Plot twist: The friend Ali's talking about is actually himself but he doesn't want to brag that he ranked 1st

@iop151

4 жыл бұрын

really or myth?

@Mariajbh2

4 жыл бұрын

@@iop151 it's a joke

@DomainAspect

4 жыл бұрын

Nah

@arindam1249

4 жыл бұрын

@@aliabdaal It's not about being the topper, it's all about sharing the knowledge. I love your works. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤️😊 Your fan from India

@My.Lifes.Journey

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I like how he keeps posting active recall videos. It’s like he needs to give us spaced repetition reminders to us about the concept itself

@remymanfre-valdes3810

4 жыл бұрын

omg thats actually really true

@1nf3ct3dTT

4 жыл бұрын

its funyn because its true

@JoseRivera-rl3qv

4 жыл бұрын

It really works, that was the thing I knew from the moment i start reading “make it stick” 300 hundred pages explaining the evidence. Its nice and I feel so good right now

@joshuamccue2062

4 жыл бұрын

José Javier Rivera Benítez I was really struggling in school, but I happened upon his videos and I just got straight As in all my classes applying his techniques

@JoseRivera-rl3qv

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamccue2062 I struggle in med school last year, from now on I'm gonna get good grades

-convert everything in questions -revising the question and highlighting red the question one can't remember. -highlighting questions blue one can't answer second time.

@syahirahnur6567

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keep it simple

@kafkaes

3 жыл бұрын

And mark as purple if u can't remember even for the third time!

@nadineoffor1585

3 жыл бұрын

For the ones u can’t remember do u write down there answer or do u just search it up and then next time see if you remember it

@iliveinsideyourhouse3943

3 жыл бұрын

The hard part for me is revising the questions, I still have to study other topics the next day, so I don't know how I can make time to revisit the last questions?

@kwondo_22_mars

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏

If you're an engineering student or similar, use this method when studying theory questions! For the calculation questions just practice practice practice with spaced repetition as Ali says!🙌 Helped me so much with my exams!

@ceciliakasanga6574

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I'm doing Chartered Accountancy and this active recall seems like it works better with theory modules and not numbers. I'm glad I ran into your comment.

@djihenearafa8414

3 жыл бұрын

As a Math student Thank u

@markopolic9964

3 жыл бұрын

I have topology in few weeks, I'll try using this and hopefully come back eith a good update

@andersonfiolina2879

3 жыл бұрын

As a CS student tks so much 😀

@tnayeem4034

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GJpJSBY9vgp6w.html

Guys honestly, it works. I used active recall for ONE of my exams last year, and by far, it was my BEST. RESULT. i'm telling you guys wallah. i got a 91% in EU LAW. and btw, i didn't go to a single lecture all year. i just read the lecture handout, created questions for myself, looked more in-depth into topics i did not know, but always went back to the q's and active recall! Wish I had had the time to start earlier and do it for all my courses. Thank you Ali! God Bless!

@user-lq9hq6ry5j

4 жыл бұрын

Barakallahu feek

@user-bo1wx3qw2r

4 жыл бұрын

How could you skip ALL your lectures?? Im nervous just thinking how much money that is in total.

@mordecai8707

3 жыл бұрын

H you don’t have to worry about going to lectures if you stay on top of your homework and readings. Use teachers office hours to ask questions. You can skip ahead in lots o classes, don’t feel like you can’t have control over your learning.

@zarahahmed8671

3 жыл бұрын

Using the method above?

@popo6246

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats friend 🎉

I recently tried something similar to this, based on active recall where I stopped taking notes for one module and I got 100% in that module (Gastro). This 100% works

@tafadzwachabata9725

3 жыл бұрын

Just super happy i saw your comment @Nella 😃🤗

@shelby255

3 жыл бұрын

No shit

@TheChicMedic

3 жыл бұрын

I’m definitely applying this

@tasfiaahsan6262

3 жыл бұрын

yah and you talked about this in one of your video as far as i remember

@tnayeem4034

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GJpJSBY9vgp6w.html

Thank you for this! I was able to improve my score significantly by using this method and spaced repetition. I scored a 98/100 on my biochemistry exam!

@twinedmouse7821

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks needed reassurance for this subject THIS

@adamalmir5214

3 жыл бұрын

Did you convert literally everything into questions?

@lazychums6473

2 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD

@Ayobamishobowale

2 жыл бұрын

Bet your previous score was 90.

@Humiliated1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ayobamishobowale well he still improved even if it was 90 but that just shows that it will take time to improve greatly

1) Instead of summarizing just write down questions without their answers 2) Go through the questions one by one and mark unknown questions red 3) Mark questions u did not get the second time in blue 4) Step 3 with a 3rd colour 5) Revise all questions before the exam Variation: Write down the answers to questions u wouldn't get the answer to right away -> Minimize the amount of summarizing e.g. include pictures, graphs, add screenshits of the textbook Important: - Don't just memorize, try to understand - If it's hard to learn sth, it's more effective!

