Summary: 1. Ask for PowerPoint Pages or Printed Notes: Request PowerPoint slides or printed notes from the teacher to save time during class and focus on understanding concepts. 2. Functionality Over Prettiness: Prioritize functionality over aesthetic appeal in note-taking. Use color coding sparingly, such as highlighting lesson titles, important formulas, and key concepts. 3. Blind Copying is Okay: It's acceptable to blindly copy notes when unable to fully engage in class due to fatigue or other reasons. Don't stress about capturing every detail in real-time; focus on getting the main points. 4. Increase Writing Speed: Improve writing speed to keep up with the pace of the lecture. Utilize abbreviations and shorthand to expedite note-taking. 5. Don't Copy Diagrams on the Spot: Listen and absorb visual information during class, then recreate diagrams later when reviewing notes. Take pictures of diagrams during class to reference when revising notes. 6. Save Space for Annotations: Leave margins and space under each topic for annotations from verbal explanations or additional insights. Prioritize annotating verbal explanations over copying content from the board or slides. 7. Add, Don't Redo: Continuously update existing notes instead of rewriting them. Incorporate new information, insights, or references from textbooks, homework, or class discussions directly into existing notes. 8. Efficiently Study Your Notes: When studying, jump straight into homework or problems and reference notes as needed. Organize notes visually to facilitate quick retrieval of information. Create links between notes, homework, and other study materials to enhance comprehension and retention. 9. Study Homework and Bucketed Information First: Study homework assignments and condensed concepts first before delving into detailed notes. Utilize highlighting and breaks in notes to aid in studying and comprehension. 10. Beat Procrastination: Overcome procrastination to leverage well-prepared notes effectively. Utilize strategies to manage procrastination and maintain focus on studying.
I didn't realize I was already doing all of these... And the bit about having messy notes I relate Soo much to. Like my classmates are looking at my notes and are like "yeah you're definitely destined to be a doctor buddy"😂
The thing I love about her is that she's super realistic and her tips actually make sense. Unlike other studytubers, she doesn't, what should I say aestheticify? (lol) her videos and keep them real. I have a request, can you please make a video on whether some over-hyped stationery items or digital gadgets (specifically apple products) are worth it? Thankyou!
Amy you are one of the best youtubers who films videos about studies,mindsets, and your a lifesaver for me! I have been watching your videos since a long time and never have I regretted watching ur videos
Amy........I am left speechless. How do you collect these exquisite academic tips. I have never ever saw anyone else giving this THIS much realistic tips..... I have been following you for quite a while and I totally see the results in my academic...
I am from India. I was one of the top students a year back, but now I have become a mediocre student. This is because they sent me to a new class with a new set of teachers. I didn't listen to the class properly and even fell asleep a lot of times. I studied just to maintain my reputation before. But now that I've lost all my reputation, how can I regain confidence in my potential and become the same person I was one year back?
honestly, the same thing happened to me last year in the midterms because I shifted schools and the new school was a disaster but by the end of this year in the annuals, I scored highest in all subjects. This happens because when you were a great bright student you had pressure to maintain that position but once that "title" falls you become like any other student. what I did was to change my mindset and by that what I did was little by little making that "title" a part of my personality. I made progress day by day and tried to avoid bad habits and made it a part of my personality. According to Atomic Habits by James Clear, to make a change in habits we need to make it a part of our identity. I didn't focus on the "97%" instead I focused on the personality which made me a "97%" student.
hi amy, I was wondering if you could do a video about studying at home when it's rlly...not conducive? like if your parents are yelling a lot and you can't focus, or if you have strict parents that don't let you use headphones / go out to study etc.
