u/FunLibrarian3559

i mean are you passing time watching lots of anime and feeling bored like me or are you doing something productive like learning machine learning, deep learning etc or something else pls comment what you are learning with the name of resource u are following or atleast suggest a hobby to me (i am feeling like hobby less currently)

Most people misunderstand “short notes”. It does NOT mean skipping topics. It means compressing everything important so you can revise the whole subject quickly.

Here’s exactly how I did it:

Step 1: Finish the subject first

• Go through all lectures properly
• You can make full notes (recommended), but if time is tight, you can skip (I skipped)

Step 2: Create short notes AFTER completion

• Open lecture slides / full notes
• Start writing every concept, but in a smaller font & compact way
• Do NOT skip topics completely

Step 3: Remove low-value content

• Ignore repetitive questions
• If a question is purely formula-based → just write the formula
• If a question follows a specific solving pattern → include 1 small example only

Step 4: Compress aggressively

• Use symbols & mnemonics:
  • ↑ = increase
  • ↓ = decrease
• Draw quick diagrams wherever needed
• Keep everything dense but readable

Important mindset shift (this changed everything for me):
My JEE teacher at Allen told me:

“Short notes don’t mean less content. It means the same content in less space.”

Why this matters:

• In the last 1–2 months, full notes become too long to revise
• Revising full syllabus once can take ~1 month
• So everyone eventually relies on short notes

My result:

• Most subjects → ~13 - 15 pages
• Covered almost everything
• Length reduced to ~1/4 or even less compared to full notes

This is what made revision actually possible multiple times.

If you want my exact notes, DM me.

Glimpse of my notes (writing may not be the best but understandable)