@cothinker680

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Imagine being the guy or woman that has the highest grades in your year at Harvard or Oxford or Cambridge.

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

Must be cool

@aleenaaby7256

4 жыл бұрын

Lol Ppl would start worshiping me ,from my country

@lore_nza

4 жыл бұрын

takes divine powers

@hetvikhetia4354

4 жыл бұрын

Damnnn must feel really good!

@diahan9896

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, imagine 😅

Imagine having Ali abdaal as your teacher , you couldn’t be more blessed

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

We wish , haha

@publichealth1061

4 жыл бұрын

He is a gem..

@sithmauduwela7220

3 жыл бұрын

Literally would cry in joy tbh

@GameMovieStudios2000

3 жыл бұрын

are you sure about that

@shelby255

3 жыл бұрын

Um nope, no need

I’m really happy about how I was insecure about my grades, and being insecure led my curiosity to figure out how to actively study and recall. Be curious guys.

@tnayeem4034

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GJpJSBY9vgp6w.html

@swagmonkey5795

2 жыл бұрын

shut up

@rawism

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. This is how I got through Engineering

@misasa53

11 ай бұрын

Ay it's been 2 years how's your progress?

@jctt96554

5 ай бұрын

Just as the wise Einstein said he was curious not talented

9:46 a solution for this drawback is to write the page number where the answer to the question is found in the textbook so that you can refer to it whenever you need to and/or make a table of contents for your notes and do the same thing write pg # from ntbk

@lazychums6473

2 жыл бұрын

omg so smart

@shinyitem8952

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was just wondering how I could find the answers without making notes

@tantanta___9

2 жыл бұрын

thats prob gonna waste lots of time but works

@Pixelgamiing

2 жыл бұрын

@@tantanta___9 I don't think it will waste lot of time,since you'll be reading the powerpoint while making questions so you can easily write the slide number.

@tantanta___9

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pixelgamiing yea but what if you are writing it on a hard copy? thats going to be lots of work

Hearing you say “I can’t remember that” made me feel a lot better about my current position in medical school. I’m about to start my clinical years and feel like there is so much I can’t remember from my preclinical years.

@daniaizzah7001

4 жыл бұрын

I feel u bruh.. Im entering that phase in a month and tbh im scared 😰

@rayblade6383

4 жыл бұрын

You are not alone... lol

@opondnawa1039

4 жыл бұрын

im with u

@helenmwanza2374

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@cg2158

3 жыл бұрын

Relatable... it’s an information overload... and so fast paced. There’s no time to commit things to memory when you’re rushing to the next 100 concepts

How I study for exams ? Watching how to study for exams vidéos on KZread.

@sanang3482

4 жыл бұрын

Doing exactly this today. I have a pharmacology test tomorrow and here i am watching this

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

coz ur brain thinks its easier to watch it,rather than that why dont u watch some videos related to u r chapter

@lightmaze7738

4 жыл бұрын

Sana Ng good luck!

@sanang3482

4 жыл бұрын

@@lightmaze7738 already gave the test but still thanks

@claudiofransson9333

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, I see I am not alone. Cellbiology test coming up, but I’ll just watch videos about studying instead

I feel like active recall is just scary cos we're so used to other feeeedingg methods, but I think it's definitely the most effective

@ameli.a_3883

2 жыл бұрын

how is it scary?

@jiannasherisse

2 жыл бұрын

@@ameli.a_3883 it’s different from what we normally do, e.g summary notes and highlighting. But you know I guess we gotta get out our comfort zone in order for things to work.

@lecy1075

2 жыл бұрын

@@ameli.a_3883 it's scary for me to find out exactly how much i dont know .. then it gets overwhelming 😭

I'm literally horrified after looking at the questions his friend wrote for himself...

@mohammadjihad569

3 жыл бұрын

i rethought my life while he scrolled through "one" of his friend's questions

@sunduskhan242

3 жыл бұрын

honestly this is best way of revision

@ahealingplace7350

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@tnayeem4034

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GJpJSBY9vgp6w.html

@alicia-hd2cs

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not your fault - you’re not someone who is meant to try your best or be impressive, i guess.

Hey Ali, I still write answers for the questions because it saves a ton of time and frustration later for me. I tend to get super overwhelmed when the exam date is very close and the last thing I want to do is “research the answer”. I think it’s okay to be fully prepped with answers to the questions too if there’s enough time, as long as we keep testing ourselves like you preach :D Update : I just got my exam result and for the first time in my life I scored a 95% and topped my class !!! I could NOT believe how much changing my study strategy was needed. Another thing which was a first was that I actually ENJOYED giving the exam lol Thank you so much Ali for everything. By the way, I’m a dental student in Canada :)

@nehhachadda412

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that's a smart way !!

