An overview of Noel’s personal study regimen, an Information Systems Management student at the internationally renowned Technical University of Berlin with exam results in the top 5% of students in a given year.
Groundwork
Eat and sleep well enough. Have 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep on a consistent schedule. (explanation, evidence)
Overview
Scope the subject with a mind map and keep the Pareto principle in mind. Break the larger subject down into core concepts and the connections between them. (explanation, evidence)
Planning
Organise your study periods around the retrospective revision timetable. Base your selection of topics to learn next not on arbitrary time frames but on your lack of understanding. (explanation, evidence)
Studying
Apply Parkinson’s law by setting deadlines for yourself (explanation, evidence) and study with the Pomodoro technique. (explanation, evidence)
Interleave your practise and study several related concepts together. (explanation, evidence)
Start with trying to understand the core concepts first, by making use of the Feynman technique and breaking complex topics down to their simple essence. (explanation, evidence)
Use active recall (explanation, evidence) and spaced repetition (explanation, evidence) for the persistence of memory.
Further Reading: Dunlosky, Make it Stick, Ali Abdaal