#cbse students

[studywithmith]

What is the forgetting curve and how do you combat it?

The Forgetting Curve shows the process by which forgetting occurs. It demonstrates that if we learn something new, but then make no attempt to revise that information, we remember less and less of it as the hours, days and weeks go by. The forgetting curve is a memory model created by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. In fact, according to the curve, you forget:

50% of all new information within a day.

90% of all new information within a week.

HOW TO BEAT THE FORGETTING CURVE:

1) USE SPACED REPETITION

The easiest way to overcome the forgetting curve is by using spaced repetition. This means to reinforce your knowledge of whatever you are learning, by reviewing constantly at periodic intervals. There are multiple techniques such as flash cards, active recall and blurting.

2) OVER-LEARNING AND CLARITY

This means using far more intensive memory techniques to put more amount of effort in whatever subject that you are learning. This enables deep work and broadens your understanding, which creates clarity.

3)KEEP THINGS RELEVANT

This means to make an effort to make the material that you need, to be clear, concise and meaningful without anything that is irrelevant from an exam point of view. This involves also using various techniques for your notes. Rather than writing everything down in lengthy text formats, present information in diagrams or graphics where possible. This makes it easier to learn and improves retention.

4)MAKE LEARNING MORE INTERACTIVE

People learn better when they’re actively involved than when they’re just passive observers. This involves using various resources and gamifying your learning experience through flash cards, mini quizzes and mock tests to reinforce your learning and making it engaging.

Love,

Mith<3

[preeticreator]

SAT Preparation For CBSE Students

Embarking on SAT preparation as a CBSE student opens doors to global educational opportunities. This blog outlines a customized strategy for CBSE students to conquer the SAT, blending familiarity with the CBSE curriculum and targeted SAT readiness'

Decoding the SAT Format:

Understanding the SAT structure is the first step. Break down the sections - Reading, Writing and Language, Math, and the optional Essay. This knowledge lays the foundation for an effective study plan.

Synergy Between CBSE and SAT Syllabi:

Identify common ground between CBSE and SAT syllabi. CBSE students possess a strong foundation in Mathematics and English, aligning perfectly with key SAT components. Recognize and leverage these synergies.

Striking a Balance: CBSE and SAT Studies:

Crafting a balanced study schedule is crucial. Allocate time efficiently for CBSE exam prep and SAT studies, ensuring neither takes a back seat. Prioritize weaker areas while maintaining equilibrium.

Tapping into CBSE Resources:

CBSE textbooks and study materials are goldmines. Utilize these resources to reinforce Mathematics and English concepts. The familiarity gained from CBSE studies acts as a strategic advantage.

Time Management Mastery:

Time is a precious commodity in the SAT. Practice with timed mock tests regularly to enhance your pacing skills. Effective time management is a skill that can significantly impact your SAT performance.

Elevating Critical Reading Skills:

CBSE students can refine critical reading skills through diverse reading materials. Enhance comprehension and vocabulary, essential elements for success in the SAT Reading section.

Embracing Online Tools:

Explore online platforms offering SAT practice tests. Familiarize yourself with the digital testing environment, honing your skills and boosting confidence for the actual exam day.

CBSE students can navigate SAT preparation for CBSE Students successfully by recognizing the harmonies between CBSE and SAT and leveraging their existing strengths. This customized approach ensures a well-rounded and effective strategy, paving the way for success in the SAT and unlocking exciting educational opportunities worldwide. Ready to conquer the SAT? Let's get started!

