here are 50 powerful study tips that can be used to level up your studying and i'm curious just
before i start what's your best study tip let us know in the comments and we can all learn from
each other so i'm not going to waste any more time let's get into it make your studying interesting
bringing your head in a thick textbook maybe the conventional way of studying but in order
to keep it up long term your studying needs to be interesting watch documentaries on your topic area
watch youtube videos listen to podcasts on the subject there are so many ways of studying than
just reading textbooks use relationship diagrams using diagrams that illustrate how pieces of
information relate with other information is a great way of being able to achieve a far deeper
understanding of a subject or topic socialize and party and yes this is important at university
remember university is not all about studying in grades socializing will help you grow a completely
different set of skills than studying will but at the same time it's important that you find
the right balance so for long term performance it's important that you're happy and you're not
restricting yourself too much from socializing because it can have a detrimental effect on your
mental health try a brain dump write down all the ideas thoughts and information and facts you have
on a topic a braindom can also get your ideas onto paper and make it easier to organize them
and this is particularly helpful just before you start writing an assignment team up with others
another powerful study tip that i utilized a lot at university get a couple of friends in a room
and brainstorm ideas for the new assignment that has just been said you'll often find other people
come up with ideas that you would never have thought of test yourself when you're preparing
for an exam you should always be testing yourself to check what you don't know so go through past
papers or just ask yourself simple questions but it's important to be completely honest with
yourself when testing yourself put your phone on silence and maybe the most obvious study tip on
the list it doesn't really need explaining create a productive routine as soon as you wake up in
the morning your morning routine should make sure you don't have time to procrastinate the same goes
during the day and at night time also having a productive daily routine is incredibly beneficial
if you want to do well at university and it makes your day flow so much smoother and actually i talk
about creating an effective study routine in a video i uploaded recently on seven daily habits
of high performance students you can click on the pop-out banner to watch it switch off social media
instagram facebook tick tock they're all massive ways to procrastinate and if you are struggling
to find enough hours in the day to get all of your studying done but you spend hours on social media
then you know what to do start revision early and when i mean early i mean months before an
exam it's the easiest way to have a relatively stress-free time at university i was never really
worried about exams approaching because i started revising for them well before anyone else and if
you find yourself having to pull overnighters to cramming last minute revision before an exam then
you probably need to review your studying strategy immerse yourself using immersion to consume new
material can be an extremely effective way of learning it involves whatever you're studying
at university make sure everything you do involves that subject so the books that you read the films
that you watch the podcast that you listen to they should all be about the subject that you're
studying and this method is often used when you're learning a new language it's very useful for that
but it can also be useful for pretty much every part of studying too zoom and check skim quickly
through a chapter of a book that you need to read your goal isn't to process and retain the
information but to notice what you don't already know if more than a few ideas are completely new
to you then you should probably go back and spend more time on that chapter change your study space
you need somewhere that is comfortable but not too comfortable so studying on your bed for example is
probably not a very good idea if you're always studying in the same place try changing your
environment like studying at a coffee shop or moving to another part of the house going to
the library to study or even going outside to the local park it can make your studying that bit more
enjoyable join a study group and studying doesn't always have to be an individual activity it can
often be far more enjoyable and effective when studying with a friend or in a small group you
can share ideas explain the material to each other quiz each other and ask questions about things you
don't understand and this can all lead to learning the material far more quickly than you might have
on your own and you probably have more fun in the process too if you do have a friend or group of
friends to study with already consider sharing this video with them to help them out too snack
on brain food snacking as you work is a great way to keep your studying enjoyable as well as
keeping your energy levels up so you can study for longer so fruits nuts or even dark chocolate for
example can be great options try to choose snacks which will power your brain and keep you focused
so stay clear of foods that are high in sugar fats and processed carbs use acronyms acronyms are a
great way of efficiently remembering lists or specific information that needs to be remembered
in a certain order i used so many acronyms when i was studying for my exams like pesos
