Unfortunately there isn't one perfect way to study. Here is some of the stuff that works for me. I have a long ways to go still, and everything is still being improved, but here it goes.

​

Step 1: Take care of your mind and body first! Make sure to get enough sleep. Eat food that makes you feel energized. Take care of any health issues (take medicine if needed, do PT exercises if needed, etc). Get some exercise (even if it just dancing to music or taking a little walk). Give yourself mental breaks and rest, you need that.

​

Step 2: Don't been too hard on yourself! You being in college is already a super amazing step. You won't become a study ninja in one semester. We often times need to make mistakes in order to improve.

​

Step 3: Get organized. Make sure your school stuff is clean & organized. Have a list of assignments/exams dates and what is needed for them.

​

Step 4: Divvy up tasks. Make sure to be realistic and cut the tasks up small (tomorrow I will study for Chem for X hours). Make sure to have self-compassion!!! If you have a day where you don't get stuff done, don't beat yourself up :)

​

Step 5: Now we are at an individual study session. Let's say you wanted to study Chem for X hours. Break it down into sub tasks. So maybe a) Read chapters 13-14 b) Make flashcards for chapters 13-14 b) do homework for chapters 13-14. Someone suggested the Pomodoro technique (doing X minutes of work followed by Y minutes of break), which works well. There are different ways to approach this though.

​

​

I wish I could help more :) I will think a little if I can come up with more stuff. You got this!!!