How I easily cram for ANY exam the DAY BEFORE (and still ace it)
Summary
TLDRThe script offers a strategy for students facing exams with limited time, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing study topics based on personal weaknesses and exam weight. It suggests using a 'traffic light' system for self-evaluation and past papers to identify key areas. The video also covers the concept of ignoring strengths when cramming, focusing on understanding and correcting mistakes, and making connections between concepts for efficient learning. The speaker encourages viewers to check out a free study master class for further guidance on excelling academically.
Takeaways
- 📚 Prioritize studying based on exam weight and personal strengths and weaknesses, focusing on topics that are both challenging and likely to appear on the exam.
- 🔍 Identify weaknesses using a traffic light system or by noting down mistakes in past papers, which helps in self-evaluation and targeted revision.
- 📉 Recognize that focusing on strengths during cramming is less beneficial than addressing weaknesses, as exams are often lost on what is not known.
- 🎯 Use past papers to understand the exam structure and predict high-weight topics, which can guide efficient study sessions.
- 🚫 Ignore strengths when cramming to concentrate on areas that need improvement, as these are where the most marks can be gained or lost.
- 🤔 Understand the underlying concepts and make connections between them to enhance memory retention and application during exams.
- 🔄 Apply spaced repetition by revisiting past papers and mistakes, allowing for better understanding and retention of difficult topics.
- 🧠 Embrace making mistakes during practice as it stimulates mental activity and strengthens neural pathways, leading to better learning outcomes.
- 🔑 Change the wording of questions to test understanding of concepts from different angles, which helps in grasping the bigger picture.
- 🔗 Look for patterns, similarities, and differences between concepts to make connections and reduce the amount of information that needs to be memorized.
- 📈 Use chunking to group related information, making it easier to remember and apply during exams.
Q & A
What is the main issue the speaker is dealing with in the transcript?
-The speaker is dealing with the stress of an upcoming organic chemistry exam that they are not well-prepared for, having missed a class and not understanding the topic.
What is the speaker's strategy for dealing with the exam stress?
-The speaker suggests a cramming protocol focusing on weaknesses and heavy exam weight topics, prioritizing them over strengths and less important topics.
What is the 'cramping protocol' mentioned in the transcript?
-The 'cramping protocol' is a strategy to prioritize studying topics based on their importance in the exam and the student's weaknesses, rather than going through topics in order.
How does the speaker recommend identifying one's weaknesses in the exam preparation?
-The speaker recommends using a traffic light system to self-evaluate and mark topics with red, yellow, or green dots, and also doing past papers to identify areas of difficulty.
What is the significance of using past papers for exam preparation according to the transcript?
-Past papers are significant because they provide a pattern of what topics are frequently tested and their weight in the exam, helping to predict and focus on important areas.
Why is it important to focus on weaknesses even if they might not appear in the exam?
-Focusing on weaknesses is important because it reduces the amount of time needed for study by addressing areas where the student is most likely to make mistakes, which could cost them marks in the exam.
What is the analogy used in the transcript to explain the importance of focusing on weaknesses?
-The analogy used is of a boat with a massive hole in the bottom. No matter how good the boat looks, it will sink if the hole isn't fixed, similar to how focusing on strengths won't help if there are unaddressed weaknesses.
How does the speaker describe the difference between organized students and those who cram?
-Organized students know about the exam well in advance, have a study plan, and are relaxed before the exam. In contrast, students who cram are anxious, holding textbooks and trying to remember facts right before the exam.
What is the '24-minute study master class' mentioned by the speaker?
-The '24-minute study master class' is a free resource created by the speaker to help students become top performers in their class, covering study techniques and strategies for success.
What is the concept of 'chunking' information as discussed in the transcript?
-'Chunking' information is a method of grouping related pieces of information together to reduce the amount that needs to be memorized individually, making the study process more efficient.
How does the speaker suggest understanding the concept behind an answer on an exam?
-The speaker suggests changing the wording of a concept to see if another answer could be correct, which forces a deeper understanding of the concept and its relation to the bigger picture.
Outlines
📚 Last-Minute Exam Preparation Strategies
This paragraph discusses the common stress of facing an imminent exam in a subject like organic chemistry, which the student finds difficult and has missed a class for. It describes the typical behavior of students who procrastinate studying until the last moment, leading to cramming. The speaker then introduces the concept of 'cramming the correct way' by prioritizing study topics based on personal weaknesses and the weight of the topic in the exam. A 'cramming protocol' is suggested, emphasizing focusing on weak areas that are heavily tested. The paragraph also touches on the importance of self-evaluation using a 'traffic light system' to identify knowledge gaps and the speaker's personal experience with chemistry as an example.