[nia-academia]

Science Student Things

Getting a warning from every. single. senior. that its going to be hell but thinking "how bad can it be, i can handle it" (avg 10th topper misconceptions)

Being on a massive high after 10th results thinking you're gonna academically obliterate everyone in 11th-12th only to go into an extreme low within the first round of 11th grade exams

Cursing yourself for not researching enough before choosing science as your stream, fantasizing about how much better off you would be with Humanities or Commerce (delusional bcz those are hard asw but science is deadly tho)

Finding almost every chapter hard in the beginning and stressing over how you will ever complete the always-massive syllabus only to find that once you reach the end of the year what you thought was hard was just the tip of the iceberg (this also shows growth though so well done everybody)

Communal hatred for organic chemistry, anybody who doesn't hate it is either a genius or absolutely unhinged or both

Teachers always saying "you're a science student now" whenever they want to lecture you on how to never have joy in life and only live for marks

Having massive panic attacks and living in constant anxiety but nothing beats the joy of getting a hard numerical right in the first try

Scouring academic pages for study tips and routines and watching study vlogs etc but as a form of procrastination

Stressing over competitive exams ALL.THE.TIME because everyone you meet will talk about just that incessantly for two years

Realising that there are a plethora of careers you would rather choose than 'doctor' and 'engineering' but feeling unnecessary shame and guilt to pursue those

Coaching classes fooling us all into thinking they'll make us geniuses when actually they mostly add to the stress, even though they aren't completely useless they're definitely not worth lakhs of fees

Missing out on so so so many things in order to stay home and study even though its completely unproductive studying as you would rather be doing the thing you've sacrificed

Feeling guilty about doing ANYTHING that isn't studying, being made to feel guilty by others for doing things you love because "these two years are for sacrifices, after that you have all your life for these things''

The high of acing a test because it is so rare and takes actual blood sweat and tears that it leaves you with dopamine enough to last a week

Having your parents and relatives continually talk to someone older than you who has cracked the exam ur sitting for to get "tips" even if they cracked the exam 7 years ago and the format was completely different and much easier then

Having to rush over the syllabus so much that you forget how much you actually loved to study the subject, having your heart broken thinking that you're not good at your favourite subject anymore when actually its just the fact that its being taught in such a rush and not that you've lost your spark

Having the sympathy of all your non-science friends and always having moye moye talks with your science friends

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

my academic journey (warning: i ranted) -

so ever since i started school till about the end of 8th grade i was always a 90%+/straight A student. the kind of child my classmates & cousins would be compared too. not trying to glamorize comparison btw, i personally think that's really toxic & pressurizing. so yeah, i was a "good" quiet kid. i listened attentively in class and submitted all my homework on time. the only complain teachers had about me was that i was "too quiet" but that wasn't a real issue. i was just shy but talkative with my few friends yano. i spent the entirety of 7th grade & most of 8th grade in online classes so my habits of studying went to shit. still somehow managed 91% in my 8th grade finals. and then 9th began and it all went downhill. teachers kept saying 'next year is ur board exams, u need to study a lot, etc, etc.' so if u're not from india we basically have these major 'board exams' at the end of 10th & 12th grade. but 10th boards don't really matter all that much, teachers just make a big fuss about it. 12th boards matter, but that's also the time we give college entrance exams and that sorta matters more according to most ppl. n yeah, idk what happened but i got overwhelmed. i could no longer just do well in class and study before exams and get good marks. i felt dumb. my grades didn't see a single improvement. i honestly gave up in the middle of it all and got sick of school. and at one point, it became less burn out & more clinging to the familiarity of not doing anything. i became lazy. and i became a hypocrite. i'd always tell myself, this time i'm gonna study, this time i'm gonna score well. well that 'this time' never came. 10th grade got even worse and i scored 73% in my board exams because i barely studied at all. at the same time, my relationship with my parents has constantly been unraveling. and i saw just how much of their 'pride' was dependent on me being the kid they could show off and smile widely when others replied 'wow she's going places'. my father can't hold a single conversation with me now that doesn't go back to me being a disappointment. and now i'm the kid who has to listen to her parents compare her to others. 'be like her, your friend', they say. halfway though 11th rn and i guess what?? still no fucking improvement. but the thing is i know this is the last straw. i can feel it. i got around 64% in my first tests (pa-1) of 11th. haven't gotten mid term results yet but i'm estimating just above 50%. and the thing is it's not that i can't score well. i know my potential all too well. i know i can score such high marks. but the problem is i don't study. if i just studied a couple hours every day, i can easily manage above 80%. with constant improvement i can manage above 90% again. but i don't. and that's ending right this instant. i'm not gonna turn into an academic weapon overnight or smth ik that. but i'm gonna start slowly but surely working hard. i have big dreams, i know i can achieve them if i just put in the effort. plans have been made, all i need to do is execute them. execute my laziness. i'm gonna get better. i'm gonna prove everyone who thinks i'm never gonna do it wrong, and i'm gonna prove myself right. this comeback will be for me, my inner child. the little kid in me deserves to not wind up a washed-out failure.

