Ideally, I would enter every exam knowing everything.  That is always my aim, anyway.  But the pressure of finite time always brings these strategies to the fore.  How can I optimise my time spent studying?  What is the most useful information, and how can I get it quickly into my brain?

I seek answers from the internet, but study skills websites are little help.  Many suggest different tactics for various types of learners.  Auditory learners should record themselves reading their notes aloud, and then listen to the recordings while brushing their teeth, eating, or conducting other routine activities.  Kinetic learners should read their notes while standing—or preferably jogging, if they can manage it.  Unfortunately, I do not know which category best describes my brain.  Worst case scenario: What if I am some sort of terrible kinetic-auditory hybrid learner?  No one seems to have suggestions for those.

Other students are a prolific source of revision-tactic advice.  One guy makes spreadsheets listing all the types of questions that appeared in the last ten years, and correlates them to the exams in which they appeared.  Another girl summarises every course on a single sheet of paper, then reads each page over and over again.

Those are both good ideas, but I feel like I need my own routine—my own brand of home-grown superstitious strategy for knowledge absorbtion.  Until I find it, I may just have to keep jogging around the flat brushing my teeth, trying to master this quantum mechanics.

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