@janitajasmin

4 жыл бұрын

Maria Writes that’s basically like doing flashcards which is helpful

@aliihotii

4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what I also do! I fill a full notebook page with questions and then on the next page I've got the answers ranked with numbers! It saves tons of time

@dianagarcia6017

4 жыл бұрын

When seeking information the textbook provides material closest to what the exam will be like. Generally the professor uses the textbook as a guide (if they don't they'll specify otherwise). Something that had really allowed me to excel in particular subjects was using the search engine from a PDF e-book for my textbooks. If you're looking for something specific it will filter out everything in the book. Sometimes you can even put something verbatim covered from class and it will be the exactly what you're looking for. I was scoring the highest in one of my classes when I was following this method. Meanwhile, all the other students were googling questions to the study guide and no passing. E-textbooks are a powerful tool. It has saved me hours of researching and improves my accuracy as well.

@Alexa-vb7zw

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment, i tought the same, but what i am doing is using an app called quizlet :)

This is literally what the science department did for our school. They created a whole booklet full of questions covering every single point of the specification with answers with the aim of getting us to recall the answers constantly until it stuck with us. It was extremely useful as in it saved me tons of time and effort as I didn’t have to waste time making notes etc. I ended up getting 9-9 in the combined science course which is the highest grade for those of you who don’t study in the UK. That booklet made studying for my science exams profoundly pleasurable as I was constantly seeing progress in the sense that I kept memorising with relative ease. And finally, thank you Ali for making yet another high quality video spreading your knowledge. Hopefully this will get more people to use this method and ultimately smash their exams!!

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

good

@rrrvna

4 жыл бұрын

When you didn't know the answer to a question did you write the answer down and reread it or something? :)

@Sai_baba784

4 жыл бұрын

@@rrrvna when you do active recall always write down what you can remember even if it's in bullet points...and in exam season like 4 weeks before exams or 6 do practice full exam papers under exam condition..also before that from time to time practice some questions from past papers.. You should always practice at home what you will be doing in the exam room..

@Tom5.5.5

4 жыл бұрын

Did they make a digital version? If so could you send it to me please?

@studyct

4 жыл бұрын

is there anyway that you could send it to me or share where i can find it please! it will save my life, thank you.

Making question really works😊 I got highest in my final yr in my dental school with this question making method.I started making questions because i was lazy to write the entire notes initially but later found it was actually helping me & now for dental boards I did use the same strategy.so if any one is reading this ,making questions does wonders!

@sharonmaikano4561

3 жыл бұрын

Hey!!!! Would love to know you personally😭. Just started dentistry too. I love learning from people ahead if you don't mind😁

@abdullahalnoman4500

3 жыл бұрын

If i start make questions. It will never end. Like in the first chapter of my history book, i could make thousands of questions. What do i d

@peachyyy6481

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullahalnoman4500 😂😭 same

@adamalmir5214

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullahalnoman4500 just step back and find information that is revelaed to your test. You can decide this by past papers or revision guides. Make questions out of them and ask questions like, “why and how” even if it isn’t mentioned in the textbook.

@cothinker680

9 ай бұрын

@@adamalmir5214 should I memorise question or anewrs of questions?

Not knowing this in 2002, our history teacher taught us JUST by dictating to us questions and their full answers. Told us to just write the questions and try to answer them again and again. I did so in writting (in high school still had time for this) then checked with the original the teacher gave us. I hate history and am bad at remembering the info by heart. However this way I scored 100% on the national test. It was by far the best way to study! So good, that I try to help my son learn the same way.

@iprefernottospeak1247

3 жыл бұрын

may i ask what you do when you don’t know the answer to the questions?

@heirofsugar

3 жыл бұрын

@@iprefernottospeak1247lol find the answer?

@ameli.a_3883

2 жыл бұрын

that's great

I swear by the question method. In my first term of law school I was averaging mid to low 60s using the “brute force make notes and rewrite them approach.” In the second term I went with the recall spreadsheet approach and averages 75s across the board in my exams that turn and finished with top marks in several subjects and a first overall. Literally just through changing my approach to study. Can’t thank Ali’s video on that enough (check it out if you haven’t- your grades will thank you)

@tomquigley6323

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I study law too. Can I just ask how you made this method work for reading articles etc or specific quotes? Thank you very much

@dragonchr15

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomquigley6323 for specific quotes, write out the first letter of each word and then try to recall from just that. Over time, you will not need the first letter cues anymore. Try it first with a song lyric or movie quote you like. You still need to practice active recall though.

@iamlethibe

4 жыл бұрын

So all you did was read your notes and translate them into questions and ask yourslef

@jameselliott-hughes3495

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomquigley6323 Hi Tom- I would pick a case and its principle- something like R v Miller, which is a long winded criminal case about a homeless man who fell asleep on a mattress in a building whilst smoking. He ran away from said building after discovering it on fire and was held to be liable. This case was an exception to the rule that you aren't liable for not acting- aka, if you create a dangerous situation you have to do something to prevent/help or you'll be liable. (It's more complicated than that but for the sake of the comment). I started by writing R v Miller then remembering whatever I could from classes/readings etc w/o looking anything up. Once I'd exhausted my knowledge, I would look it u and read over what I'd miss. The next time, I'd condense it- so rather than right it all down I'd slowly condense it down to a couple of words less each time. E.g. R v Miller- Man, Cigarette, Mattress, Abandonment, Exception to rule- creation of dangerous situations. After a while you've mentally condensed a whole article down to just 4-5 trigger words that when remembered will unlock a whole article's worth of contents. I used this to learn around 1000 cases for my law school finals and got top marks at a good law school. (Not because I'm bright or anything- its just legitimately a good method) I also have quite bad ADHD so I can really only study for maybe 3-4 hours a day maximum during exam time so I truly swear by effective study techniques (like the ones Ali has recommended).

