All of the resources and things I mentioned are linked in the description! Let me know what other tips and tricks you have for studying better, I would love to learn from you
Thank you so much for posting this!! I'm in month 4 of studying for the MCAT and I will be testing by next year, and l've been learning the question types and do my best to practice as many questions as possible. I watch a lot of videos here on RUclips and with practice, practice, practice. It's nice to hear advice from Good teachers here on RUclips who remembers that the struggle is real with this exam. Thank you again!! (Also, for the young ones worrying about not getting into Medical school soon...I'm 39 and will be 40 when (if accepted) I begin Medical school. Yup, I'm changing careers! So keep your head up, study and practice and remember you got this!)
The truth is some people are just good test takers, and others are not. I didnt study much but passed easily. I know people who studied a lot and didnt pass. The most improtant thing is to work on staying calm during the test, and confident. Come up with little sayings and ways to remember stuff just like MR Tony always told me. I made up phrases that only made sense to me to remember things.
Discovering the RUclips channel Bread Story was literally a gift from the universe! I have always loved using ASMR-type videos or music playlists on RUclips as background noise when studying, and Bread Story is just the right amount of noise and chatter in a language I don't understand to fill the study noise void!
Hi Ginny! I'm a rising senior in high school and your videos have gotten me through so many groggy essay writing sessions across the summer. Your channel has been really motivating and comforting !! Shows what life could be if I countinue to work hard and learn more about the human body. Thank you for these videos :)
I just tried the 2x technique and, honestly, it's incredibly effective. I managed to complete what would normally take two days' worth of study in less than a day. Although many people advised against using it to maintain focus, I found that it actually works quite the opposite for me.
I've used Trello and Notion and Kanban boards for everything. I love color coding, and then with the sticky notes on my kanban wall, it's soooo satisfying to move them from the "To Do" row to the "Done" row. Plus it's a beautiful wall because of how I decorated it. When I do that in One Note or Notion or Trello, or even in Excel, it's very similar, but that's the one I keep with me so I have access to the digital version.
Your channel has been such a comfort to me this summer as i am about to be senior in highschool and with the stress of trying to pick what program i want to go into, your videos have shown me real life proof that hard work pays off. Thank you for inspiring me to continue to look for programs in STEM that i could potentially go into
I am programming now and tip 5 is sooo me when i listen to your videos while programming because i got soo bored easily so your quiet voice helps me focus more 😂😂😂😂❤❤
i recently realized that taking the conventional bullet notes isn't super effective for me, i learn a lot better when i make my notes in the form of answers to questions that might be on the exam (i put my slides into chatgpt and ask it to come up with some study questions and then edit/add what's necessary). it makes it a lot easier to study for tests because i already have questions for practice tests. i'm definitely gonna try putting netflix on in the background because i do notice around the third/fourth hour i start getting bored and spacing out LOL. thanks for this :)
Great idea! I try to structure my Anki questions as actual questions as well and say my answers out loud rather than just in my head to make it more challenging. Netflix ix great as long as I don't put something too interesting on haha
@@baconandeggs9113 Sure I can expand on what I mean! So, I've always been taught that in lectures you should summarize the most important information in point form, which is helpful but not the best approach for me. So what I do instead, is ask myself for each slide "what is the point of this slide? what information should I take away?" Once I figure out which information is important, I come up with a question (or multiple questions, if there is a lot of information on the slide) that the takeaway information from the slide is able to answer. And then I write that information under the question how I would answer the question for an assignment (I use notion, so I put the answer under a toggle so I can hide it when testing myself). For example, if the slide says "There are 2 immune responses: the adaptive immune response and the innate immune response" rather than writing out "2 immune responses: adaptive and immune" for my notes, I would write "What are the 2 types of immune responses?" and add the answer under it. Sometimes questions can get a bit complex, so sometimes it's helpful to break them down or group different bits of information together in a different way than they were presented on the slide. Sometimes I can create multiple questions from one slide and sometimes I group multiple slides together to create one question. I usually stick to more straight-forward questions while I'm still learning the information, but once you get more comfortable with the information and maybe you have like a test coming up, you can get more creative with your questions, like coming up with some interesting multiple choice, true or false, matching, or short answer questions that are on about the same level of difficulty as the test would be. I find that skimming the slides and coming up with questions before your lecture is even more helpful, because you can come prepared with your questions and really get a good idea of what you do and don't understand during class. You can do the same thing with your textbook, just skim through and write down the main points as questions, and then go back and really answer those questions as if you are writing an assignment. A lot of textbooks also have questions at the end of every chapter, so depending on how useful those questions are, you could also use those as well. Hope this helps!
