Thanks,I really appreciate.It moved me.

Like the first comment or said, everybody learns differently and as a result has different study habits. Sometimes it also depends on the course and how much you personally enjoy the subject.

The difference is knowing that you have honestly done your best and you don't have to feel afraid just because of a low test score. Now you know better what to expect and can plan accordingly. Don't waste any energy worrying about what other people are doing.

People who overstudy fail. this is because although they're doing the 'jam it in' time they're not giving themselves ANY 'internalise and assimilate' time. so you pour it in and it doesn't absorb but just pisses away out the bottom. Also there's no light bulb stuff. No 'oh so that interfaces with this which interfaces with that' type stuff, because that is the result of absorbing and mulling and ENJOYING the stuff. If you're cramming it in like a contestant in a speed eating competition you can't enjoy anything. Your life is pure horror.

Anyone who suggests you study even harder is really making it worse.

What you need to do is let go. Relax into it. Imagine the difference between catching a ball because you stuck your arm out like a human, or catching a ball because you analysed the trajectory like a robot. Who had to work harder? Who got a better result? The human who 'gives it a go' and plays it by ear and by eye.

You need to learn how to fly by the seat of your pants. That means when you read material, understand it. Stop and think about how it impacts on other things. Figure out applications. Do the questions for it. And then get out the door and go watch a movie/have a party.

Not-study is as vital as study. Just as vital.

Don't always be cramming stuff in your brain. Time spent watching rick and morty is JUST as important because it's the unconscious processing/assimmilating time. You can't swot something else and have that happen. You have to have free time.

Thanks for your help.
Its truly been helpful

one of my best teachers offered this to our class one day, it was a study habit that he used himself all the way through his own education.

he used 3x5 cards and put key terms and most important notes on the cards. he punched a hole in the corner of each one and put them on a chain that he carried w/him wherever he went. (the one he had to show us was divided between subjects-colour coded)

whenever he had a spare few minutes he casually read thru those cards - even a few of them.

in this way, he was refreshing his memory. a little every so often but making that very easy to do and low key by having these cards w/him.

it works.

thanks @lillypotter