#cbse students

[studywithmith]

A thing about notes and note taking in general:

Notes in my opinion is one of THE BEST ways to consolidate our learning and to broaden our understanding. However, the method of notetaking matters and so does the subject.

I think the reason why a lot of people, despite taking notes, don't get a good grade is because of their inefficient and wrong method of notetaking and the revision of rewriting our notes.

Let me explain.

The first time you learn a topic, be it from a textbook or video, we take down notes. Whenever our teacher teaches us in school or in tuition, we take down these lecture notes. These lecture notes are to simplify our learning as our teachers often explain concepts for us to get a grasp of it. That's level 1 of our note taking.

With textbooks like the NCERT, we often have to refer to other guides and websites and just resources in general to learn concepts or learn the basics of certain concepts as NCERT skips them over. By doing this thing where we dive deep into a certain concept, it helps us to connect to the topic and it is very helpful for higher studies and colleges. Study to learn and learn to study. This is level 2 where we deepen our knowledge.

Now we compare the textbook,, our lecture notes and our other conceptual understanding notes so we can derive on whatever's important from an exam point of view. This is where our mind mapping and the connectivity of topics in our brain starts. This is level 3 of note taking where we bring our first draft of consolidated notes.

Finally, we go through past paper questions, question banks, book backs and numericals and add these questions, modify our notes in certain concepts so we have the best chance of getting full marks on that concept. This is level 4.

This is HOW we should take notes. Not once or twice, we have to take notes in such a way that we understand a backcbones of the topic first. Then we must consolidate to create exam style notes to minimise time for our revision sessions.

It is really time consuming, I do agree, but half of our work is done if we listen in school and write whatever that's relevant whenever our teachers teaching rather than whatever's written on the board. I find that many teachers often explain some concepts via voice rather than noting the points down on a whiteboard. So it's better to take out ur textbook and follow along with whatever the teachers saying and relate and take our lecture notes.

This is 50-60% of our work done in school.

If school teachers aren't good, then we have videos on YouTube or tuition as our alternate.

The rest is up to us at home as once those refined notes are finished, I promise you they will get you the best grades possible. It just takes a bit of deep work + hard work+ consolidating by making connections.

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:

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[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

[hoarder-of-dragons]

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

[deesi-academia]

the Indian education system, an introduction:

*zero creativity allowed* *there is only one right answer (even in "your opinion" questions)* *ncert is law* *teachers don't teach after 10th standard, "beta aap tuition jaate hoge"* *tuitions/coaching classes + school* *exams every month* *revision tests with incomplete syllabus* *finals with syllabus completed at 10x speed* *paying for school but learning from YouTube* *misogyny* *mental breakdowns at 13-15 years of age* *pressure* *PRESSURE*

[studywithmith]

DAY - 1

• Deep work•

Physics - Gravitation numericals

I find physics so hard in terms of numericals, I did really REALLY badly on my term 1 exam, mostly because I joined school late (abroad student haha (😭)

But here's my general plan for physics numericals and I'm using this blog as a way to document my experiences and study techniques to see which one works best and hopefully I get to help some of my fellow cose students too :)

My school uses SL aurora and gives us notes from that book. I highly recommend it for theory and questions because it's in depth and the derivations omds are beautiful.

So my focus is to first do: ( more like try LMAOOO)

•SL aurora examples and numericals

• NCERT examples and solutions

• Oswaal questions

• HC verma solutions

•NCERT exemplar

This sounds so tedious and long Icl but like I want to test it to see whether it helps me, to check where the questions are coming from in my periodic tests and I want to be confident enough for the next periodic test :)

I’ll update y’all with my periodic test scores to see if this works lol

Love,

Mith < 3

[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)

[helalokithor]

The lockdown was difficult because it did not allow me to grow mentally.

My mind is still stuck at 8th grade where I could get 2nd or 3rd position without trying and putting efforts just by studying the night before. But now I'm giving my final exams at 12th grade my brain doesn't know how to put efforts and just procrastinates and i regret everything and have a panic attack the night before. And it will be disastrous once i get to college.

I think i need professional help because everyday my anxiety is getting worse and my friend had to calm me down from attacks through whatsapp.

Can anyone please give me some advice

[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