A new subscriber and I recently discovered your channel and I'm enjoying the vibe so much, it's so calm and peaceful to watch you. Also, it's edited so nicely! Pls increase the new videos hehe
What do you take your notes in? I feel writing is great but typing would be better what do you use to keep track of your class notes or things your find impulsive of class? One note, notion, Google docs ? Which software do you find is helpful to keep all your notes organized. I am speaking on the more long detail notes not just the outlines or todo list Thanks love the channel
Hmm it depends on the class. I mostly rely on typing for classes that are very "word based" like biology, psych, some human health things... but for classes that have a lot of pathways and rely heavily on prof's powerpoints (ie physics, organic chemistry, etc) then I will download the presentation into Goodnotes and write my lecture notes there. Everything then gets compiled and condensed into a word doc for exam studying!
I really like your videos and even though I found your channel not so long ago I cannot wait for your new ones!! One quick question though. Do you know if there is an app similar to the pomodoro one you are using but for windows? Thank you for all the other studying tips too. It really helped me and motivated me to be more organized and productive. ♥
So sorry, I don't! I can't recall the last time I used windows haha. But there are many web-based or mobile pomodoro apps out there. Alternatively, just set a timer! Pomodoro is simply timing your study session then your breaks repeatedly. The Flow app just makes it look pretty :)
btw the flashcard scares me because the average person can't handle memorizing 2000 flashcards and keeps increasing as time goes on but it fails when you are tested with a question that is situation and in a multifaceted approach (curveball questions) and that person can have a hard time devising a solution due to depending on the isolated facts repeated and remembered when using flashcards
true! formatting the Anki cards in the form of questions are a good way to help answer questions on an exam. combining Anki cards with practice questions are also important to solidify the concepts!
it will be more effective if it the question tests on multiple concepts and which concept fit depending on the condition (which are high order questions based on HOTS) but sticking to factual questions doesn't reply help in situational or condition based questions
Thank you for the great video. I started my PhD in July, and decided to follow you for tips, help and inspiration. 😊 Can I just ask, what does pre-med mean? It means you study it before you go into Med School? In my country (Germany) it's a bit different, so the term Pre-med always confuses me. Is it like a bachelor's degree? Thank you and best regards ☀
In countries like the US and Canada, you have to obtain a bachelor's degree, and then take the MCAT before entering medical school for an additional four years. Usually, people pursue a bachelor's degree in biology or neuroscience as their pre-med degree, but I have seen individuals with non-medical related degrees successfully get into medical school. To apply to medical school, you need to take classes such as organic chemistry in your bachelor's. I hope this information is helpful!
I have wanted to pursue both MD and PhD but I didn't make it to MD when I applied. In the same year that I applied for MD I was also exploring research more seriously and ended up getting into my top choice for the PhD program, so I basically said hey why wait another year, let's just got for it, and honestly no regrets at the moment my PhD has been so much fun
my friend and i have been sitting here for the past 15 minutes trying to decode how old you are... that's a LONG time to be in higher education, long long did your bachelors and masters take you before ? xx
Hey guys. Quick question. So I’ve heard of Anki and really tried it but one redundancy I’ve seen is having to make your flash cards from scratch. It’s mostly medical students that have pre made flash cards so they can easily download them and use but for other fields its quite difficult. How do you guys handle this for those not in the medical field that practice active recall? because making flash cards from scratch while studying can be really stressful. Any tips would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
Hey have you tried getting notes from chatgpt specifying you want study notes for this specific subject- these specific topics- and specificy the kind of questions you’d like and answers to those questions
Now if you already have specific things you want to just revise on you can scan your notes on your notes app if you have an apple phone, try to select the notes and paste them on a document somewhere and fix up whatever doesn’t make sense then get chatgpt to expand on the topic your studying and ask you more questions. Obviously this can be the more tedious option so if you already take your notes online like on google docs it could be the easiest thing to work from. All this to say transfer notes to chatgpt, ask it to make study cue cards , then use that for anki after Tailoring it to your liking
I’ve gotten to the point where I purposefully stay seated longer than I’m comfortable just to practice the anxiety I feel when seated for so long testing😭😭😭 (that’s the most difficult part for me)
If I'm in a time crunch, I usually start by skimming abstract -> intro (only if I don't know the topic) -> first bit of results -> 1st-2nd paragraph of discussion. Gets all the main ideas so I can mark it down if I want to read more later on
I watch all RUclips videos (including this one) at 2x speed lol so it's literally impossible for me to watch lecture videos at normal speed bc it feels too slow
aaaa my fave study vlogger 🫶 just curious, did you consider going to med (assuming since you took the mcat) or are you planning to study more after and go to med?