@jameselliott-hughes3495

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamlethibe Exactly! I used Ali's Google Sheet Methods (see his video on that). So for something (albeit basic) like "The four elements of a contract are offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relations and consideration". Rather than jsut write it down, I would make a question like "what are the elements of a contract". If i got it all right first time, then I would colourcode it green. It can be hard to make some notes into questions but thats where understanding comes in- you have to understand/comprehend what you've read before you can make a question. Give it a try! It's really useful. Plus it made studying more into a game/quiz which I liked.

The more people that hear about active recall, the higher the grade boundaries would be.

@GP-eq3gh

4 жыл бұрын

Shueb Khan some selfish shit lmao

@elvenmaiden7027

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, as Ali said it's a difficult but very effective way to study. It still takes a ton of hard work and motivation to use active recall. Most students struggle with procrastination and not being able to keep their concentration up for longer periods of time which is something active recall can't fix. This is just an easier way for the already top students to use their time more effectively. Since they're the minority, the grade boundaries should stay pretty much the same with a possibility of a low increase for the top grade.

@jonathan0452

4 жыл бұрын

That’s why we gotta keep this quiet

@Okxyd

4 жыл бұрын

@@elvenmaiden7027 Very true. Active recall is very very very punishing because if you don't retest on time (with SRS) you will not remember much which will make the whole thing long and painful. People with backlogs of hundreds or thousands of cards in Anki will agree with me. Active recall and spaced repetition require a high level of organization and rigor, much higher than opening a book or notes and read.

@stefanolanterna8752

4 жыл бұрын

@@elvenmaiden7027 I struggle with procrastination a lot (hello KZread) but active recall is not that difficult really. Actually, it can keep me focused for as much as 15/20 minutes straight on anki and I would never got that time reading notes without distracting myself. I changed from a bad to a mediocre student just because of that.

I used Active recall and spaced repetition for my grade twelve NATIONAL exams 3 years ago and I got the 3rd place among thousands of students 🎉(I literally learned and remembered anything by the end of the year and before the exams ,the only two questions that I got wrong out of 350 questions was not because I forgot the material rather it was just a destiny,I was meant to get those two questions wrong!! Thanks to Allah for everything Thank you Ali Abdaal ,your videos were a reason that made me smash my exams

@aasiyahadesina1998

2 ай бұрын

is the method as effective if I just use my flashcards?

you're an absolute legend for sharing this with us ali. thank you truly. i've shared your video with all of my friends!

Some days ago I studied for an exam like this, writing and answering questions. I had never learnt so fast and easily. Now I’m even more convinced that it works, so thank you. Definitely gonna use that system for university entrance exams, plus I see it as a game to go over questions. I best learn by associating concepts.

@lifevlogstutsl84

4 жыл бұрын

Can u pls be mpre specific at what u did . Is this pure writeling questions?

@hariszaman9122

4 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me in detail how you use it please tell me request from Pakistan

"this is anatomy, which is anatomy" idk why but j cracked up lol 😂

@lazychums6473

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I watched almost all videos in your channel. And I want to finish it today as I can't hold the anxiety! I really wish the videos don't end soon. Loved you !

Hello Ali! came across to your videos just today and was enlightened how you explained everything, even watched your videos while washing the dishes 😂 I was preparing for my exams ineffectively and just adapted this whole thing what you have incorporated especially active recall and spaced repetition. hoping this study technique will work for me. Thank you so much!

I tried this method for my GCSE triple science and wow! I know the text book like it’s saved on my brain ! I think the reason people don’t use methods like this is the psychological effect that when you make notes you feel like you’re learning and it feels natural to you, so people don’t try to go for methods like active recall, and they don’t know what they’re missing out on as a result of this. Amazing video and thanks!

@nataliekalu2183

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is an older comment but im doing gcse triple sxience and i was wondering how long it took you to convert the 3 textbooks into flashcards to study with? Ive already started but im worried i wont have enough time to do the entire textbook and other subjects.

@mrs.potatohead8471

3 жыл бұрын

@@nataliekalu2183 Flashcards are really time consuming. If you really want to do flashcards but, you're worried that you'll run out of time maybe copy and paste from an online textbook onto an online flashcards platform? 🧡🧡

@nataliekalu2183

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrs.potatohead8471 thank you so much for the advice!