academic goals! -

pa-2 - 75-80%

11th finals - 80-85%

12th pa-1 - above 90%

uni - iiser (college for pure science research, bs + ms integrated)

[amateurphysicist]

controversial opinion but..

maths is my favorite subject <3

[zeherili-ankhein]

Wish me luck guys I am going for my history exam without any preparation

And the fever is still bad lol (but kinda ok-ish...)

Also our fucking school still keeps the AC on at this weather :p

[academicgremlinhehe]

saving a half wasted day </3

18th october 2024

academic/learning ~

went to school

up-to-date with chem lab observation book

chem classwork (stuff i missed on monday when i skipped was absent)

other ~

planned till first week of november

finished reading a fanfic lol

applied hair oil after so many weeks lol

washed my hair

convinced my mom to let me stay home tmr

daily routine ~ ✅/❌

at least 7 hrs sleep ❌

brush teeth + morning skincare ✅

make bed ❌

glass of lemon juice ✅

duolingo lesson ✅

practice playing keyboard ❌

read newspaper ❌

exercise/movement ❌

bath/shower properly ✅

drink at least 7 glasses water ❌

brush teeth + night skincare ✅

failures ~

came home, spent so much time "planning" that it was 6 when i actually started actually doing productive shit came home at 1

social battery once i came home was really low and i seem to not have the energy to interact with a certain person anymore

did not do any psychology notes like i planned to, anyways i'm skipping school tomorrow so hopefully i'll get it done

[neet-aspirant]

06–01–2024, Saturday

had a productive day today!

revised centre of mass

revised rotational motion

psychology revision

[mayakimayahai]

Any super kind tumblrs who would fill out a google form for me? Pretty please?

Feedback main Yeh dalna hai

I highly appreciate the changes made in the guidelines for CUET 2025.

While most of these guidelines are commendable, i oppose the guideline of making all the questions necessary. Students coming from different backgrounds (icse, cbse) have studied different syllabi and it is really difficult to study the entire extra syllabus in 2-3 months after board exams.

I understand that reducing the number of optional questions might be necessary to reduce the number of 100 percentilers by increasing the difficulty level, and i suggest reducing the number of optional questions from 10 to around 5. Removing the optional questions altogether could be a step that can be taken in the coming years, simultaneously leveling the 12th syllabus across all boards, making the extra syllabus same for all the students appearing in CUET.

Removing the optional questions this year would be unfair to us.

[shubhadeep385]

Guys kl se Pre-Boards hai✨🙏

[studywithmith]

How to study for long hours/

I find it easier to study with the pomodoro method, where you focus for 25 minutes at least and then take a break.

However during exam preparation or whenever we have situations where there’s a lot of portions to cover, focusing is really hard. We often get distracted by our phones and devices as well as social media.

So I introduce my favourite life changing app!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this app, it’s available on both android and iOS.

It basically has a feature where you can choose the apps you want for studying and the rest of the apps are blocked.

It also has a study log where it basically tracks how long you study for a subject.

It allows me to use the apps that I WANT for studying as well as block social media. It reduces my screen time and distractions immensely and I’m able to focus much better !

(Ps- this is not sponsored)

I hope this helps!

Love,

Mith <3

[hoarder-of-dragons]

I don't believe it...exams are done?? Am I ....free?

