I can't remember ANYTHING anymore! HELP!

[brains]

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I think my brain has exceeded its limits for memorization. I can't remember crap now. As soon as I'm done reading a chapter out of one of my textbooks, it's like the guys from Men In Black came along and wiped everything out! 😡

I can't remember anything new. But I can remember what I wore 4 years ago when my boyfriend asked me out on our first Valentine's date! 😳

It is so frustrating because I spend a lot ( and I mean A LOT) of time studying. Then my dad tells me "Maybe you need to study more."

Any suggestions or explanations for this would be most appreciated 🙂

 

[Hook17]

quit the weed

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

Study less, and make each session more intense. Are you studying passively, such as simply reading notes or texts? If so, break out a pen, notebook, 3x5 cards, etc., and make the sessions a bit more participatory. Are you studying science related material? If so, do as many practice problems as you can. If you're studying for the humanities, study by writing short papers on each subject. Having to explain your thoughts on paper is a great way to form complex thoughts and remember issues on a deeper level than simply reading. Good luck, you can overcome this problem if you take the right angle. 👍

 

[You'reCrazy]

quit the weed

hahahaha 🙂

 

[brains]

Thanks for the tips. I'm currently studying anthropology, living world religions, and biology. All of these require a lot of reading and memorization, and there aren't a lot of practice problems for any of them. 👎

As for now, I think I'm just going to re-read a lot of the material and see if that helps.

 

[LJDHC05]

Thanks for the tips. I'm currently studying anthropology, living world religions, and biology. All of these require a lot of reading and memorization, and there aren't a lot of practice problems for any of them. 👎

As for now, I think I'm just going to re-read a lot of the material and see if that helps.

as far as the Bio goes, it depends on the subject matter. I find that writing out the pertinent info about 5 times works for me. If it's Biochem, write out the pathway (including chemical structures/enzyme name/regulators/coenzymes/secondary prods&reactants) looking at the stuff 2-3 times, and then try to do it from memory 2-3 times only looking at the answer when you need to cause you're stuck or until you dont need to do this anymore. (worked for orgo too).

For organ systems, i draw out diagrams and label them over and over until I can do it from memory.

for non-science classes, i break down the class notes into manageable chunks and make informal outlines of what is important to know in each chunk because it was stressed in class. Then I recopy those a few times until it's in my brain.

Then for everything, I take about 2 hours off and try to regurgitate everything over again. This is easier after you know how your prof tests. It's just what works for me. I was a chem major, so basically I was asked to do calcs and apply concepts, not to puke up knowledge/historical facts

<-- the brown stuff is knowledge/historical facts

you just need to find out how you learn and stick with whatever way that is.

 

[DrBuro]

For memorization classes, I know what your problem is because I was in a similar situation when I took Bio. You are reading through the material with your eyes, but you are not thinking about what you're reading (which is something engineers seem to do a lot). While reading, stop after every couple of paragraphs and summarize in your head what you just read. After you are done with the chapter, write out some flash cards with all of the important terms on them. After you memorize the flash cards, repeat the first step again and you'll see how simple everything really was.

 

[Hook17]

For memorization classes, I know what your problem is because I was in a similar situation when I took Bio. You are reading through the material with your eyes, but you are not thinking about what you're reading (which is something engineers seem to do a lot). While reading, stop after every couple of paragraphs and summarize in your head what you just read. After you are done with the chapter, write out some flash cards with all of the important terms on them. After you memorize the flash cards, repeat the first step again and you'll see how simple everything really was.

don't reveal our weakness..

I've heard that engineers don't fair to well during their first 2 years of medical school, anyone else hear the same