@mrs.potatohead8471

3 жыл бұрын

@@nataliekalu2183 It's okay! 💛💛💛 Honestly, I will just recommend doing practice exam questions (I did mine from the book on Kerboodle and marked then using the online mark scheme and I also used the cgp exam practice book with spaced repetition) - that's how I got a 9 in Chemistry and 8 in Biology.

@nataliekalu2183

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrs.potatohead8471 those grades are insane! Well done :D perhaps ill put exam questions into anki flashcards and try doing that as well to get long term practice in. Thank you! Have a blessed life.

" Oh God I can't remember at all" That's literally ME everytime I recall something I studied.

@yosvinmarlo9346

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video for us. I am done with studying but do need to (re)learn things that I never understood or have forgotten so this will be useful. You are lovely!

I specifically come back to this particular video half year later to tell you guys his technique ACTUALLY WORKS !!!!! I only have 1 day to study my business midterm last semester and I still aced it (90)

Ali, you've helped me tremendously. I've always been told, that "you need to find your own study technique, that works for you", but I have struggled a long time with finding that and I also think that it might not be totally true. I really think, active recall and spaced repetition is the way to go and since I've started using your techniques, my grades have skyrocketed. Thank you so, so much! I am actually talking to our faculty board about these methods and try to incorporate them into 1st year bachelor students curriculum, so they can learn effective study techniques.

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

yessir! loads of wishes to u my g,stay positive!!

@sugamon3692

4 жыл бұрын

I love it that you are eager to share it with others. 💜

i feel like i have wasted 10 years of my life studying the hard, wrong way 😭

@mugdho8242

3 жыл бұрын

Yea , buddy

@shelby255

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@kirawoods5316

3 жыл бұрын

Me too😭

@waqqasElahismch

3 жыл бұрын

😓😓

@dellavestin109

3 жыл бұрын

@@waqqasElahismch omg de broglie😆

Pal, you're so awesome. You teach us how to effectively study and learn the subject. I'm definitely gonna apply this active recall method to my studies. Thank you for sharing such precious knowledge and democratizing it. Many thanks!

This is what I've been doing for years, so glad to hear it's what Ali recommends too!

"The way to make it stick is by retrieving it and not putting it in." -Ali 2019

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

yessir, that some God level thinking

@mansii3408

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing👍

This channel is probably one of the biggest treasure I found on my KZread till the date. Please keep coming up with more videos that touch diverse aspects of study techniques. Thank you.

I found out your channel last week and since then I had started making some good changes in my life. Thankyou for existing 😊

This is brilliant! I wish I had known this earlier in my life, great content!

me, sees an ali abdaal video once: im gonna top now, ive learnt the secret le me, 2 days after: why im so stupid?

@DomainAspect

4 жыл бұрын

So true lol

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

haha story of every laymen after watching "how to study videos"

@vennyhearts2064

4 жыл бұрын

No don't say that, I'm genuinely trying to focus

@wasimmedico4138

4 жыл бұрын

@@vennyhearts2064 watch it in full screen , no distractions :)

@frankensteinx5378

4 жыл бұрын

Step 1 : self realisation You're going great buddy..

"How to rank 1st at Cambridge".. I can't even rank first at a mediocre university in a country with 3 million people...

@linasirsnina1425

4 жыл бұрын

Me - in country with 2 million people 😂😭😂😂

@diwakarisonyoutube

4 жыл бұрын

me in 1b people

@wqmf9356

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in like the last 10%, but that's why I'm here LMAO. My ADD is like, nope, let's do something else.

@lukrecijakneizyte2605

4 жыл бұрын

:DD koks universitetas?

@hteur1

4 жыл бұрын

Right now, results do not matter as much as going through the process over and over. With time, results will follow eventually, God willing.

Thank you for existing Ali. I’m literally studying for my final exams and I got this valuable information. I love this. Thank you 🙏🏻

love how he smiles in videos. what a clarity

I tried your style of studying using active recall in my previous Biostatistics exam! I studied way less and I got 50/50 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The exam before went well too but I wasted way too much studying!

After watching your videos a year ago I started using this active recall method and I ended up receiving the best and highest grades I’ve ever had. Thank you for sharing this method!!!!

One of my hidden hobbies is learning about several topics in depth. I don’t sleep at night so studying and taking notes on my computer about things that interest me help to make me less hyper throughout the night. It used to be more of a challenge before I found your video because of my issues with focusing (no matter how interested I may be) I came across your video a few months ago and I just wanted to thank you for showing us these methods!

Getting ready to start Grad school. I appreciate all the knowledge and insights from your journey. Can’t believe this is free. What a time to be alive. Peace brother!

“No idea. I didn’t even know those were a thing.” RELATABLE.

Ali "Active Recall" Abdaal

Incredible. I'm just about to start a MSc in public health so will be defiantly utilising this. I've just discovered your channel and loving it. Keep up the great work Ali.

Thanks so much for your videos, I love how clear and to the point they are! I will be applying this to some upcoming exams, let's see if I improve. Continue your great work.