[wonderwithin-us]

10th of July, 2023 💕

100 days of productivity — day 4, week 1

To do list:

1. Microeconomics: Introduction & Consumerism

2. Statistics: Introduction & Organization of Data

Note:

I cannot for the love of god memorize any of the definitions in economics. Send help? 😭 please, I'm begging. Tips are absolutely welcome. The history exam today went okay, I thought it was really bad at first but when the model answers came mine pretty match ~ also I didn't get time to read my treasure these yesterday or today! Tomorrow I'll reward myself with a no screen day until 8 pm

anyways, what's your favourite sweet to eat? 💗

Treasure 🪙:

1. The Song of Achilles

2. Circe

[carbonbasedmatter]

class 10 2023-24 boards batch wya? :')

(no seriously though I could see a lot of posts with people preparing and panicking last year this year NOTHING?? are people actually carefully studying instead of posting online or does our batch just not care I need to know)

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

the pages are turning~

a months old pic of my desk

29th august 2024

day 4/50 - productivity challenge

🕒 6:00 a.m.

sleep deprivation is hitting. eating leftovers and coffee for breakfast.

checked notifs

actually ate some goddamn breakfast

not me realizing that i barely eat 2 meals every school day..

revised psychology: ch-1: what is psychology

here's a (self) reminder to actually go study instead of procrastinating 30 mins by watching study motivation videos.

also i recommend listening to non-lyrical music while studying. i personally listen to classical piano music. this is what i was listening to today morning.

showered

morning skincare

extended duolingo streak

aaand off to school. thought i would be late but honestly i've been reaching at the correct time all these days. if i leave my house by 8:05 then i'm good.

at school i first had physics and then 2 continuous chemistry classes (the teacher is good but her classes are so draining ugh).

completed physics classwork (the stuff i missed when i was absent on tuesday)

did the OCEAN test in psychology class! idk why but i love personality tests. i'll discuss my results with my teacher tmr hopefully but what i gathered is that i'm an ambivert leaning to introversion and ok emotional regulation & stability. my other classmate was very much an extrovert with higher tendency to take others' words to heart. we bunked the last 2 english classes together in the library lol. also want to say that i'm so ashamed for having formed an image in my mind of her, without really knowing her that well. i cruelly judged her prematurely and though we didn't really talk about our lives and stuff, we did get closer (maybe even friends?) today and i regret my judgments. ik i would be crushed if someone thought up an image of me in their head like that and i try not to do the same but sometimes i make mistakes. i'm trying to be more aware of that.

studied psychology ch-6: human memory (in the library when i skipped english)

lightly rained the entire trip home and got much louder as i ate a hearty lunch 😋

started a word doc for biology investigatory project

started a word doc for chemistry investigatory project

me and my bestfriend have been much more honest with our feelings recently. the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" was actually made for us. she's in a new college all popular with new pretty friends and boys probably crushing on her and she says i'm her favourite person. i'm at a new school slowly making new friends and she's my favourite person. i told her i love her. she deserves to know that. and i meant it totally platonically and that doesn't make it any less. if anyone ever asks, "who's your first love?" i'll say her name. it'll always be her.

practiced playing keyboard 🎹

read newspaper 📰 (some of those cases make me feel sick)

post for studyblr weekly prompt

dinner. yum. noodles and cake.

made notes psychology ch-1: what is psychology?

night skincare

🕒 nope! pulled an all-nighter.. yes i have school tmr 😃 listen i do not recommend doing this shit at all. why did i do it you may ask? i don't really have any crushing deadlines as such, but i've tricked my mind into thinking my own plans are deadlines. this week my sleep has been astronomically fucked up. the weekend will be a reset (i have school on saturday 😭) and i will prioritze sleep. i need to at least manage 6-7 hours everyday.

edit: actually i fell asleep around 2 a.m. and did no other studying..

🎧 i love you, i'm sorry by gracie abrams

her songs are actually just excerpts from my journal but minus the romance unfortunately like where's my gf ugh we're wasting time

a months old pic of my desk