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All of the resources and things I mentioned are linked in the description! Let me know what other tips and tricks you have for studying better, I would love to learn from you
Thank you so much for posting this!! I'm in month 4 of studying for the MCAT and I will be testing by next year, and l've been learning the question types and do my best to practice as many questions as possible. I watch a lot of videos here on RUclips and with practice, practice, practice. It's nice to hear advice from Good teachers here on RUclips who remembers that the struggle is real with this exam. Thank you again!! (Also, for the young ones worrying about not getting into Medical school soon...I'm 39 and will be 40 when (if accepted) I begin Medical school. Yup, I'm changing careers! So keep your head up, study and practice and remember you got this!)
The truth is some people are just good test takers, and others are not. I didnt study much but passed easily. I know people who studied a lot and didnt pass. The most improtant thing is to work on staying calm during the test, and confident. Come up with little sayings and ways to remember stuff just like MR Tony always told me. I made up phrases that only made sense to me to remember things.
Good for you man, way to go back and do what you want. I have a 42 year old in my current study group with MR Tony.
I'm 51 and doing the same. We got this! I don't care if l'm the old man in study group. Just means I have more wisdom and experience than my peers
Respect 🫡
This is really inspired me!!!!❤️❤️. I hope everything works out!
I agree with the 2x lecture speed.. I do the same, and it helped me to focus on what the professor is saying ..and saves my time too 😁
I know! The number of times I crammed multiple lectures into 1 day...
Discovering the RUclips channel Bread Story was literally a gift from the universe! I have always loved using ASMR-type videos or music playlists on RUclips as background noise when studying, and Bread Story is just the right amount of noise and chatter in a language I don't understand to fill the study noise void!
I also love eating bread and pastries so its just a bonus that its such a good channel for background noise
I also make my to-do list every day. it helps me to not stress everything simultaneously but take it one task by one. thnk u ginny for such nice tips!
Hi Ginny! I'm a rising senior in high school and your videos have gotten me through so many groggy essay writing sessions across the summer. Your channel has been really motivating and comforting !! Shows what life could be if I countinue to work hard and learn more about the human body. Thank you for these videos :)
Thank you so much! you got this!!
Please prevent the next pandemic
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I just tried the 2x technique and, honestly, it's incredibly effective. I managed to complete what would normally take two days' worth of study in less than a day. Although many people advised against using it to maintain focus, I found that it actually works quite the opposite for me.
this was actually filled with useful advice that can be easily put into practice, tysm! would love for this to become a series
I've used Trello and Notion and Kanban boards for everything. I love color coding, and then with the sticky notes on my kanban wall, it's soooo satisfying to move them from the "To Do" row to the "Done" row. Plus it's a beautiful wall because of how I decorated it.
When I do that in One Note or Notion or Trello, or even in Excel, it's very similar, but that's the one I keep with me so I have access to the digital version.
Your channel has been such a comfort to me this summer as i am about to be senior in highschool and with the stress of trying to pick what program i want to go into, your videos have shown me real life proof that hard work pays off. Thank you for inspiring me to continue to look for programs in STEM that i could potentially go into
I am programming now and tip 5 is sooo me when i listen to your videos while programming because i got soo bored easily so your quiet voice helps me focus more 😂😂😂😂❤❤
This is honestly the best study video Ive seen. Thank you!
i recently realized that taking the conventional bullet notes isn't super effective for me, i learn a lot better when i make my notes in the form of answers to questions that might be on the exam (i put my slides into chatgpt and ask it to come up with some study questions and then edit/add what's necessary). it makes it a lot easier to study for tests because i already have questions for practice tests. i'm definitely gonna try putting netflix on in the background because i do notice around the third/fourth hour i start getting bored and spacing out LOL. thanks for this :)
Great idea! I try to structure my Anki questions as actual questions as well and say my answers out loud rather than just in my head to make it more challenging. Netflix ix great as long as I don't put something too interesting on haha
Can you give me an example of writing notes as a form of answers? I don’t quite get it. I have a hard time reading text.