do this thing ig it'll work don't talk with em when you're with the books and studying stuff most problems arrive when we study from gadgets (in most cases), in either case just don't respond to them to show that you are very sincere with your study work while it may seem that this will develop more problems, parents will eventually understand your sincerity and will stop screaming in a few days after this behaviour be stubborn with studies but not to an extent where you will continue studying even when someone is having a stroke just beside you (jff)
hi im also studying from home and i dont know any classmates. what i do when i dont like my surrounding, i try to get into deep focus on what i am reading; it helps a lot. but i dont take my exams when people around are noisy.
i swear ive seen millions of note taking videos but none of them said anything important than cornell note taking meathod so happy to be part of the A' team
this is the only video that somewhat made sense to me in still trying to figure out how apply this for me but you gave me a good pace to start thank you
Your videos are so different from others you seriously dont use sugar coated words but you give realistic and effective advices ... i just love your videos ❤❤
Hello Amy! Thanks for the tips but I have some questions : How do I read comprehensions faster and answer them well? Also, how do I train myself to write, think and recall faster so that I can complete my papers faster? Also, any tips for SAT English?
Hi Amy!! Hope you are doing good! I won't add to your points for this video but the content was great! linking everything is definitely going to help in the long run! Anyway, I just wanted to say how wonderful your videos have become, the avatar one was so creative and the editing on this one is amazing! When you said 'A-team' ( 9:12 ), the zoom-in made me audibly gasp! keep being awesome, Amy!
Recently found your channel. Do you have a video on your history? ie, what is your major at CalTech? Do you have a scholarship? (somebody has to pay for your college). How do you manage your expenses? Do you have a part time job to help pay for things? Did you take dual credit classes in high school so you could enter university as a junior (or at least closer that a newbie freshman)? Have you always been a good student, ie - in junior / high school, or did you have to relearn how to study once you entered college? What are your goals / plans after college? Do you have a job you hope to land, field of interest or general industry you plan to enter or be employed with? Yes, I checked the 'about' section on your channel, not very informative. Your study tips, etc. are useful, but I would like some history on how you got to where you are in life. Me? - I'm 64 years old and going back to community college to study electrical engineering (associate degree).
Already covered these things in videos - please check out my channel! It's important to be able to scope out the resources already available since I don't often have time to link videos directly!
i have a tip too! So if you're like me, who needs notes (especially if ur Textbook is just walls of text w like 2 huge paragraphs on one page), but at the same time writing takes too long, TYPE notes. Well first, i read the chapter, colour-coding and highlighting informantion. Then, i use notion, and just type down the highlighted stuff. For me, pink is defenitions, green is examples, blue is just important points, orange is points which i might forget, and yellow is new words.
My science teacher asked us to read a whole paragraph saying that it'll come for the exam... But it didn't, imagine all the hard work. And now, our teachers are telling us to read the text book because they're not gonna tell us which of the damn lessons would be coming.
My teachers do the same thing 😫😫😫 like I had my 1st term exams (in pakistan we 3 terms in each class)and my teacher told me that u have to read the summary of the topic, bc she will give us some "UNSEEN" questions! And guess what She NEVER GAVE ANY!!!!!! 😂😂😂
love you so much Amy. I am just falling for your tips ,actually my session has just started and I now am a highschool student so that's why I have to write a lot whenever I see your video notification I get very happy because of you only I became A student. Love you sooooo much and thanks for helping me. FUNFACT : I also used to hate physics but slowly getting interest . love from India Shreyasi.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤💝💖
I love these so much mainly because I’ve already been doing most of them XD a side note as well: remember that your notes are for your future self. I write down the little details that others might not if I think it’ll be useful for my future self. I also like to write the date at the start of my notes for that day so that if someone else needs notes from a specific day, it’s easily accessible and I’ll know what I learned on a given day
6:20 I had a biology teacher that would make it part of our grade that we rewrote our notes, after a couple of weeks, I stopped doing this because I saw no valid point in it and eventually she stopped trying to enforce it :/ thank you for proving my point
After last year, I am 100% getting separate copies for notes and classwork. Typically where I live so far people just use one copy per subject. I’m now entering the equivalent of American junior year (I think? I’m not good with the American school system) and the workload is much more intense. My sheer panic in exam season last year trying to differentiate between notes, classwork, and homework was certainly eye opening.
