Study tips for classes that require brute memorization

[Served]

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Some classes just feed you information with buckets. Repetition is way too time consuming, and especially if you have several of such courses, this method becomes quite inefficient. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[justAstudent]

Anki

 

[Pacna]

Change stuff up, yo. Black boards, white boards, flashcards, Anki, etc.

 

[Pythagorean]

Flash cards and multi colored highlighters/pens for notes have always been highly effective for me.

 

[TooMuchResearch]

Some classes just feed you information with buckets. Repetition is way too time consuming, and especially if you have several of such courses, this method becomes quite inefficient. Do you have any suggestions?

Repetition. Use different methods of repetition suggested by others if you prefer, but it's still repetition. Make/use mnemonics. Learn concepts when concepts are present.

Learn to do this now and avoid getting destroyed by medical school.

 

[Spinach Dip]

Flash cards.

 

[Lambda Phage]

Pay attention during class.

 

[Frostbite22]

I found it useful to say the information out loud. I'd sit down with my boyfriend and explain to him the pulmonary system and it really helped. Boring for him though...

 

[XmedBarney]

Mnemonics... and then mnemonics for the mnemonics

 

[mrh125]

flashcards, if you can make diagrams, constantly redraw it and label. In my experience if you do flashcards over and over again multiple times a day and then try and diagram things and write down the definitions of things on paper from memory that goes a long way. Also, reading about the material and developing a context really helps.

Bio can be more difficult than something like o-chem in my experience. if you need more specific advice mention the subject and i'll be happy to help. I mostly use flashcards, it gets really hard for something like genetics though many because there are so many damn transcription factors that it's hard to keep your mind on all of them. make lists and write what they do, also walk yourself through processes like transcription, translation, and mitosis if the stuff you have to memorize is like that.

 

[TspCapacity]

Flashcards for basic things like vocab, amino acids, whatever. Redrawing flowchart diagrams over and over is useful for any pathway ever. It sucks, but it's my go-to method. Just figure out whatever works for you, though; that's the important part.

 

[medicalmnt]

i try to categorize them into small groups like if a question were to ask this X then the answer can only be either B,C, or D then memorize that one
idk good i just read over the slides/textbook alot and try to skim them.

 

[Served]

Thanks for all the inputs. I tried out Anki today, and I was wondering if there is a way to review my deck over and over again once I'm done with them...I can't see any of my cards in my deck.

 

[makingthejump]

Study first thing in the morning, like 4am-7am. Also, listen to lectures over and over. and the biggest of them all...UNDERSTAND why memorizing something is important, create a contextual surrounding for why memorizing it would be necessary.

 

[orangeman25]

Time is your best friend when it comes to classes like this. Classes with brute memorization otherwise shouldn't be hard, only if you cram

 

[mehc012]

Thanks for all the inputs. I tried out Anki today, and I was wondering if there is a way to review my deck over and over again once I'm done with them...I can't see any of my cards in my deck.

Absolutely. Open your deck and select "Custom Study". Your best bet then is to simply 'Study by card state or tag' and have zero requirements for inclusion in the custom study deck. Every time you finish the deck, you can rebuild, if you like going over things frequently.

Feel free to msg me if you have Anki questions. I have been using it exclusively for my studying for over a year now, and I have things fairly well tuned for me personally. Of course, your strategies will be different from my own, but I can at least tell you how to do the things you want to try, and how similar approaches worked for me in the past.

Tip #1: Over-tagging is ALWAYS better than under-tagging. Tag. Tag. Tag. By the Nine, TAG!!

 

[Boolean]

Absolutely. Open your deck and select "Custom Study". Your best bet then is to simply 'Study by card state or tag' and have zero requirements for inclusion in the custom study deck. Every time you finish the deck, you can rebuild, if you like going over things frequently.

Feel free to msg me if you have Anki questions. I have been using it exclusively for my studying for over a year now, and I have things fairly well tuned for me personally. Of course, your strategies will be different from my own, but I can at least tell you how to do the things you want to try, and how similar approaches worked for me in the past.

Tip #1: Over-tagging is ALWAYS better than under-tagging. Tag. Tag. Tag. By the Nine, TAG!!

Would love to see an Anki tips and tricks post! Consider it perhaps 🙂?

 

[gallons]

Pay attention during class.

worst advice ever. class if for dorks.

 

[Turkishking]

worst advice ever. class if for dorks.

My bio professor flies by lol

 

[857770]

Anki may help with this. Spaced repetition can be very helpful.

 

[AttemptingScholar]

As far as mnemonics go, I benefit from making them for everything, even stuff that I feel like I already understand and wouldn't need them for. That way, if I'm not 100% sure between two options, it's probably the one that does not lend itself easily to making a mnemonic. Otherwise I'd remember it. Because I make them so often, the cases where I don't make them also helps me!