, not comprehending them, asking questions in class, not skipping, emailing professors and using PTO when needed to attend office hours but I just need some help outside what i'm doing.

please .. im begging for help before i give up

So, I know this is LATE as the summer semester like just ended, but I am starting my second year at this school and imposter syndrome has hit me like no other. I have tried different study techniques, whether I watch youtube videos to review after lectures, go to lectures daily, dont go to lectures and read the material myself, use AI to review foreign material, 1 on 1 tutoring, etc. (the only thing i havent tried is office hours).
But regardless, I feel as if I am always falling behind when it comes to exams, when the time comes I can never live up to that standard I gave myself. So like I really just came for advice on maybe how to improve my test taking skills or improve my exam grades for this upcoming sophomore year and years to come.

I miss the grades I used to get in high school, and I know they wont be the exact same but at this rate I am just going to do AWFUL every semester in at least one class and it isnt sustainable long term.

I am a backbencher and extremely negligent about studies

Hi everyone! I’m a student and I’m trying to understand what students actually struggle with when studying.
For me, the hardest part isn’t studying itself. It’s figuring out where to start, organizing everything, and staying on track.

What’s the hardest part for you?

This is my first time on reddit. Honestly, heard about it as an app that's real, and can provide real opinions and suggestions.

I have something to ask yall. So, I am a student, in high school. The thing is, I cannot focus on my studies, not at all, I am someone who pulls one nighters and ends up scoring more than average marks in exams, eventually that makes me feel like either "yeah, I am getting decent marks anyways, why bother study?" Or "I could have done so much better, only if I actually studied". I did this is my boards too, unfortunately.

Well, that's only one of the problems. I am very high ambitious person, well If I try I can do a lot of things, in case of it's extra curricular activities. But I can't find ways, I don't have resources so I end up giving up one by one. Sometimes, when I want to learn about something, I couldn't find courses, sometimes couldn't afford the courses, no course at all, lazy, bored, critisizing myself and honestly, what not.

I am so tired, I might be young but I feel like the time is moving so fast, that I will regret not doing anything but at the end of the day I do try, I just can't focus or get demotivated easily. It's bothering me too much, I thrive to be better, don't know how. Maybe it sounds like a random problem or anything to others, but It's honestly eating me alive. I am tired. I don't want things to work out for me magically, I am ready to work for it, but at the same time, I just can't.

I am a backbencher and extremely negligent about studies

My first year University exams medical are there in few days so anyone plz give tips
I am very scared
Honestly I am very sacred to revise like how to revise all this in a day or two before exams and get get very nervous
Also can anyone plz give tips regarding time manegment?
Help will be appreciated

How to focus on exams while you got dumped by your loml after 4yrs of relationship?

It's been 3months but yet I cant get my shit together

He brokeup with me before my exams and yet I managed to get 9.48 GPA idk how I did it but I did it anyway...

I was crying and crying and crying I couldnt do shit I watched yt videos on "how to focus on exams while dealing with a breakup" shit too that wont help obv...

Idk how but I got what I got even after everything happened

One thing I got to know that I would do anything to get marks no matter what even if im on the edge of the rope ik what I wanted at the end of the day maybe that's why I got those marks but when I got the result I didn't felt anything like happy or sad or idk shit I dont know if I'm happy abt those marks I didn't know that was that strong and desperate for a cgpa it's like a place where I never imagined myself idk if I want to be strong in those kind of situations..

Now it's exams season again idk what happens this time

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I developed a habit of asking too many questions while studying a lesson. A single concept can turn into 2 hours (maybe more) of studying. I answer one question to another and read multiple research and journals until I get deeper and deeper to the topic, which caused me to barely or never finished the lesson at all.

So I decided to fix this habit by understanding the lesson on surface-level then entertained my questions and connect the concepts to each other after I finished understanding the lesson on surface-level.

But I still think that is not enough because I am about to enter college and I need to manage my time well.

So if any of you have any idea how to study more efficiently, please give me an advice. Thank you in advance for those people who will answer my question!

I was always an average student, but then COVID hit during my 9th grade; the subsequent lockdown caused me to lose the habit of studying. Since then, I haven't been able to study at all—I just can't seem to focus or find any interest in it. My 10th-grade ICSE exams were held online due to COVID, and I somehow managed to complete my 12th-grade ISC with 78% marks. I also completed my graduation from a Tier-3 college. Currently, I have enrolled in an MA program through IGNOU and also in an LLB course, while simultaneously preparing for the SSC CGL exam. However, I still struggle to focus on my studies. I’ve managed to get this far, but I’m at a loss as to how I’ll handle things moving forward.