One thing though - the way he speaks is fantastic! There aren't a lot of cuts in the video, and I didn't have to rewind or pause at any part of the video at all. The flow is amazing... Nice video! I'm not in uni yet, but this is pretty helpful actually. Amazing video!

Hello Ali, I'm a big fan of your channel. I'm writing this comment to express my appreciation towards you because I am already benefited from this way of studying after applying it to my study routine. I am a senior year high school student studying for 5 AP exams that are happening in one month. Before watching this video, I used the summarizing method to take notes from the Princeton Review prep book as I read along, and it was a painful process because I wasn't actually absorbing that much information. I wasn't questioning myself, as you have mentioned, trying to force things into my head. After every topic there is usually a unit drill, and when I was doing those drills I felt like I literally did not learn anything. Then I went on KZread and found your video. At first I was skeptical, but it was a month ago I began implementing this active recall method, writing down questions but not the answers on my notebook as I read through the prep book. When I am writing down those questions I'm also actively learning because I'm also attempting to answer them. Studying is now so much more efficient and I CANNOT believe how much of an improvement I had when doing my unit drills. I just want to write this to tell everyone to not be afraid to try this method, it may seem like it's not gna work for you but it is definitely worth a try. And again, thank you so much Ali for sharing this because it definitely changed studying experience for the better.🙏🏽

@annaceciliaolgado365

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy for you ❤️❤️ I'm about to try this method for my subjects this upcoming semester! I'm currently skeptical about it, too, but I hope that it may work for me as much as it did for you. Good luck!

@AlexRitcher364

3 жыл бұрын

@@annaceciliaolgado365 how it going?

@annaceciliaolgado365

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexRitcher364 about that... Our school's online so the administration of exams was limited. I must say I haven't used active recall that much yet. This is sad but I found myself going back to note-taking and highlighting bc the transition just requires so much energy which I did and do not have unfortunately

@orchids4media343

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats!! Thanks for confirming, i'm definitely gonna try thiss!!

@orchids4media343

2 жыл бұрын

@@annaceciliaolgado365 oh that's a bit sad... it's ok!! just push yourself sis, you can do this!!

This is so insanely useful! I was struggling on amounts of content I had to memorise for my exams and this certainly proved to be useful (even before exams and starting active recall method I already knew this method would benefit) tysm!

Thnx Ali, and you definitely hit the mark when you talk about people having to listen over the concept of active recall, bc I watched the first few videos you had on this multiple times. I was so used to taking down notes and re-reading switching over to this method felt so unsure but I see that its working plus there is loads of evidence to support that claim.

I have been using this method on and off since my first year of medicine. I'm in the fifth year now and i've tried basically every other study method and now i'm back to using this method. It's actually the best way to use active recall in my opinion.

I have a suggestion: I understand that it is more useful to not include the answer to the questions, but what you can do to solve that is to note down next to the questions the source where you can find the answers. For example if you have ‘What is the cell membrane?’ you’ll note down ‘(biology book, unit 3, page 54)’. In that way, you’ll be able to rapidly check the information related to the content you’re lacking in.

@simonavdlb

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good idea

@apostlebenjamin6771

2 жыл бұрын

That's really super good idea

@danahportlouis3776

2 жыл бұрын

Great thanks 🙏🏾

I tried this style of study for my first semester and it worked!! Thank you!!

This is an absolute life saver. I have been doing this for about a month. I am a post graduate medical intern and this has helped me a lot with memorization and making lessons "stick". Whenever resident doctors ask us questions, I can confidently answer anything they ask me I can easily recall lectures I learned 2-3weeks ago! It's insane! Thank you for this Ali, and also to your friend Asyd. God bless!

@mohammedhassoune4246

Жыл бұрын

You try to memorise the answers while making questions or when you finish the task of questions you try to revise the questions and answers too

I remember the first I saw a video on Active recall on this channel you had less than 50k subscribers. You have come a long way, Ali. I have been following active recall and spaced repetition (after watching your videos) and it is the single most efficient study technique I have ever practised. I now know my subject inside out. For those planning to follow this, it will not be easy in the beginning, but worth all your efforts. Thank you Ali, for introducing us to this study technique.

I'm an engineering student who's, well, not interested in ranking anymore (I'm freaking exhausted) so I really don't know why I clicked on this video. I'm so bloody glad I did.

@btdking1597

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are destined to take interest in ranking for the rest of your life

Just done my A level exams, I remember watching this video in year 12, and honestly my life has been changed. I got A*A*A (Biology, Maths and Chemistry) it really does work and I’m grateful I saw this video. It worked mainly for Biology and I felt invisible when it came to exams - it’s genuinely satisfying to answer questions Thank you so much for sharing this.

@spozzy1878

2 жыл бұрын

hi there, i’m doing the same a levels as you are and i aspire to do as well as you do. did you still do notes with this method or did you just abandon your notes? at our sixth form, the teachers insist on doing notes so i just want your insight on this. i’d appreciate it if you gave up some of your time answer my questions. :)

@raph_n4

2 жыл бұрын

@@spozzy1878 Hi, I actually have a KZread channel where I show the methods I used. But I didn’t make any notes. I relied on active recall for every aspect of revision.

