r/study

I just had a breakup, and I have a competitive exam in 2-3 months

And I have no motivation to study

Hello,

I'm a full-time student on university in Sweden.

Before the summer break started, we had about four exams and sadly, I failed three of these. I can do them again in August (and one in October, if I can't make it in August) and I'm in need of advice how I can and should study to get the best grade possible and advice how I should plan these re-exams, because I'm in a bit annoying situation.

I have since the start on June been working, because there are no studies during the summer break and I was in need of some kind of employment. I asked my boss if I could take two days of in August, the re-exams are planned the 18th, 19th and 20th August (I wasn't scheduled the 20th). The answer was "Can you work the 20th august instead?" and when I said no, she told me I work too little days in august so I have to check if I can change that (My last working day is the 23th, and I'm employed at 80%).

I told her I'm available to work another week in August, that week I can work four days but she haven't answered me yet. Hopefully she says okay, but if not I have to rethink things. Now to the thing, one of the re-exams is possible to take in October and if I do that, I can work the 20th August and (hopefully) with no problem get my days of the other days. But is it worth it, leaving one exam to later?

I will wait for an answer from my boss, before I make any decision. But I would love to hear what other people would think, because I want to be done with all of them in August but at the same time I'm not too excited to study to three exams and having all of them the same week, especially not when my boss isn't too happy about me asking for days off.

Thanks!

Hello,

Not sure where to start, but I'll try not to make it long.

I've been a top student my whole life. Studying was, for me, about the competition and the thrill of trying to come first AND the reward of achieving that. I studied because it was the only thing I was really good at. At first, it came naturally, but at high school I needed to work hard for it, I used to stress more than necessary but I work better under stress and it was just fine. The upgraded difficulty made everything all the more fun.

Two years ago, during the summer before my last year at high school ( and probably one of the most important years in my carrier choice), I started to feel unwell, unmotivated, or rather apprehensive and maybe scared of the future. I didn't know back then that it was the beginning of my depression arc.

At the beginning of the next year, I tried to cheer myself up, but it didn't work for long. My grades fell drastically and my parents started to worry. I fell into a loop of being depressed for weeks, then doing bad in my exams, and as soon as I try to feel better I end up buried under the piles of cumulated work and terrible grades.

After months of struggling alone, I saw a therapist and have been officially diagnosed of having depression. I started to take medication afterward. Things didn't really go better. I ended up graduating anyway ( mainly because teachers do their best to higher our grades...). I was desparate but ended up chosing a pretty hard major for mainly 2 reasons: 1- I was still trying to heal and go back to being myself; 2- I didn't have to prepare for any test to have access to it.

It's pretty hard. My family still sees me as a genius and say that once I get better I'll immediately go back to being a top student. And I was doing fairly well at the beginning of the year when I was trying to entertain and go easy on myself. But I always end up relapsing for weeks long and losing all sense of meaning, wich makes it impossible to catch up on the backlog of work. I've been tired and scared lately.

Now, I don't think that I'm going to overcome depression in sometime soon, but I don't want to ruin my future just because of my fucked up mind. These two years are decisive and I already lost the first one.

I only have two months to rest, recharge, and catch up on last year's lessons. And next year will be tough, so I'm expected to give my best and not let my demons win again.

But I'm sure clueless about that. I pretty much tried everything to fight the evil at its roots ( beat the depression) But I'm not sure anymore about that. So I'd like to find a way to just achieve some - even little- amount of work even in these conditions. ( Because I'd like to believe that I'll live normally some day, and I don't want my future self to blame for wasting so much opportunities)

My finals are starting next week and I am so stressed out. Give me some advice and motivation on how I should study and not crash out 😭

I'm a second-year Computer Science student, and the current workload is hitting hard. I spend hours trying to wrap my head around Data Structures specifically implementing B-trees and heaps alongside heavily theoretical matrix transformations for Linear Algebra.

The problem is, I can understand the concepts perfectly during the lecture, but the moment I sit down to actually code or solve the problems from scratch, my mind goes blank. Does anyone have solid, proven study methods for retaining complex logical sequences and math theories without just staring at the screen until your brain hurts?

I have such a bad flu and my final exam is in 2 days really important on so much stuff and I'm not that good on this subject. Any study tips?

https://dakshgulecha.github.io/ucat-tracker

Excel works, but after a while it becomes difficult to spot trends, measure improvement, and actually learn from your mock results. I wanted something that felt more like a proper analytics dashboard than a spreadsheet, while still being completely free and simple to use.

The tracker stores all of your data locally on your own device (nothing is uploaded anywhere), and includes import/export support so you can back up your progress or move it between devices whenever you want (you don't have to do it daily, only if you are switching devices or browsers). Alongside tracking scores for all three cognitive sections and SJT, it automatically generates detailed analytics, section-by-section graphs, progress history, radar charts, streak tracking, score predictions, trend analysis, and other insights that are difficult to get from a normal spreadsheet. The goal is to make it much easier to understand where you're improving and where you should focus next.

I originally made this for a friend of mine, but I figured it might be useful for others preparing for the UCAT as well. If even a few people find it helpful, then it was worth sharing.

I would love to hear any changes that you want to be made, however small they may be. My aim is to make this as frictionless to use and as helpful as possible to UCAT students :). Feedback and feature suggestions are always welcome!

I need a nerdy student with great discipline to befriend me, adopt me atp. I have an important exam in a few months and it ain't even hard I am just a lazy slacker. I need to be embarrassed tf out by someone else's discipline 😭😭

I need a nerd student to befriend me who's excellent at their subject with great discipline. I have an important exam coming up in a few months and it ain't that hard but I am a slacker I need someone to embarrass the shit out of me by showing me how a good student studies 😭😭

Yesterday was my first exam, which is a life-changing test for college, and I have four more left. It was actually easy, and I was answering everything correctly at first. However, while double-checking my answers, I ended up changing three questions to the wrong option—even though I had answered them correctly the first time! ​It’s making me feel really down because I actually knew the right answers, but overthinking got the best of me. Now, I’ve lost confidence in myself. To make matters worse, I have a classmate—I can't really call him a friend—who hates seeing me do better than him. I just feel so bitter right now, and I'm deeply worried that this mindset will ruin my performance on the remaining four exams. ​Is there any solution for this?

-used AI to correct my grammer-

Its not only that i dont have time

Theres still 3 units left

I have to finish them in like a week, while studying other subjects

Each unit has 25-28 video

30min- one hour but i put them on 2x

The problem is that I get bored quickly. I can't watch videos for long periods I barely watch three videos a day, even though I have enough time and need to watch 15 videos

Any tips for being able to stay focused on them?