@@baconandeggs9113 Sure I can expand on what I mean! So, I've always been taught that in lectures you should summarize the most important information in point form, which is helpful but not the best approach for me. So what I do instead, is ask myself for each slide "what is the point of this slide? what information should I take away?" Once I figure out which information is important, I come up with a question (or multiple questions, if there is a lot of information on the slide) that the takeaway information from the slide is able to answer. And then I write that information under the question how I would answer the question for an assignment (I use notion, so I put the answer under a toggle so I can hide it when testing myself).
For example, if the slide says "There are 2 immune responses: the adaptive immune response and the innate immune response" rather than writing out "2 immune responses: adaptive and immune" for my notes, I would write "What are the 2 types of immune responses?" and add the answer under it. Sometimes questions can get a bit complex, so sometimes it's helpful to break them down or group different bits of information together in a different way than they were presented on the slide. Sometimes I can create multiple questions from one slide and sometimes I group multiple slides together to create one question. I usually stick to more straight-forward questions while I'm still learning the information, but once you get more comfortable with the information and maybe you have like a test coming up, you can get more creative with your questions, like coming up with some interesting multiple choice, true or false, matching, or short answer questions that are on about the same level of difficulty as the test would be.
I find that skimming the slides and coming up with questions before your lecture is even more helpful, because you can come prepared with your questions and really get a good idea of what you do and don't understand during class. You can do the same thing with your textbook, just skim through and write down the main points as questions, and then go back and really answer those questions as if you are writing an assignment. A lot of textbooks also have questions at the end of every chapter, so depending on how useful those questions are, you could also use those as well. Hope this helps!
Finally I watch a not-cliche tips RUclips video
so glad you enjoyed!!
A new subscriber and I recently discovered your channel and I'm enjoying the vibe so much, it's so calm and peaceful to watch you. Also, it's edited so nicely! Pls increase the new videos hehe
Thanks so mcuh! I try to post as much as I can while balancing school and life haha, but so glad to hear that you are enjoying
lol I’m literally using your videos in the way you use Netflix or other videos and you’re so right, it helps with focus so much 😂
Awesome tips thanks!👍👍
Thank you for sharing your helpful tips.
Thank you Ginny! This is super helpful and insightful. Did you use a specific anki setting or the default? Thanks
the default! I try to keep it simple so I can make cards and study as fast as possible
What do you take your notes in? I feel writing is great but typing would be better what do you use to keep track of your class notes or things your find impulsive of class? One note, notion, Google docs ? Which software do you find is helpful to keep all your notes organized. I am speaking on the more long detail notes not just the outlines or todo list
Thanks love the channel
Hmm it depends on the class. I mostly rely on typing for classes that are very "word based" like biology, psych, some human health things... but for classes that have a lot of pathways and rely heavily on prof's powerpoints (ie physics, organic chemistry, etc) then I will download the presentation into Goodnotes and write my lecture notes there. Everything then gets compiled and condensed into a word doc for exam studying!
seeing my university's library here was NOT on my to-do list today 😭 glad to see a fellow r***rts sufferer out here
LOL this comment made my day ty
Omg you posted ❤
Procrastinating while watching this 😅 but great tips!!
Lovely video❤❤ would love to see more about microsoft todo setup
I saw the flow app and started running to this video.
love it!
I really like your videos and even though I found your channel not so long ago I cannot wait for your new ones!! One quick question though. Do you know if there is an app similar to the pomodoro one you are using but for windows? Thank you for all the other studying tips too. It really helped me and motivated me to be more organized and productive. ♥
So sorry, I don't! I can't recall the last time I used windows haha. But there are many web-based or mobile pomodoro apps out there. Alternatively, just set a timer! Pomodoro is simply timing your study session then your breaks repeatedly. The Flow app just makes it look pretty :)
@@GinnythePoooh Oh no no problem!! Thank you so much!!! Keep up the great work!! Cannot wait for our next video! ♥
btw the flashcard scares me because the average person can't handle memorizing 2000 flashcards and keeps increasing as time goes on but it fails when you are tested with a question that is situation and in a multifaceted approach (curveball questions) and that person can have a hard time devising a solution due to depending on the isolated facts repeated and remembered when using flashcards
true! formatting the Anki cards in the form of questions are a good way to help answer questions on an exam. combining Anki cards with practice questions are also important to solidify the concepts!
it will be more effective if it the question tests on multiple concepts and which concept fit depending on the condition (which are high order questions based on HOTS) but sticking to factual questions doesn't reply help in situational or condition based questions
thank you so much for this video. Please what app do you use to take notes? also, could you share your study plan for mcat?