i love the advice!!! I constantly use the second one and just learnt about the last one I'm trying to apply the last one for my physics(i suck at physics and am seriously hoping the links will help).Your videos haven't let me down yet but what would you do if your school doesn't use technology ? thanks for all the help and advice as always !!!❤❤❤❤
hii Amy i was wondering if this could be one of your video ideas.. So I just want to know how you can retain your motivation for a long period of time because I often find myself losing motivation to study after I make a academic comeback honestly this has been a really big struggle for me for many years because some how no matter how much I try I always get too confident after I do good on a exam but in the next one I literally fail! (btw i am kinda new to your channel so i am so sorry if you have mentioned any tips regarding this topic before) I mean it's always been I just made a really good academic comeback and I really don't want to screw this up 😥😥😥😥😥😥 but I already feel myself falling apart so I hope you can suggest me any tips
Hiii!! I'm sorry to hear that but I have the perfect videos I've made for your situation: Make your greatest comeback: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RgjAeyaVGXk.htmlsi=hX6qSrWils97K04n How to stay motivated: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2V4IsA9fWfU.htmlsi=O0b76Fb0V792nuSu
@@wamyy5 Thank you so muck Amy!This actually helped better ESPECIALLY the second video! btw i just want to thank you for being my biggest motivator even when I feel down.Honestly me and my friends always get SO excited when you post a new video! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Noteful Timestamps (For me) 4:27 Easy abbreviations 5:57 Listen to what the teacher is saying verbally to maximize notes whilst still focusing on what’s in the presentation shown. 8:00 Just listen to this.
I needed this video so much!!! It gets so overwhelming now that we have to make all the notes on our own. Before till secondary school we had handmade notes by the teacher and now it's a big switch to do everything from scratch on our own. Love the tips and I'm happy that I'm not the only one who writes faster than others and have ''doctor's " handwriting😅 Really appreciate your work on this video, god bless ya! 💫 Ps: your voice was amazing in the ending, really nailed the song 💅 #Ateam
Thank you so much this really helped, here in the philippines ive gotten a 97 average because of this last school year and i already now how i will take notes how will i organize and i could schedule my daily tasks that just keeps repeating lolz
Hi! Love your videos! Could you make a video about how to handle sickness? I searched informations on it but, the only thing I found was to relax... I don't have time before a test. Thank you!
I literally never take notes and I'm going into the 11th grade so I figured I would just give it a shot. Actually, I did take notes (barely) that the teachers required, but I never used them. I still passed though.
First tip 1 and I become sad that I live in middle Europe and we don't use that advanced technology in school😅 (at least in most high schools, on universities its a lot more common). Anyway, thanks for video.
Hello! I’m definitely going to use your tips, thanking so much for sharing them ❤ I do have a question, just to be clear, do you not take separate notes from your textbook? Sometimes I find that there are topics that weren’t mentioned in lecture but not sure where to add them or relate to
I keep going back to this video because there is so much information here….question?…..I’m not in school anymore so do the high school instructors give power points lectures and have them posted on the internet 2nd…how did you take notes in a history class(high school)
Hey Amy, I have a question, Since your handwriting is like mine "doctor's handwriting😅", doesn't it affect when it comes to writing subjective exams. Like mostly teachers expect us to write neatly but when i try to write neatly, it starts well for the first page but it takes twice the time i would have needed to write that page with my normal handwriting (i don't know if I'm clear enough here) and then after half of the exam is over my handwriting again goes back to "not so neat one" And the handwriting in the ending of the test looks different from the handwriting in the beginning of the test. Its so frustrating sometimes because some teachers say i would loose my marks in competitive exam if i keep doing this.