prepare explain show observe and supervise treat university like it's your job because it is your
job i went to the library at university six days a week with no exceptions because once you graduate
and you're working time you're not going to have that option of skipping work just because you feel
like it and this is good practice and it helps build self-discipline too exercise daily john
ratey professor at harvard university says the exercise improves learning on three levels first
it optimizes your mindset to improve alertness attention and motivation second it prepares and
encourages nerve cells to bind to one another which is the cellular base for logging in new
information and third it spurs the development of new cells from the stem cells in the hippocampus
in short not only does exercise help the brain get ready to learn but it actually makes retaining
information easier in short not only does exercise actually help you sit down and study in the first
place but when you are studying it actually makes retaining information a lot easier use diagrams
diagrams are really effective for sorting out large pieces of information they can turn a set of
boring notes into a creative and colorful diagram where the information is far easier to learn
and process and retain for the exam write out a task list if you have a list of things that you
know you need to do write them out the day before and that way as soon as you wake up in the morning
you know exactly what you need to do and you're not going to forget to do them the most important
tasks should always be done first make connections think about what you're learning and don't just
memorize each individual facts but sit back and think about how they all fit together it will help
you understand the material on a far deeper level consider finding a tutor if you really are stuck
in a root with your studying and you've tried everything you can to get yourself out of it then
i always suggest asking for help start off with asking your friends and then your lecturers and if
you still stuck consider finding a private tutor to help you it could be just the boost you need to
get you back on track study in chunks studies have shown that we can only stay focused for
around 25 minutes before our concentration starts to fade so study in blocks of 20 minutes and take
a five minute break after every block it will let your mind absorb what you have just learned and it
will allow you to stay focused for longer practice meditation a 2012 study by canadian researchers
showed that those that meditate can stay focused for longer periods of time it can also help with
keeping you calm before an exam or deadline that's approaching use background noise i always have
some kind of quiet music on when i'm studying it helps me to focus and honestly i don't like
complete silence the only time that i have complete silence is when i'm filming a video
like this and i know other people like listening to nature sounds such as ocean waves or the rain
just whatever you're listening to make sure it's not your favorite pop song or you'll just end up
singing along ask why have you ever met one of those annoying kids that keeps asking why to
everything you say well maybe it's time for you to become that annoying kid because asking why
significantly helps your understanding of a topic find your most productive time in the day
everyone has the time in the day where they have the most energy and also times in the day where
their energy levels drop so find when you're at your most focused and when you have the most
energy and try to schedule your most important tasks at this time study every day even if it's
just one hour studying every day will keep the information fresh in your mind even if you have
a day off studying one hour in the morning to recap the most important pieces of information
you need for an exam is a really effective use of that one hour use past papers another study
tip that i owe my grades to when i was studying university i would gather as many past papers for
the course as i could and practice the questions on the paper i often found that certain questions
kept coming up so i spent more time studying those specific questions because there was a
good chance that they would come up again and i also went through past papers in exam conditions
and marked them using the mark scheme it was a good way of highlighting my weakest areas so i'd
work on improving them swap topics regularly so keeping your brain trained on the same information
for long periods of time can be boring during a long study session is often more effective to jump
one from one subject to another to stop yourself from getting bored study to learn not for the exam
and too many students just study because they have to for their exam but university is so much more
than that the information you're learning and the skills that you're picking up along the way will
be fundamental to your success in the future watch motivational videos and maybe i'm biased because
this channel started off as a motivational channel but motivation videos can really help give you
that extra boost of motivation you need to open your textbook and go and study so i used to watch
one every morning one motivational video every morning before i started studying and it would put
me in the right frame of mind to start off my day set goals a pretty obvious study tip and one of
the most effective on this whole list your brain likes to know where it's going and goals help to
accomplish this these can be daily goals weekly goals even yearly goals and my yearly goal at
university was to achieve an overall 4.0 gpa and i'd set smaller daily goals to achieve the yearly
goals like studying for at least eight hours seven days a week make sure you're actually studying
