Procrastinated for 3 hours but suddenly want to learn everything in 30 minutes?
As a current uni student juggling school, part-time work and a barely there social life, I’ve tested every study hack, failed a few, and found what actually works.
Here are the tools and tips that actually helped me revise smarter, not harder.
Start early
Maybe the most important tip.
Leaving everything until the last minute almost always leaves you realising why there’s a 2-month timeline for turning in the assessment.
Start studying from after the first class. Prepare drafts for your assignments as soon as it’s handed out, and your grades will thank you for it.
Quiz yourself
For undergraduate students, the University offers a helpful tool called Socrative. You’ll find that some of your module leaders encourage the use of this tool more frequently than others. But, it would do you good to quiz yourself and find areas for improvement.
Switch study locations
This tip might be the one that saved me the most.
As someone who enjoys her comfort zone a bit too much, I realised that every time I found myself in a study rut, simply getting out of my room and studying from the library, a cafe, or even just the garden cleared my head.
Study your exam
That sounds wrong, but getting familiar with exam styles, marking techniques and past questions helps.
Don’t just study the content; study how they want you to show what you know.
Pay attention during lectures
Don’t force feed your brain with what seems like brand new information when it’s exam period.
Paying attention during lectures and summarising it to yourself after helps make the study period go much easier.
Bottom line?
Everyone studies differently, but these little tweaks made a huge difference in how I learn.
Still figuring out what’s next?
There’s still time to apply for your undergraduate course at Teesside University.
Find out more about applying here.
By Tracy.
