Two skills changed my life as an engineering student. I wrote a cheat sheet. Memorized it. As soon as I walked into the test room I had the proctor sign a blank sheet. I wrote what I had memorized and then proceeded to the teat. The second was one that I wish I had done since my freshman year. I started tape recording the classes. I realized that while I was furiously copying the notes on the board I missed the verbal explanations that went with them. At home I read the notes as I listened to the explanation that went with them. Made all the difference in the world. I waited too long to start that method. Had a professor in grad school that provided a print out of his notes. That meant that we could listen to his explanations and even make notes on the margins if needed.
I should start recording the class. I never bother doing this because I don't have any value with it but now I think it's convenient now my professors provide the notes
I have a biology exam tommorrow and that first tip is going to be SO helpful for me. I usually go into an exam remembering many things, but as soon as I start reading through the exam and try to remember specific things, the other things in my brain dissapear ahah. Thanks!!
Cheat sheets as you describe them are more a revision aid. In my experience (I graduated in Chemical Engineering) the trick is effective note taking. Convert the notes scribbled down in the lectures into a set off efficient notes with key phrases, points in different colours from the bulk of the text and with key equations highlighted (as you described). This process helps reinforce the information in your mind and gives you an effective set of notes for the future. In my experience, you don't get to take cheat sheets or notes into exams. Having said that, our finals were "open book". Yup, you were allowed to take text books into the exams. Sadly, this didn't make exams easier. Questions were crafted to test your understanding and application of what your learned - stuff which your can't just pluck from text books.
Our Mechanics teacher gives us extra points if we make a cheat sheet and hand it out to him before taking his test. Last test everyone did this because they were so scared of the test
I am also doing mechanical engineering and I can totally relate with you, those navier-stokes equations-I've finished my fluid mechanics course but I still don't know what they are😂
Just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and I am loving your content. You deserve more views and subscribers. BTW I am also a freshman studying Mechanical Engineering.
i always make 2 "cheat sheets" . 1st as I study each of the segments of subject, then 2nd, more colorful and better organised, before and during problem-solving tasks.
You have stated all what i have done while attending my bsc electrical engineering and msc computer Engineering......cheat sheet is very useful in way that you expressed it.i like the way you explain it good job 👏 👌
I don't want to sound like the goat here, but anybody that's been to a real big hard University knows that you just have to buckle down and bust your tail to get through the course work, especially for an engineering degree. It's designed to be that way. There is no shortcut or easy path to success. Looks to me like you were willing to make the commitment and succeed.
Hey I have a few questions: In your engineering note taking video, you have an initial notebook, then “supernotes”. In this Video you mention that you create cheat sheets near the exam date. 1. Just wanted you clarify that you create supernotes while studying then cheat sheets near the exam when you are doing practices? 2. Do you still create cheat sheets even for topics where you cannot bring in a cheat sheet? 3. Is the supernotes enough for exams where you can’t bring in cheat sheets?
1. Yes, that’s exactly what I do. 2. Yea I always create cheat sheets. But for the courses that I can’t bring it to the exam, I don’t spend much trying to fit it all in one page. 3. Yea super notes is usually enough. I like to create this cheat sheet to just have a few equations or concepts that I use a lot. It definitely doesn’t have to be as thorough as what I showed in this video if you already have super notes.
Great Tip!! thank uuu for sharing, ur channel is the best out here for engineering students, u're the light in the darkness (bruh that expressin was lame), the one that give us guidance and courage, keep the great work homie
This reminded me of the "mind maps" the class had to do in elementary, it's not parallel to "cheat sheet" but it brought out the "wtf?" memory. You know drawing circles, associated words and lines to almost represent a neuron or a hentai monster. And it was completely useless, I learned NOTHING from it since I could just memorize whatever page (2-3 times in a row), and if I didn't remember - having an associated word isn't going to help since there wouldn't be a memory of it to access. I remember it because it was such a waste of time and I couldn't see the use for it, some people might've, but I didn't.
I already made one called “How I Take Notes as an Engineering Student”. You should be able to find it on my feed, but I’ll make sure to make more note taking videos :)
Engineering students don't need to memorize many things. What they need is to understand 1) methods 2)concepts This may be a personal experience: in my third year of engineering at UMD, I took vibrations, fluids, and electronics and although I made cheat sheets, I ended up not using them for the most part of the exam time. That is because I had understood concepts, derivations, and methods.
Well i just read the slides from my lectures and hightlight the important things and than i am writing them out on a paper and collect information during the lecture and one month before i start witht the learning . I highlight the most important things and putting the most important information on 1/2 or 3 pages.
Hey Tamer , Iam student in aerospace engineering in Cairo university I want to know how could you deal with the short time you have in the day to study compared to large materials you learned in engineering
I usually just divide up the large amount of work into smaller, more manageable tasks. Also, usually a lot of my studying happened right before the exam.
at 4:06 the reason you haven't found the correct solution to example #2 is cause you forgot to add a - sign to C43. You can correct it now btw. Pleased to help.
It really depends, as soon as you can do a part of the exams you should start exercising and then keep refreshing the old stuff while you add up new part of the exam.
Hey man, I was wondering if you could make a video on how to land internships/interviews in the oil & gas sector. Would really appreciate it if you do!
what supplies do u get before the semester starts? do u get 2 notebooks per class? 1 for notes and the other for super notes? also do you use pens and pencils?
I usually get two notebooks per class. One for taking notes and another for solving problems. I’ll make a more detailed video about this topic tho. I use pencils mostly, but pens for super notes
Hey Tamer, Is having huge knowledge in physics important to major in mechanical or mechatronics engineering and is it possible to major in engineering with a low physics knowledge
Yes, I think it is! I was one of those who had no background in physics, yet i am majoring top 1 of my classes! How did I do it? I studied much harder than my peers, and then after a while I was just like the rest of them and even better! I was a person in my first semester of college who didnt know how to apply newtons second law to a particle on an inclined plan! I didnt even know back then newtons second law! Hahahha.
i would say that you dont have to know everything in details. Understanding how things work and having a grasp of the mechanism is enough to learn further. And about the formulas, you can always look those up on the internet
Wild idea, but what if you made your cheat sheat WHILE you did the problem so that you ensure every equation that you used while solving problems is on the sheet.
Hi Tameer I wish I had taken notes like u but I have not . Is there any possibility that you could share the core subjects notes so that It will be very useful for my higher studies. And u have legible handwriting so I think I could get most from ur notes.
@@TamerShaheen thank you bro, I didn't want to bother asking my parents for something useless but I had a feeling I'll need it but every time I'm about to ask mom I feel like it's not necessary. Thank you again, I wish you luck in your engineering journey.
I'm following you for a long time ago l like your videos so much but it seems you are Egyptian or sort of Arab person So if you are an Arab speak Arabic for me.❤️
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