@spozzy1878

2 жыл бұрын

@@raph_n4 hi again, i was just going to ask, u also did exam questions along with these yes? so just this method and exam practice?

@raph_n4

2 жыл бұрын

@@spozzy1878 yeah

@ikram8690

2 жыл бұрын

Hi How did you do with mathematics?

I feel sooooooooooooooooooooo relieved. I did this naturally, scribbling questions to myself on the edges of my pages to try to understand something or to find gaps in my understanding.

@mohammedhassoune4246

Жыл бұрын

You try to memorise the answers while making questions or when you finish the task of questions you try to revise the questions and answers too

Asking questions always digs deeper into your understanding and memorization 👌

@DomainAspect

4 жыл бұрын

Yea... duh

@JihadAlAnsari

4 жыл бұрын

@@DomainAspect That was rude. What is obvious to you may not be obvious to others. Avoid using the word "duh" to strangers.

been watching you for only a week or so, and you’ve already changed my whole outlook on learning! not only that, but i think it’s positively impacting my results at school. thanks a lot :)

I've recently come to love your channel so much. You're doing great work

I just passed my nclex-rn exam on the 7th try. I used this method to study and passed. I wish I used this method during school. Just wanted to say thanks and great video Cheers!

@BonqweshiaJenkins

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy for you!

@EmergencyTop5

3 жыл бұрын

@@BonqweshiaJenkins Thank you

@topranked5465

3 жыл бұрын

How you know which questions to ask. ?

@mohammedhassoune4246

Жыл бұрын

@@EmergencyTop5 you try to memorise the answers while making questions or when you finish the task of question you try to revise the question and the answers too

@googemiester42

Жыл бұрын

@@mohammedhassoune4246 so you are going to rationalize every concept and agree with it. You will not agree with every principle in nursing. Too many topics to cover on nclex. Some of the nclex topics we didn’t even cover in nursing school. Peace. I love you and Happy Valentines Day bae! Muah

WE DON'T DESERVE GOOD PEOPLE LIKE YOU. you're such a hardworking person. There were a lor of things that I didn't understand, and you always take your time to explain everything 😭😭 thank you for all of your hard work and for helping a lot of us

I never realized I've been passively learning up until now! The more I watch your videos, the more I feel enlightened! Gonna start actively learning and praying I can see my grades go up by the end of the semester! Thank you for making all these helpful videos!!!

I love how these videos always motivate me to do hw I’m procrastinating on

I’m watching your videos and using some of these revision tips for my GCSEs and it’s really helpful, thanks a lot dude

I needed this soo much, I am going to positively implement this and get back in two years with a great result, hopefully! Getting set!!!! *Excited ❤️❤️❤️❤️

So helpful! Watching this has made me realise that I've been doing this for ages without realising! Active recall really is the way forward and I'll definitely be basing my revision around it now 🙏🏾 thanks Ali!

@pAdilIbrar

4 жыл бұрын

What is active recall?

Been doing this technique before I even knew it's called active recall 😅. It's the only study technique that works well with me. I don't really enjoy taking down a lot of notes like how my batch mates does (they invest a lot with bullet journals and cute stanionaries) and I'm really bad at memorizing stuff but I noticed that I tend to remember things when people ask me questions about it and I try to answer. I thought I needed a review buddy because it feels stupid to ask myself questions but the i discovered flashcard apps. I rely on them a lot. If not, I try to make answersheets before my final exams. It helped me a lot.

@biswaranjan_4425

2 жыл бұрын

Same😅

@ajmalaju6275

2 жыл бұрын

😆

I need to say thank you. You give me what I need . Converting your notes into questions is a great idea which i am gonna use from now on when teaching and studying

@mohammedhassoune4246

Жыл бұрын

You try to memorise the answers while making questions or when you finish the task of questions you try to revise the questions and answers too

Ali! I have always wondered why I get good grades without studying and cramming for hours and hours like most of my friends do I thought what makes the difference . Now I have discovered that I have been using this active recall method for a long time without even knowing it. After studying a topic I always take a practice test by myself and when i want to repeat that topic some days later i don't read my notes or textbook rather i try to write the topic on a paper and if I have a doubt I check it from my textbook afterwards this has really helped me throughout. You definitely deserve more subscribers because you help a lot of students.

Me: Exam in 12 hours Also Me: Watches Anyway

@infinn90

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@sirengaming8869

4 жыл бұрын

Farez Me too

@sirengaming8869

4 жыл бұрын

Farez Me too Xhdytdrysrysyr

@historicturd

4 жыл бұрын

Tawfiqul Roman All the best for your exam!

@historicturd

4 жыл бұрын

Yasir Athar All the best for your exam too!

