Why Cramming Doesn't Work (and what to do instead)
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
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In this video, I discuss the downsides to cramming before exams, and what to do instead. 📚 From spaced repetition to the power of sleep, I share some scientifically-proven study techniques to improve your learning!
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - What is cramming?
02:42 - Why cramming doesn't work
04:05 - Spaced repetition
06:41 - Building good habits
09:40 - Don't neglect sleep
📑 STUDIES & LINKS (in order of appearance):
How to study to maximize performance (Robert Bjork) - • How to study to maximi...
Kornell (2009) - web.williams.edu/Psychology/F...
Karpicke & Bauernschmidt (2011) - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21574...
Cousins et al.(2018) - academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Stickgold et al. (2000) - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10771...
Walker et al. (2002) -pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12123...
Huber et al. (2004) - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15184...
Potkin & Bunney (2012) - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sleep is your superpower (Matthew Walker) - • Sleep Is Your Superpow...
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🙇🏼♂️ What is your next exam?
A first year medical student here, i absolutely liked this amazingly helpful video, thank u so much sebastian!!!!!
It's neet UG medical entrance exam in india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 thanks for a reply
Hi can you do more study with me videos
But Sebastian, if you search up cramming on youtube, you see plenty of people who cram and ace their exam. How do they do it???
Sebastian the editing, icons, the production is just next level 📈 BIG video!
Where did you come from?
Thanks Nasir!! 🥰
Loved the editing! Did you do it all yourself?
Yup
Thank you! Yep I do all the editing myself (can take a while sometimes haha)
U know this guy is productive if he thinks 5 days before an exam is cramming.
I do that shit the night before. And I know dudes who do it the morning before 😂
Or it’s just that in med school exams you need to know so much shit that starting to study 5 days before the exam is already cramming
Samee 😂😂 when I saw five days before exam was like so have always been cramming most boring subject
@@ahakeemmabof258 hey I make study vlog too😥
lmao same 5 days are more than enough
You don't expect to see "What is the meaning of life?" in the same exam paper as "Do penguins have knees" but here we are 😂
Looking at Bruce's legs I can confirm penguins do not have knees 😂
"it's five days before your exam"
me: less than 24 hours before my cellular respiration exam
I have my med surge exam in 3hrs
@@mannuh_chacha4357 I'm guessing itss happening in an hour maybe....good luck I hope u do well
Stats 2 exam in 3 hours wooo
GOOD LUCK GUYS! 🤞🏼
@@SebastianPirie thank you :) I think I passed even though I wanted more than that
I was about to start cramming when this video popped up. Is this God’s way of telling me to get my shit together
@Hdj Fyz exams on wednesday ,ooof it is tough man
Mine is on Tuesday....2 days from now....Wish me luck guys😭.....
@@inframe6438 hey u can use anki and good luck m sure u will do well
@@sharfilms9229 Thank you!!!!
I haven't tried out Anki yet. But I'd like to soon after watching a proper tutorial on how to use it.....
I always wanted to do spaced repetition, but eventually getting lost track because of overloaded subjects or I'm the only person who thinks that way? Haha
me too
@ellyxiao vlogs I do use that, well somehow I don't know if I should read the topic first or create flashcards. I felt like if I do that, I haven't finished the assigned topic for the week then another topic is there already hahaha that's why I ended up hehe procrastinating :((
@@lirielgerona5636 yes I have used anki and its helpful
You lost me as soon as I saw "Do penguins have knees?" question xDD I can't-
The acting in that intro 💯👌🏻
Definitely Oscar worthy imo 🏆
@@SebastianPirie fr
I have been cramming all my life.. never had it another way. But always seem to scrape through. It always dawned on me that I could have done so much better if I had started prepping earlier, despite getting okay grades. So this video kinda was a much needed wake-up-call. Thanks!
The way you explained everything with such good examples hats off. I really want to have a teacher like you.
You always impress me with the editing mah dudeee!
just when i needed this! loved the editing btw
This video called me out on so many different levels
This has been useful good job and keep up the good work
WOW. good topic. also liked the video editing.
Awesome video keep it up 👍
The best video I’ve seen on youtube
Thanks
I can tell you put a lot of effort in this video, I really enjoyed the video
Was waiting for a video......never been more excited 😁
omg, I needed this at the moment !! I am cramming all the time during an important exam and this is really reviling !!
Just when my midterms are coming...
Thanks, loving the video effects!
Definitely taking some tips to carry on before starting my next semester!!
That intro was ON POINT💯. Props to you Sebastian, awesome intro and video
Seb your vlog has inspired me a lot.
Thanks
this video is definitely what i need with midterms coming up!
your videos are amazing! watching from Brazil!
Ugh I really needed this! Thank you for this great video! 🖤
Just came back from my anatomy exam & it didnt go well. I think i needed this video
Literally needed it ... Thank you so
Much☺️☺️
The editing style, your voice and all the overall flow of the video makes it so chill and engaging. Love that!
I have this blockmate, he's actually pretty okay when he put his mind into studying but he's a "proud crammer" (his words not mine) and later failed the semester. That's why, procrastinating and cramming is not an option, there's no easy way out. You have to study if want to attain that A mark. No matter how smart of a person you are if you didn't study and doesn't have a single idea what's the lesson is about, then it's useless.
Thankyou❤❤
U are my inspiration 😃
*Wow !! that's lit, Thank you for kinda information !*
Thanks, this videeo was I needed 👏🏻👏🏻
Always favourite 🥳
Waiting for vlogs ✨✨✨
The quality of these videos just keep getting better and better! Your dedication and productivity is insane!! These are a bunch of really good tips as well, I've done some of these myself and can definitely vouch for them 😊
Wow! Now I’m so motivated!!! Thank you for this important information!