it can be too easy to open a textbook and stare at it blankly or skim through it but not actually
process any of the information and if you find you've stopped concentrating get up have a drink
do some exercise go and eat and then go back to it always be improving when was the last time you got
a bad grading exam did you ask yourself why you got that grade was it due to lack of preparation
or did you have problems understanding that subject whatever the reason you should always
be working on improving your studying the grades you're getting are a direct result of
the studying you put into it your grades are your responsibility not anyone else's so hold yourself
accountable and start working towards improving your weaknesses watch more youtube so youtube
is an incredible way of learning about pretty much anything you want to learn about just make
sure that your time in youtube is spent wisely and not binge watching cat videos stick post-it notes
everywhere write down the most important things that you need to memorize on post-it notes and
stick them everywhere your bedroom your bathroom your kitchen so wherever you are whatever you're
doing brushing your teeth cooking going to bed you can still be preparing for your exam eat a small
meal before you study so when you eat a big meal before you study often your body digesting the
food can consume a lot of energy and make you feel tired and lethargic so try eating a small healthy
meal before you study to keep your energy levels up get enough sleep and we all know this by now
not getting enough sleep has been shown to impact memory and decrease your ability to focus on your
studying so make sure you're getting your seven to nine hours of sleep at night it's as simple as
prioritizing the time you go to bed at night and if you can make sure you go to bed and wake up at
the same time seven days a week drink more water and studies have shown that a dehydrated brain
can't focus as well as a hydrated brain you should be aiming for at least eight glasses
of water a day and even more if you're living in a hot climate learn model answers if you're lucky
enough to receive model exam answers from your lecturer or you can find them online
then make good use of them learn from the model answers to see what examiners want
and if you're lucky you might learn to write your own model answers too go out and get fresh air if
you're struggling to focus take a walk outside change your focus get your blood flowing and get
some fresh air i've often been struggling with a math problem and i keep working on it and working
on it and i can't seem to figure it out but then i take a five minute break and i come back and i
solve it almost immediately actively renew your material so when you're reviewing your notes for
an exam do an active review not a passive review passive review is just rereading your notes so an
active review on the other hand is where you read your notes then you move them out of sight and
see if you can recall what you just read it will engage the brain more and help you memorize the
material better it will also highlight where your weaknesses are use color writing your notes with
different colored pins diagrams charts and graphs helps liven up your notes and makes them far more
interesting to look at and to learn from reward yourself studies have shown that giving yourself
a reward for reaching milestones helps you enjoy your effort more achieve the high grading exam
then reward yourself for a day off or buying something that you've wanted to buy for a
long time attend lectures i put extra effort into going to every single lecture the biggest
reason was because sometimes the lecturer would talk about topics that would be on the exam or
give us pointers on how to get higher marks in an assignment for example and it's these golden
nuggets of information that made attending lectures worthwhile try spaced repetition
one of the most useful study techniques i used while at university i would quickly memorize some
information until i could just barely remember it and then i would every three or four days
go back to it to refresh my memory and it's an extremely time efficient way of memorizing
information and it's how i was able to memorize vast amounts of information in a relatively short
period of time teach it find a friend or family member to teach what you've learned being able to
explain a very complex concept in simple easy to understand terminology shows that you understand
what you're talking about and encourage them to ask questions too any questions that you
don't know the answer to may highlight areas that you need to push up on practice as you go
remember these sets of questions at the end of each chapter with a textbook that you always skip
over well they're there for a reason it's a good idea to practice questions as you go along with
your vision rather than leaving them all until the end look after yourself when you're cramming
for an exam it can be easy to forget about looking after yourself but make sure you're getting enough
sleep you're eating healthily you're exercising and you're fitting in adequate social time too
so there you have it 50 powerful study tips if you have a friend that needs a bit of a push with
their studying then show your care and help them out by sending them this link to this video and
if you are still struggling with procrastination then i made a video last month how i can study for
14 hours a day which basically goes through how i was able to train myself to go from struggling
to even concentrate for 30 minutes to being able to study for 40 hours in a single day
you can click on the video on the screen i think you're gonna love it and i'll see you over there