tho I ain't Amy, you can read me i have faced the exact situation that you've described in your comment handwriting doesn't matter provided that it's legible for most of the people while truly shabby handwriting needs to be avoided, you can try to maintain the same handwriting throughout for example, try to write at a medium pace legibly throughout the exam and about the competitive exams part, i think handwriting doesnt even matter much what matters is whether you're able to read what you've written and others shouldn't find any difficulty reading your handwriting you can improve by not changing your preferred font style throughout and managing a constant gap between two words many such examples can be given but it doesn't strike when you write your exams, so it's kinda useless to give them but i think you get the basic idea of what I'm trying to convey thank you for reading till the very end
Hi thanks so much for the tips they're all super helpful :)) I was just wondering whether you think it would be better to type my notes on my laptop or handwrite them? This is for physics, maths and philosophy at A-level btw. Thank you!!
quick question, i have my phone lock up during class, so what r the alternatives to taking a pic in class? and the teacher never gives us back the powerpoints and such
note taking in one of my classes (year8) is not really good because we don't have time to write and we don't have books we can take home what would be your reply to that.
Very great video !!! but I am very confused since my other idol (1st one is Amy) Ali Abdaal explained in his how to study masterclass that active recall and spaced repetition are the best methods of studying instead of writing notes, highlighting or re-reading the content, can anyone plz help me to decide which one is really essential sine I am in my most important academic year just now and would appreciate your kind gesture Ali also provided scientific proofs for proving this so if possible also provide a scientific proof😅
Hey Amy, do you have tips for studying although you have no tests, assignments and quizzes coming up? its really hard for me to study when I don't have upcoming tests so..
Ummm. what if youre in a strict school that DOES not allow use of phones let alone cameras. And I can barely understand my own handwriting when Im fast. What do I do?
Hi Ms. Amy.....I guess I'm going to have to review this video there is a lot of do's and don'ts ...interesting ...put the page number etc. as one does their reading/research .....do you use the ipad or are you using a binder notebook I don't feel comfortable wring on the ipad.....
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Love the amazing pointers especially those that target very specific situations that happen often like blind copying! Asides from that I'd like to ask for some tips on how to study for Biology, as it is a content heavy subject I sometimes struggle to memorise key phrases/concepts or link the topics that I have learnt. Would appreciate the help alot 😭 especially because this year I'm taking my graduation exam and the panic is starting to settle in 🥲
But im in school, they dont allow phones so i cant take pictures of diagrams 😭. Btw, thank you amy for all of your motivational and beautiful videos which have helped me level up and get a better mindset in my studies ! ❤
Hi Amy, When watching your video, you had mentioned printing out the lecture slides but you were very vague with what to do after you've printed them. Like do you take them to lecture? Do you annotate them. Do you not have to write notes at all since you've already got them printed out? Like how do you implement the printed out notes into studying. I rewatched your video but you didn't really brush up on this. It sounds like an amazing idea but I printed out the lecture slides and im not really sure what to do with them/how to use them . Could you please clarify what you had meant Thank you.
Hi! I said that printing out the lecture slides will make a subsequent tip easier which is annotating. So yes, just absorb the information in class while following your printed lecture notes and annotating!
@@wamyy5 Thank you so much Amy!! I tried this today and lecture went great! I didn't have to write down long formulas since they were already printed and in front of me. Although others did stare at me like I was dumb bc. The slides were already in the modules, I didnt care bec. I had followed another tip. Which was to not be afraid to stand out in class and not worry about what other ppl thought while working in class. ☺
Please reply amy Hi Amy I am an 8 grader you helped me a lot an d because of you I had my exam yesterday of science and with this I scored 79 out of 80 in science the highest but I only got 48 out of 80 in maths 😢I don't know why because I practiced every question but I don't know happened my mind just went blank when I started the exam can you please make a video on efficiency and how to stay focused please since I am starting a new session and I want to be more efficient in maths 😅 thank you Amy for helping me out❤ by the way i just started 8 grade and i got 48 in 7 class so the previous session please help 😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