It's really helpfull because I am near to my med school entrance exam and it's time like what I have studied and how I am going to revise all that things well slowly I am going near to my exam it makes me depressed thanks for your video because it's really helps to motivate me
Anotha fire video💯💯
Believe me you're gonna be a GREAT person in the near future ❤....the speed of improving your videos is amazing you must be working on it very well &hard
This was so interesting. Thank you so much, I learned a lot
our boy gets all the sponsor guys he is going farr
thanks a lot for this video ..
Thanks for calling me out in the intro Sebastian. Great video!
Thanku Sebastian!! This was the exact video I needed!!!!!
Love u loads! !😍😍😍
I literally admire you. You're the productive and hard-working person that I've seen! I'm pesuading medicien and you set a good example for me👍. Thank you very much for your videos❣️
Love the intro and This is a well detailed video. I better fix my sleep routine😅
Good info!
This is really helpful and motivates me in some way
Thank you for your good Advices! 🙏 Hope your studies are going well! 💪
My pleasure! Same to you Cath ✌🏼
Greatest vid I've watched on this topic
High praise! Thanks a ton :))
I’m in my last year of law school and this video is spot on. I’ve practiced spaced repetition and have seen success compared to others that try to learn all the content in even a week before the exam. Spaced repetition is less stressful and it’s amazing how much you can memorize.
I was waiting all the day for watching your video :)
Nice Video, I've just been in that situation and have difficulty in getting out of it !!!
This is a really good video. I mean, everything, tf, u r amazing
Wow .. this edit .. this video ... this information .. is just perfect .. ✌✌✌✌✌👊👊👊go ahead
I Thank you so much for this video really helped and I'll try my best to improve myself, 😆♥️
Video quality is over 9000!!
hi seb!!!! great vlog as always. please make a vlog with your family😍
or yourself playing music/singing.. or any other side of you that's not acads related 😊
Thank you so much ☺️
The editing games are getting OP.
Plus, anxiously waiting for day in life vlogs.
( You remember me or not)
I love this video
شكرا على الفيديو يا د.سيباستين بيرى
Waiting for your vlogs 😌
Waited to my free time to watch the video to get all the info I’m sure I’ll get and as always the video didn’t disappoint 💯💯🥰
My university entrance exam got delayed because of corona, its getting worse in my country but I'm glad and so thankful I'm healthy enough to keep studying and I will try some of the the tips you said, thank you ❤️ stay safe
Thank you bro
Let’s be real, it definitely wasn’t in any lecture....
Just kidding! Love the vid man!!
This is a sign haha Thank you so much for this!
Thank you 🙏❤️
Why good video Brother
I love the new intro though 😉😉
"What is the meaning of life ?" Really🤣🤣
It's the hardest question we've ever encountered 🤔
The Pomodoro will be used when i can't concentrate recently which helps me a lot❤️
"if oranges are orange, why aren't lemons called yellows?"
Why grape aren’t called purple. Why strawberry aren’t called red
Tbh, I'd be very down to start calling lemons 'yellows' 😂
Maybe because lemon are manmade fruit 😂😂💆🏾♀️
A crossbreed fruit
Really needed that. Got my First Year Finals a week later and this time I don’t want to cram like I did in PreUni.
Editing is a lit ✨
Wow I've just learned a new word `cramming` and discovered your amazing channel, thank you :)
You are such an inspiration. ❤
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
❤❤
Cramming is not equals to gaining knowledge. Understood! Thank you Seb!!!
Helped me a lot. I have a whole lot of stuff to do (more like 15-20 activities with school) with a minimal amount of time (4 days) and about to cry because I have exams next week. I tried to study today but failed. I don't remember anything from my past lessons because my goal was just to finish everything😭 Been hating myself for the past 3 hours. Been battling depression for 2 years, I can hardly sleep but I'm gonna try thanks a lot!
The INTRO: Me during every final exam.....
This is exactly what I did last year. And now I'm paying the price!
It works in the short term? Mashallah, that's all I needed to hear.
Starting off small is a big helper for me: I'm someone who took a year out of Uni as I was moving country and getting back into it has been a step-by-step process.
Awesome video as usual, keep it up!
That's it! Build on those small everyday wins 👊🏼
@@SebastianPirie Exactly! Love the TFT clip as an example of distraction, definitely related to that one
@@matthewlee9652 Yeah I definitely played way too much of the game over the holidays 😅
WOW.. love that B ROLL !!
The into was cool 💜🔥🔥
maybe i shouldn’t have watched this video while cramming for my histology exam in 3 days haha😬
This makes sense. I crammed for scheduled mock tests and when the actual test started it went bad.
This is actually a fantastic video. Although who am I to say, watching this at 3am while being anxious about studying for an organic chemistry exam a day prior due to not having the time to even open the lectures. *The irony, I know.*
THANKS
Appreciated
lol when he scooped the textbook into his brain… mood
brooo this is what i really need rn 🥺
Thnks bro .from past weeks i was just cramming and blaming my myself that why even after so much of hardwork I'm not being able understand all these concepts properly and if i understand that i can'tremember them after 3-4 days . Thnks a lot .I will surely try me best to change my habbit❤️
hey Sebastian....can you plz make a video on what to do and what to focus on first year of mbbs, and what helped you most in first year of med school..i would be very thankful
some guuud bIG BOi tips for the biG bOi exams to become the biG Boi
It's all for that big boi brain 🧠
Gosh I wish I knew this before 😩. I found this video Informative and useful . Thank you . Love from India 🥰
Thank you so muuush from Morocco 😍💪🏻🇲🇦
Thanks.