I use this method for some of my learnings and I can confirm that it actually works! It’s a great feeling to know that there’s people that do learn this way, I thought I was one of few that only do it this way. Your videos are amazing and has helped me get better at my studies, keep up the good work

@anglemark4003

3 жыл бұрын

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@anglemark4003

3 жыл бұрын

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I'm here 1.5 years after watching this video. Since watching I revolutionised my study technique from frankly, no technique, to AR and spaced repetition - specifically using the format you demonstrated here with multiple documents of hundreds of questions and writing absolutely no notes, ever. Any writing I do goes in the bin afterwards. Now I am 3 days away from taking my medical school finals. The result will tell, but in general I wonder if I would have been able to have made so much progress if I had never watched and understood this video. Thank you for sharing

@farida7125

3 жыл бұрын

please update

@AEBA877

2 жыл бұрын

we need an update!

I like the outtake at the end 😂 So now only 2 weeks left before my masters exam, and I’ve felt quite confident using this technique. AR and SR helped me get through the interview to get 2 full government scholarships to study in Ireland and New Zealand. They gave me only a week to prep for the interview and I couldn’t believe that I spoke exactly as I wanted to for an hour. Currently staying in Ireland, if I pay a visit to Cambridge next year, I’ll definitely message you and hopefully I can say thanks in person.

I'm so happy to find this two weeks before my exam :)

Grateful for these videos. Thanks Ali.

Thank you so much! I'm studying for college admission tests and this helped me very much. I've been having trouble studying and I'm glad this popped up in my recommendations. Thank you so much. From Philippines🇵🇭

I was feeling kinda low and I saw this notification and instantly lit up thanks a lot mahn ly

I'm 4 weeks into medical school and I'm gonna start post reading this way TODAY. Thanks KZread for the random suggestion and thank you Ali for the good advice.

guy, what a crazy insight. Thanks immensely for this, how you... Man, that's incredibly amazing, it's basically what I needed my whole life. It makes quite a lot of sense. Seriously, it will change my life.

@mohammedhassoune4246

Жыл бұрын

My friend You try to memorise the answers while making questions or when you finish the task of making questions you try to revise the questions and the answers too

Recently found your videos and really changed my mind about studying! I major in medical technology (not really sure the name in English), and there are tons of microbiology to learn, your videos are extremely useful! Thank you so much!

I need to fix my life..

@hanatabassum4356

3 жыл бұрын

I felt sick after watching the video knowing that i’ve been doing it all wrong

@mimoogreat9510

3 жыл бұрын

@@hanatabassum4356 me too ")

@ruuuku8177

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -C.S. Lewis

@kiyabemnet5251

3 жыл бұрын

We arent late

@karimzaidan1181

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

This is actually genius. Why isn't this what everyone does?

@abrararifify

4 жыл бұрын

Unsung Songs bingo

@noahpurdy3118

4 жыл бұрын

@Unsung Songs Well yeah, but for actually understanding it, this works really well. Rereading doesn't make it stick.

@noahpurdy3118

4 жыл бұрын

@Unsung Songs For methods that use active recall, this is very efficient.

@harrietjones1409

4 жыл бұрын

I think its because we feel comforted if we have notes. It is kind of proof that we have done work, even if they’re not effective. Just having question seems quite boring. I have always made notes and literally today am going to try this out and see how well it works!

@Y2JWannaBe3

4 жыл бұрын

@@aliabdaal I'm curious if it necessarily works for all people? could there be people that this method won't help? thanks for all the videos I'm a big fan

Great video and some useful tips. I love the flow of this video and how you presented the topics!

1. Pass through the lecture and convert the information into questions. 2. When it's revision time, you go through each question and actively recall the answers. 3. Colour code red for the questions you don't know the answers to so that the next time around, if you're short on time, you only go through the questions in red. Colour code them a different colour the next time round that you revise.

Seeing a 22 minutes long video of Ali in my notifications just made my day 🤩😍❤️ like before see it 😂 going to watch when I'm at home and can really focus on it, can't wait 😍 p.s. thank you so much Ali for all the inspiration and tips and advice that you have given me, it really means the world to me and is so so special and important to me ❤️ this is my favourite KZread channel ever❤️❤️❤️

From algeria just started watching u after i find it randomly i love every thing u say and how u say it

@awatifjm7982

4 жыл бұрын

Dz 💚✌✊

@soumiayousfi9968

4 жыл бұрын

Dz too 😁

@aylaeline5787

4 жыл бұрын

@@soumiayousfi9968 ohh hey from which wilaya u r??

@fatmazahrabouaissa9981

4 жыл бұрын

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@jtzg2712

4 жыл бұрын

Aqlagh dda

thank you for sharing these techniques worked out very well for me

This video is great! Excited to implement this study strategy when I start medical school classes next week!

Can't believe I'm only realising this technique now at the age of 29! But couldn't be more timely. I'm studying for a test and can't wait to give this a go!

I don't know why it's taken me so long to subscribe because I think I've watched almost all of your videos on learning and studying. I've subscribed.

Thanks for sharing this content with us!!

Ali you're a blessing to our world thank you so much