General Discussion

I have tried to bury memories about my life as a student, but posts like this bring it all back.

Like say for a term paper, it usually went something like this.

1. Pick from among the Prof's suggested topics.
2. Attempt to find resources on said topic.
3. Fail at #2 and return to #1.
4. Finally find a well-covered topic and breathe a sigh of relief with 1 week to go.
5. Attend a lecture/TA session and discover to my horror that I've misunderstood the topic completely. Return to #1.
6. In desperation, try to find reference materials on all possible topics at once. 2 days to go.
7. Spend a day sifting through everything I've managed to gather hoping to find anything at all I could write 1000+ words about.
8. Final evening. Plunk down a 2L coke, heat up some Jamaican patties, and start pulling an all-nighter.

I guess for exams, there was less running around but more like #8 on repeat for a couple of weeks straight. After that, my mom calls telling me what great plans she has for Christmas. I'm usually just coming down with the flu by this point.

Alternatively:

1. Don't visit the lectures of a subject you dislike for the entire semester
2. Don't look at the lecture slides either
3. Don't even do the (voluntary) homework
4. Start learning 2 weeks before the exam by lazily watching last year's recordings at 2x speed
5. Start actually preparing for the exam 1 week later
6. Somehow pass the exam

This is a great and absolutely-not-stressful-in-the-slightest plan.

I would also add Obsidian to the software list so you can goof off setting up an Obsidian vault and tell yourself it's to make yourself more productive

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Uhhhh, Cheg can be... problematic in academic circles, many universities view it as cheating and will enact harsh penalties (in line with their academic integrity policies) if you get caught using it.

I know this reads like a "don't get caught" statement, but I'd advise that you'd be much better off getting homework help at your university's tutoring center(s) or professor/ TA's office hours.

I'd definitely recommend Anki over Quizlet. Among many things it is very versatile, doesn't cost a subscription, and has a better retention algorithm in my experience. Can't comment on the rest although Photomath definitely helped me a few times :)