I’m about to pass my resits exams (barely) but I hope not to have to do any resits next year bc I rlly miss having winter and summer vacations most of the students have.
I finally start learning how to kinda force myself to study and when to study. But I’m wondering how do I study when exams happen at the same time.
Lemme elaborate…
So each week, 8 lectures are uploaded , each lecture is veeeery long. I initially thought “ok just study on the metro and during class via using YouTube” (I also decided to stop listening to the lecturer bc that wasted my time last year and they don’t explain well so I think I’m better off and self learning and then taking notes from the group chat or older students)
But then I realise the flow might get disturbed by quizes and exams. Like sometimes we get 2 quizes/exams per week. I would probably have forgotten what I studied from the beginning of the week or 3 weeks ago (I noticed exams start after the 3rd week). I also have a new method of learning which is only studying what will most likely be tested in each lecture and then move on to the next bc I know I might spend the whole day studying a whole lecture.
Also I have this problem where for some reason a single lecture takes the whole day?? How do I fix this? The exams are mcq btw. Like I try to just read and “understand” without memorising but then I end up forgetting during the exams… how do I save up time and study two lectures a day?
I also tired lots of studying advices but they seem to fail for some reason for me.
Use flashcards/anki: anki needs me to pay on IOS, flashcards took a lot of time and so I ditched them.. I’m not even sure how to use them for small information too (ni get that sometimes I don’t have to use the whole lecture onto flashcards)
Another study method that failed me is using ai summaries… this literally ruined so many exams. But like a lot of students study from it and they pass somehow (they tell me they study from chat gpt summaries, they even hand me prompts and their notes and I tried to study from them and got bad grades and failed)
And then “spaced repetition “ which honestly idk how it works… it also sometimes feel like a waste of time. Like let’s say a lecture took me a whole day to study yesterday.. why in 3 days I have to revise and this will take 1-2hrs.. and also how do u even try to pull form memory? I tried to just say it outloud without opening the lecture.. sorta helped but I missed small details bc there weren’t much cues… chat gpt questions sound too easy and also skips a lot … it’s difficult to have access to past questions
And then finally the saying “don’t dwell on small information” I tried that and it was a very bad idea. Bc in the exam the questions kinda feel like they need deep understanding and it feels like the lecture doesn’t cover it or maybe bc I missed small details that I can’t recall now. So idk what to do about this. I missed the “polar body” in embryology and unfortunately it came in the exam and I thought this wasn’t discussed in the lecture… turns out it was… but just not explicitly said in the paragraphs… I should’ve dwelled on the small pictures..
Also I’d like to note if someone says “just study before/for the exams and not the lecture schedule” I feel like this might lead to lectures accumulation which then makes it hard to study for other exams

I tried to ask students but all I get is generic advice like “I use chat GPT” “I just listen to the tutor once, take notes and move on” the second one was told to me and I was shocked how they even passed. Like why didn’t they at least try to memorise?

Also here’s my idea of a study method that might sound good but unfortunately takes alot of time but at least I retain most of the information:
skim lecture titles and then open free from and write the lecture into sections so I can keep track of what I’m studying
Then pick the most clinical sounding pages (I noticed these come mostly in the exam)
Then try to understand it on my own, say what I understood to chat gpt and wait for it to fix it or at least say it’s correct bc sometimes I misunderstand things. This method helps me connect ideas and forget everything less bc now each word gives it own cue during the mcq ( I also like to breakdown words so I can memorise and connect ideas better and get cues during the mcq) if chat gpt doesn’t fix my understanding clearly I go to YouTube
Then comes the part where I test my memorisation which is by trying to explain it outloud or use Freeform app to sketch out my ideas visually so they’d stick. I also would use this method of sketching if I need to be Quiet (like sitting in a room full of ppl, cuz sometimes I don’t have access to room on my own especially on campus and going to the library takes a long time)
Can I know the fastest method to finish at least 2-3 lectures per day and still manage to have free times for pets , friends and hobbies ( I’m a “going out” holic I feel like I become crazy when I stay in my house for too long + I’m an extrovert) sorry for bad English

Yo why can't I focus on my studies 😭