Valedictorian reacts to VIRAL TikTok Study Hacks

Why does videos like this help me more than straight up learning!?
When I straight up learn I feel like I get dumber lol.

I'm a Harvard student. The pomodoro technique was a very effective learning method for me. I think the effect depends on the person.

I swear, I will be mindlessly scrolling around on the internet and I see these study videos and then I suddenly remember some homework and set up a whole study space with snacks at 2 in the morning with real motivation

Hi Amyyy can I just say that we're kind of like the same AHHAHHA, these study hacks like pomodoro, blurting method, mind maps, etc. also don't work for me or they're just not my thing. Meditating also makes me more sleepy😂

As a straight A student here's some advice I take to heart: munch on yummy chips, don't pay attention, ignore your teacher, keep watching these videos wondering "why can't I get straight As"

I agree that it's not a good idea to write questions instead of taking notes during the lecture. Although, what I did instead was after I wrote all the notes I needed, I converted these into questions in a word document, but didn't write the answers on the next page - so that I have the mental effort to look for the answers in the lecture slides or other resources.

However, I'm still honing my studying skills and I would like to know how to study more efficiently. Thank you ☺

I have done blurting for each chapter before. Am not joking. You will need alot of time to get the memory outside of your brain. It took me an hour to active recall a chapter for 70% accuracy. I did not set deadline on each point i had to active recall. Had i spent more time i most likely could have gotten higher accuracy.

Does anyone ever feel like not studying but suddenly after watching this lady's video, you are instantly motivated to study.🤓

My cousin is a teacher, and he can tell when someone is using AI.
His main flag is if a student who is a poor writer all of a sudden writes beautifully over night; he checks for plagrism very carefully when he is on a trail

At our age, we are too old and cynical for this

Ok so for me, as someone who is currently taking 2aps (it’s the max for sophomores), what I did was come home from school, eat lunch, and depending on how exhausted I was from school I would either change into comfy clothes and start my work, or relax for half an hour to an hour before working. Also I pay attention and ask lots of questions during class so I rarely study at home, except for concepts such as French since it is a foreign language subject. What I recommend - and personally this helped me time manage much better than last year where is was getting less than 5 hours of sleep and didn’t have a good diet - is to relax. Like seriously we put so much pressure in ourselves we need to just take a moment and then start with other stuff. I usually make tea, take a hot shower, read a book or go out grocery shopping with my mom before studying so I have a fixed break between school and home studying. Lastly, you need to have something to loo forward to after studying, like a show, movie, hobby or book you really wanna get to because this makes it even better once you’re finished and you are free to get to that activity. Let breaks come naturally (trust me you’ll know once you need a break) and be flexible with methods of of studying. Another thing I would like to add is that sometimes we need to pick priority subjects. So I would work more for French, APSEM and APCSP than I would for world history, geometry or chemistry. This basically helps you direct your focus and as someone who gets overwhelmed really easily it helps me nitpick what is most important and what I can ignore until I finish the rest of my work. I’ve never used blurting since I hate writing a ton, but I have taught others and that’s been the easiest way to learn. Ok this is getting very long but one last thing I wanna say is to rebel once in a while, it sounds stupid but sometimes we need to stray away and change up some stuff. For me, it’s usually every Wednesday, since I get home from school late my entire home schedule gets pushed back a little and I get done with work later too, in this instance depending on my mood I will just study when I feel like it but I will set an end time so I know when I need to stop for my reward❤ loved the video and i agree, pomodoro isn’t worth the hype, neither is blurting

The pomodoro technique is great when I am memorising in chunks however when I am doing an essay or something along those lines I always find myself feeling rushed and not wanting to lose my trail of thought during the break or just constantly checking the timer hoping for it to magically teleport to break time 😭

I’ve liked this once, but I’d like it 100 times if I could. You are very organically funny and I truly love your ideas and mindset.
Off to go study 😊

Best studying technique: Get off TikTok first

Woah! You haven't pulled an all-nighter for school??? Amazing time management and discipline!

The AI thing is total cheating and disgusting.

Just a fact ! Many cheat . They are paying for doing their papers , and have answers for exams . Some folks do it the easiest way to ace through their classes 😂

This video was funny :,) I haven’t used the pomodoro method either bc I feel like I would want to finish up something before I stop hahah you should also do more reaction videos!!

I love this!!! I'm def going to share with my children. Especially why NOT to always use those AI sites

what's your full name please?