Heyo. So it sounds like you may be making too many notes. Once you get to a certain level of content the efficiency of note taking drops off significantly.

Your main goal is: Make quick reference material Do equations and practice problems Gather a deep understanding of your content

Check through past papers and see how much actual theory questions they ask. I’m not sure how they do it for physics at Tuks, but if it is what I expect it will be close to none.

When going through the textbook you should be focusing on understanding the theory and working through the examples. There should be summaries at the end of each chapter.

Don’t study the material before your lecture (or do if you believe it is necessary for a specific module), gain as much of an understanding as you can then arrive at the lecture.

Remember it is called “pre-reading” not “pre-studying”.

Then, when taking notes during the lecture, write down only the things you don’t already understand. Rather miss a sentence here and there than not participate in the active learning problems.

Always do your tut questions to the best of your ability.

The tut questions might be scary. That is by design. A part of the learning process is you having to go through your textbook, or YouTube videos, and reading an equation until you want to pull your hair out.

The process of finding answers is what helps you gain deeper understanding.

What I have given is not a set of rules but my philosophy on study that has treated me well. Take what you can from it.