🔍 Identifying Weaknesses and Efficient Cramming
The second paragraph delves into strategies for identifying weaknesses and efficiently cramming for exams. It suggests using past papers to highlight frequently tested topics, comparing the exam preparation process to the game show 'Physical 100' on Netflix, where contestants adjust their training based on the show's focus. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of recognizing and focusing on weaknesses during cramming, likening it to fixing a hole in a boat. It also discusses the value of making and learning from mistakes, using space repetition to reinforce learning, and the mental benefits of struggling through problems. The speaker encourages understanding concepts deeply rather than just memorizing facts, suggesting techniques like changing the wording of questions to ensure true comprehension.
💡 Mastering Concepts for Effective Cramming
The final paragraph wraps up the video script by emphasizing the importance of understanding concepts for effective cramming. It discusses the 'aha' moment of comprehension and encourages chunking information to memorize less. The speaker also promotes making connections between different concepts to enhance memory and understanding. The paragraph concludes with a call to action for viewers to check out 'Student Accelerator,' a program designed to help students excel, and ends with a motivational note to take action.
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Keywords
💡Cramming
💡Organic Chemistry
💡Weaknesses
💡Past Papers
💡Traffic Light System
💡Heavyweight Topics
💡Spaced Repetition
💡Understanding Concepts
💡Chunking
💡Student Accelerator
Highlights
The transcript discusses the stress of an upcoming exam in organic chemistry, a subject the speaker finds difficult and missed a class for.
The speaker admits to procrastination, resulting in binge-watching Netflix instead of studying.
A realization of the urgency to study is presented, with only 20 hours left before the exam.
The contrast between organized students and those who cram is depicted, with the latter group feeling unprepared.
The importance of studying in advance is highlighted, but the transcript focuses on effective cramming techniques.
The 'cramping protocol' is introduced, emphasizing prioritizing study topics based on personal weakness and exam weight.
A technique called the 'traffic light system' is suggested for self-evaluating and marking topics with red, yellow, or green dots.
The value of past papers is explained for identifying heavyweight and lightweight exam topics.
The concept of ignoring strengths when cramming is presented, focusing on weaknesses to minimize exam losses.
The use of past papers to compile a list of mistakes for focused revision is recommended.
The importance of understanding concepts rather than just memorizing facts is discussed.
Changing the wording of questions to test understanding and make connections between concepts is advised.
The method of 'chunking' information to reduce the amount of memorization required is introduced.
Making connections to existing knowledge is emphasized for efficient learning.
The analogy of a boat with a hole is used to illustrate the importance of addressing weaknesses.
The transcript concludes with an offer for a 'Student Accelerator' program to help students excel.
A call to action for viewers to apply the cramming techniques discussed is made.
Transcripts
so you're stressed cuz your exam is soon
it's in 3 days time the thing is you
never really liked organic chemistry and
you ended up missing that one class as
well and so the whole topic doesn't
really make sense to you but it's all
right because it's an important exam and
you're going to I'm locked in I'm locked
in it's going to be okay and so as
you're walking to your desk to sit down
and study your foot slips and you end up
like falling back on your bed with your
phone in your hand wo wo wo what
happened and you end up binge watching
another Netflix show and another whole
day passes and before you know it
there's only 20 4 hours left of the exam
you feel like crying and as you do
everything you feel that impending sense
of Doom of the exam coming up and you
realize [ __ ] it's time to
crank the morning of exam I'd always see
like this clear divide on one side I see
the organized students who known about
this exam like months before they it was
even announced they had made like a half
a year study plan and they were ready to
crush this exam they'd be chilling in
like the corner they'd be doing like
their breathing
exercises because they were all set but
on the other side there was me and the
other students who'd have like our
textbooks in hand and they were like
pacing up and down trying to remember
one more fact before we went in the exam
Hall knowing that we were probably
cooked yeah obviously ideally we would
study in advance we do what the good
students were doing but the thing is
[ __ ] happens whether you just forget
you're on vacation or whether you're
like playe got delayed or maybe you're
just lazy like me for a lot of the time
you might as well learn how to cram the
correct way so this is how you can cram
for your exam in under 24 hours and
still get the best results possible
chapter one
priorities the number one mistake that
students make when they cramp is they
try to go through the topic list in
order and they decide to like cover all
of it that's a really really bad
approach and it's the one I did when I
cramp for a lot of the time I'd go
through like all the topics in order and
this would have been an effective way to
study if every single topic would be
tested in the exam in that order but
that's not what an exam looks like right
you need to follow this cramming
protocol your goal is to study the
topics by the following rank so firstly
you want to study your weakness but
something that's also the heavy exam
weight then you want to study your
weakness but St that's lightweight in
the exam and then you want to study your
strengths that will be heavy weight in
the exam and then you want to study your
strengths that will be the lightweight