I take notes with word doc and Goodnotes! I rely heavily on Anki cards and MCAT practice tests as well
Great Video, thanks
Wow new video❤
i also use anki religiously
Microsoft to do app works wonders for me !
Microsoft todo and bread story✨✨
Love your tips!
What are the Anki add-ons you currently use?
The Review Heatmap! I keep my Anki set-up pretty simple otherwise
Thank you for the great video. I started my PhD in July, and decided to follow you for tips, help and inspiration. 😊 Can I just ask, what does pre-med mean? It means you study it before you go into Med School? In my country (Germany) it's a bit different, so the term Pre-med always confuses me. Is it like a bachelor's degree?
Thank you and best regards ☀
In countries like the US and Canada, you have to obtain a bachelor's degree, and then take the MCAT before entering medical school for an additional four years. Usually, people pursue a bachelor's degree in biology or neuroscience as their pre-med degree, but I have seen individuals with non-medical related degrees successfully get into medical school. To apply to medical school, you need to take classes such as organic chemistry in your bachelor's. I hope this information is helpful!
Wait so you took the MCAT but decided not to go to medical school?
do you ever plan to do study with me's? i know a lot of us love watching study with me's in the background and yours could be fun!
Hey Ginny, why did you go the PhD route and not the med school route? I just wanna know your thought process on that! Thanks!
I have wanted to pursue both MD and PhD but I didn't make it to MD when I applied. In the same year that I applied for MD I was also exploring research more seriously and ended up getting into my top choice for the PhD program, so I basically said hey why wait another year, let's just got for it, and honestly no regrets at the moment my PhD has been so much fun
@@GinnythePoooh That's great Ginny! Happy you're having fun with the PhD. Love your vids, they're super motivating!
Can you please make a video on using anki, how you make cards, etc.
yes!! i'll add it to my list of future videos!!
my friend and i have been sitting here for the past 15 minutes trying to decode how old you are... that's a LONG time to be in higher education, long long did your bachelors and masters take you before ? xx
you skin is so pretty xxx
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Could you please share what devices you used? I see a laptop and tablet with a stylus. What brand and model are these?
MacBook Pro M1 and iPad Pro 2021
Hey guys. Quick question. So I’ve heard of Anki and really tried it but one redundancy I’ve seen is having to make your flash cards from scratch. It’s mostly medical students that have pre made flash cards so they can easily download them and use but for other fields its quite difficult.
How do you guys handle this for those not in the medical field that practice active recall? because making flash cards from scratch while studying can be really stressful. Any tips would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
Hey have you tried getting notes from chatgpt specifying you want study notes for this specific subject- these specific topics- and specificy the kind of questions you’d like and answers to those questions
Now if you already have specific things you want to just revise on you can scan your notes on your notes app if you have an apple phone, try to select the notes and paste them on a document somewhere and fix up whatever doesn’t make sense then get chatgpt to expand on the topic your studying and ask you more questions. Obviously this can be the more tedious option so if you already take your notes online like on google docs it could be the easiest thing to work from. All this to say transfer notes to chatgpt, ask it to make study cue cards , then use that for anki after Tailoring it to your liking
In a previous video, I believe Ginny said she first puts them in an excel sheet and then in anki and it’s much faster
@@Dayo_kid Thank you so much B❤️. I’ll try it
@@annasarchive. I didn’t hear that part. Thank you so much💗
I’ve gotten to the point where I purposefully stay seated longer than I’m comfortable just to practice the anxiety I feel when seated for so long testing😭😭😭 (that’s the most difficult part for me)
ahah honestly thats a good tip
as you might come across multiple papers , how do you manage to grab more from a paper within short hour ? any tips?
If I'm in a time crunch, I usually start by skimming abstract -> intro (only if I don't know the topic) -> first bit of results -> 1st-2nd paragraph of discussion. Gets all the main ideas so I can mark it down if I want to read more later on
I watch all RUclips videos (including this one) at 2x speed lol so it's literally impossible for me to watch lecture videos at normal speed bc it feels too slow
PhD immunology is enough for me to click on the video 😂
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aaaa my fave study vlogger 🫶 just curious, did you consider going to med (assuming since you took the mcat) or are you planning to study more after and go to med?
I'm still considering going into med! but I have another three years of PhD to decide for sure whether I want to apply