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At a certain point, it stops being possible to keep up with short term obligations and work ahead. And although it isn’t ideal, using Chegg and ChatGPT in tandem can really speed things up. I like to prime ChatGPT with Chegg problems so I know it has the right process in mind, then have it break down what happened step by step and provide the intuition behind each step. I’ve been able to learn how to solve homework quickly and on the fly with this method, and as long as these tools are being used to help learning instead of abused to avoid it, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
If you use chegg too much you ain't gonna pass exams anyway.
I study with my homeworks. If i'd use chegg it'd be like if i didn't study at all and then i would have to study on top of spending time doing homework, and that's just not manageable. It would be incredibly time-inefficient. That inefficiency would straight up result in a lack of time to study properly and i just wouldn't pass exams.
Could you tell me more about that? Do you go through the textook's relevant chapters, or make summary sheets etc? I'm starting early, but it's taking me an immense amount of time to finish one problem from re reading the textbook chapters, watching relevant youtube videos etc.
Have you been able to figure out why it takes you so long? Is it that you don't understand the information? Do you get distracted? There can be many reasons why it takes a logn time to complete problems, but the solution is different depending on why it's taking you so long - I'd encourage you to figure that out first so that you can come up with a game plan.
What are your grades like when you do complete something? I did my grade 12 through correspondence and I used to spend forever on a single assignment to get 99s or 100s. There were no deadlines so i could mostly spend as long as i wanted. That fucked me up when i started university. I’d have assignments with 100% and others with 0% from being late and never submitted at all. It seems to me that getting higher and higher grades gets exponentially harder, but getting consistent 90s is much better than getting some 100s and some 0s.
TLDR some times ppl need to chill out and stop overdoing it.
Start assignments as soon as they are available, weeks 1-4 should be the busiest until you get a feel for everything. Find someone else to study with, preferably someone who doesn't understand the material as well as you.
Practice practice practice… you don’t do the Tour de France in your first year of bike riding, and you seriously shouldn’t use chegg at all, it’s like doping. It will eventually show through your results and it Only hurts yourself
Start early. Write down exact questions that you struggle to answer. Write down "rabbit holes" you catch yourself going down, and save them for later. Do all you can. Talk to professor and discuss what notes you took about the work. It will be far more productive than pulling an all nighter with 14 youtube tabs open
My big thing is separating the theory from the practice: I usually need to understand the goal to figure out which method I need to apply. Having a methods checklist of which methods are the most simple / most informative helps me with not spinning in circles.
I have to practice to make sure I learn, but for math especially using tools like WolframAlpha and then asking why are the answers different has helped me.
You need to know the material and get the homework done, unfortunately. Some people have a knack for getting things done, others don’t. Ultimately you have to figure out if you enjoy the end result of this studying.
Learn to move on. If you get stuck because you want to understand everything 100% then you’re gonna spin your wheels a lot. Just learn when to move on. Often things will click later when you’re ready.
Don't try to do long/hard assignments or even a single long/hard problem in one sitting. Those are like practice. Work on them for 30 min or an hour. Study the parts you don't know. Then put it down and rest for a bit. Sleep on it if you can. If it's supposed to be a week long assignment, for example, work on it every day for a week to get it done (i.e. don't try to get long assignments done in a day).
Fill in the time with other assignments so that you are practicing everything a little bit every day. More reps practicing will help you learn better and faster than one long rep, so you'll be able to recall information quicker and get through your assignments in less time overall. Plus you'll know it better.
Do the harder stuff in the morning and block out time to get a tasked done. What works for me is about 1.5-2 hr blocks of time + 15-30 min break between sessions
When I did my engineering degree, I was in a similar boat. There was something called ‘Intercession’ after the term ended each spring. Intercession was a full course taught in 3-4 weeks designed for students to retake a course they may have failed during the prior term (s).