in your exam things that have heavy
weight in the exam basically means that
they come up more often they're going to
make up more marks but as you can notice
you always want to focus on your
weaknesses if you focus on the stuff
that will come up a lot and also things
that you're weak at you end up cutting
down the amount of time that you need to
study we can ignore your strength a lot
of the time when you cramp because in an
exam where is it that you're losing
marks it's with your mistakes right and
so even if we revise a lot of the time
we like to reinforce our strengths we
like to focus on our strengths but if we
follow the crumming Matrix protocol you
can see that you have to focus on your
weakness even if it might not come up in
the exam because the point is if you
don't know it even if it's like a small
amount you're not going to know how to
do it and so the way to find your
weaknesses firstly to use the traffic
light system next to that same topic
list put like a DOT of like either a red
dot a yellow dot or a Green Dot kind of
do a self- evaluation on what topics you
know so basically I remember I'd be
doing this with chemistry some of like
the topic points I wouldn't even know
what they meant so that' be read but
some topics are crazy easy like it
literally just be like describe the
arrangement of solid liquids and gases
and so I know if we did the standard
cramming I'd have to still cover that
topic like the same amount as all the
others but that makes no sense because
firstly it's probably not going to come
up that much so it's a low exam weight
but it's also my strength and so that's
like on that list it's like my fourth
priority you one quickly since this new
school year is approaching and it's
getting closer and closer you see like
students around you and maybe you as
well have that new kind of like new
school year new me type of thing going
on I'll get better grades I'll blow my
teachers away with like amazing homework
I'll have a brand new study routine and
I'm going to get like perfect grades
this year and it's all nice and well to
set these goals but how do you know that
this year will turn out any different do
you even really have a plan for it what
is it that you will do to make the
difference and if you know in the back
of your mind there's some doubt and
discomfort about what I just said then
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anyway back to the video another way to
find your weaknesses are to do past
papers and this is my personal favorite
I do a past paper and then I note down
which topics I got wrong and then I
highlight that topic in another color
then you end up having a list of your
strengths and weaknesses to find out
whether like in the exam it's going to
be a heavy or a lightweight some
teachers already like tell you
apparently they tell you like this is
going to be tested more so make sure to
look at this more but for my teacher
they never told us that the way you can
do this is just do past papers past
papers are literally the previous year
version of the same exam so although the
question like wording might be different
slightly the structure and composition
will be the exact same for my biology
exam there was so many topics right I
think biology is like one of the
Sciences where it has the most amount of
content and if I try to study all of
them I would have never been able to but
after doing like five past papers you
see that some topics like kidneys
protein synthesis always came up in
every single past paper and so I
unconsciously find out that they're
heavyweight exams whereas some topics
like ey or coordination response rarely
ever came up so I was able to structure
my revision around those topics that
came up heavily like the nephrons and
protein synthesis you know when you have
those moments in tests where you study a
lot but like that topic you spent like 7
hours studying just doesn't come up the
reason that this happens is because
you're studying everything including
like the lightweight exams this is why
past papers are so useful you kind of
get a road map you kind of get to
predict what topics will come up and
obviously this isn't like a decisive
thing but think of it like this the
analogy I like to use is the show
physical 100 which you guys might have
seen on Netflix and basically it's like
a game show where physically fit people
as you can hear from the name there's
100 physically like fit people and
they're trying to find like the number
one physically fit person you know and
in the first season like the very first
season people didn't like what physical
100 would mean because physical is a
very very broad term right for a lot of
people some people thought it mean like
lifting weights like the heaviest
weights because that's physical but also
some people thought it would be like
endurance or some people thought it
would be like jumping there's so many
different aspects of the physical so in
season one there was like a wide array
of people but after like the first
season happened the show was actually a
lot of endurance based like if you guys
watch the show it was a lot of like
cardio and like you know stamina
endurance which is actually quite niche
in the physical but people like in
season 2 so when they redid this again
they knew that so like when they were
doing the interview like people were
saying like they trained specifically
cardio and like CrossFit Etc because
they realized that endurance would be a
high heavy weight point of this
competition exams are very very similar
although biology is very broad there's
actually only like a couple of main
points that will actually be tested and
you can predict this you have to like
keep doing past papers over and over
again and then you really start to make
up and like see the patterns of what
topics are tested and I promise you that
like as you go through your topic list
firstly you can cross off topics that
you know are very very easy or you know
like regardless for example like the
easy topics I was talking about and so
you've already cut down your list of
revision from that after you do one pass
paper you can cross off your strength if
with no revision you able to get those
right oh that's your strength you don't
need to cover it so cross out all your
strengths and suddenly you're left with
a list that's only like half or maybe
like a quarter or even less than that of
topics that you know you need to focus
on that's like a blessing because
suddenly you've cut down the amount you
need to study and That's essential when
cramming because it's all about
efficiency chapter 2 ignoring
strengths when cramming you have to
ignore the strengths we touched upon
this briefly but you can use this
further if you were building a boat and
there was like a massive hole in the
bottom but you are like focused on
putting like better cells like a better
propeller and you're like painting it
you're making it look all nice that's
would be all pointless because at the
end of the day that boat will sink
because of that big hole at the bottom
doesn't matter how good the boat looks
doesn't matter how advanced the Sails
are because that one big hole at the
bottom will make the boat sink it's the
exact same with exams exams is something
where you want to lose as few marks as
possible right you have to drill your
mistakes when cramming because that's
where you'll use the most marks doesn't
matter how strong your strengths are
because your strengths will never
outperform your weaknesses an iron chain
with one Rusty link is as only as strong
as a rusty chain the best way to do this
is to spam past papers as we talked
about and then to compile a whole list
of mistakes so when I we used to do my
past papers I used to like compile a
whole list of mistakes and then I let
some time pass and then I redo it again
and again because when you let some time
pass that's when you can really see how
much you remember and understand this is
space repetition try them again and if
you get it right amazing you just made
your weakness of strengths if you still
get it wrong amazing you're able to see
where your hole is in the boat imagine
you weren't able to find the hole in the
boat until the exam that's terrible
right people are really scared of making
mistakes because it lowers your
self-esteem when they doing past papers
and they get like 60% but the more
mistakes you make in the past papers you
should start to see that as something
good because that's one less mistake
you'll make in the actual exam brain
scans prove that students who spend time
correcting mistake exhibits more mental
activity and when you have to fight
through a problem more neurop pathways
are formed struggling to learn and
making mistakes is what increases mental
capacity in the gym it's not like the
fun like easy reps that gave you the
muscles it's like the last couple of
reps so you're like failing struggling
like you're making like weird noises and
like it really hurts like training to
hypertrophy properly like it really
hurts right that's when you see muscle
growth you have to make the task and
like past papers as difficult as you can
so that you make mistakes and then make
sure to practice them you're able to see
where your mistakes are and chapter 3 is
understanding the
concept you have to grasp why the answer
is why it is you have to understand the
overarching thought or concept it's kind
of like if you have the main picture you
can just Trace over it so ask yourself
what is the concept being tested and how
does it relate to the bigger picture an
easy way to do this is as you do a
question change the wording of the
concept so that another answer is
correct so what this means is for
example in this question what type of
blood-like vessel transports blood into
the heart we know that the answer are
veins right but then let's say in the
question we change the word in into out
suddenly you have to understand the
concept to understand like even though
it's like that one question what is the
reverse of that well we know that if it
was carrying blood away from the heart
it would be an artery and so suddenly
it's also testing your understanding by
when you're doing a question you're
changing the wording and thinking of it
outside the box these are things that
will give you that extra points of
knowledge and it really tests your
understanding make connections between
Concepts patterns similarities and
differences trying to spot those are key
for example like a really effect way of
cramming so instead of learning like
double of everything if you learn what
happens when your lung inhales you know
how it exhales because it's just the
opposite trying to find these patterns
similarities and differences are how
your brain is going to remember and it's
very efficient for cring try to chunk
your information together into chunks so
that you have to memorize less for
example if you memorize like food tests
and like their respective colors
individually that's like 12 different
things you have to remember but suddenly
if you remember like the starting color
and the color change all together that's
only like three different things you
have to remember at once learning is
simply just making connections to things
that you already know once you know
pressure you don't have to relearn like
ideal gases in physics or like the lungs
or like nephrons in ultra filtration
because they're all just pressure and
once you understand that one thing
you're able to understand all these
different other things once you
understand the relationship you have
that moment where it's like oh like it
actually finally makes sense that's the
moment that we're trying to get for and
so with that you should have no problem
crumming for your next exam even as a l
was like 24 hours and I'm sure you do
well and by the way if you found this
useful you probably like learning from
me and so if you want to get extra help
you might want to check out student
accelerator which is my program that
helps students become the best that they
can be in minimal time so if you want to
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the description as always take action
and I'll see you next time
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