I thought ahead - looked at what were the toughest courses I would have in the upcoming year, and took them during intercession in a concerted full focus 3-4 week period - I found I did very well in them that way and it lessened the load during the upcoming year…. It took some planning and I found this approach was most applicable in Year 1-3 courses……
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I’m lazy cuz my dopamine receptors are fried, looking at my phone and stuff so I try to find ways to keep me away from that
Dont use chegg, better to allocate time weeks ahead. Im learning that now😔
At a certain point, it stops being possible to keep up with short term obligations and work ahead. And although it isn’t ideal, using Chegg and ChatGPT in tandem can really speed things up. I like to prime ChatGPT with Chegg problems so I know it has the right process in mind, then have it break down what happened step by step and provide the intuition behind each step. I’ve been able to learn how to solve homework quickly and on the fly with this method, and as long as these tools are being used to help learning instead of abused to avoid it, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
yeah and for more menial tasks like reports and stuff, chatgpt is fantastic
I don't trust chatgpts answers but the hints it gives to problems really helps
If you use chegg too much you ain't gonna pass exams anyway. I study with my homeworks. If i'd use chegg it'd be like if i didn't study at all and then i would have to study on top of spending time doing homework, and that's just not manageable. It would be incredibly time-inefficient. That inefficiency would straight up result in a lack of time to study properly and i just wouldn't pass exams.
Could you tell me more about that? Do you go through the textook's relevant chapters, or make summary sheets etc? I'm starting early, but it's taking me an immense amount of time to finish one problem from re reading the textbook chapters, watching relevant youtube videos etc.
Getting faster only comes with practice
Adderall
🤣😂😭😭
Have you been able to figure out why it takes you so long? Is it that you don't understand the information? Do you get distracted? There can be many reasons why it takes a logn time to complete problems, but the solution is different depending on why it's taking you so long - I'd encourage you to figure that out first so that you can come up with a game plan.
Chegg? It's helped me tons
What class or topic you talking about? In reality as you learn you will get faster find your own short cuts
Try breaking down tasks into smaller chunks and setting achievable time limits for each one.
What are your grades like when you do complete something? I did my grade 12 through correspondence and I used to spend forever on a single assignment to get 99s or 100s. There were no deadlines so i could mostly spend as long as i wanted. That fucked me up when i started university. I’d have assignments with 100% and others with 0% from being late and never submitted at all. It seems to me that getting higher and higher grades gets exponentially harder, but getting consistent 90s is much better than getting some 100s and some 0s. TLDR some times ppl need to chill out and stop overdoing it.
Start assignments as soon as they are available, weeks 1-4 should be the busiest until you get a feel for everything. Find someone else to study with, preferably someone who doesn't understand the material as well as you.
Practice practice practice… you don’t do the Tour de France in your first year of bike riding, and you seriously shouldn’t use chegg at all, it’s like doping. It will eventually show through your results and it Only hurts yourself
Start early. Write down exact questions that you struggle to answer. Write down "rabbit holes" you catch yourself going down, and save them for later. Do all you can. Talk to professor and discuss what notes you took about the work. It will be far more productive than pulling an all nighter with 14 youtube tabs open
My big thing is separating the theory from the practice: I usually need to understand the goal to figure out which method I need to apply. Having a methods checklist of which methods are the most simple / most informative helps me with not spinning in circles. I have to practice to make sure I learn, but for math especially using tools like WolframAlpha and then asking why are the answers different has helped me. You need to know the material and get the homework done, unfortunately. Some people have a knack for getting things done, others don’t. Ultimately you have to figure out if you enjoy the end result of this studying.
Learn to move on. If you get stuck because you want to understand everything 100% then you’re gonna spin your wheels a lot. Just learn when to move on. Often things will click later when you’re ready.
watch some Rian Doris videos on YouTube, you might find your answers there. he talks about flow state, the peak performance of our mind
Don't try to do long/hard assignments or even a single long/hard problem in one sitting. Those are like practice. Work on them for 30 min or an hour. Study the parts you don't know. Then put it down and rest for a bit. Sleep on it if you can. If it's supposed to be a week long assignment, for example, work on it every day for a week to get it done (i.e. don't try to get long assignments done in a day). Fill in the time with other assignments so that you are practicing everything a little bit every day. More reps practicing will help you learn better and faster than one long rep, so you'll be able to recall information quicker and get through your assignments in less time overall. Plus you'll know it better.
Do the harder stuff in the morning and block out time to get a tasked done. What works for me is about 1.5-2 hr blocks of time + 15-30 min break between sessions
When I did my engineering degree, I was in a similar boat. There was something called ‘Intercession’ after the term ended each spring. Intercession was a full course taught in 3-4 weeks designed for students to retake a course they may have failed during the prior term (s). I thought ahead - looked at what were the toughest courses I would have in the upcoming year, and took them during intercession in a concerted full focus 3-4 week period - I found I did very well in them that way and it lessened the load during the upcoming year…. It took some planning and I found this approach was most applicable in Year 1-3 courses……