INTENSE study vlog 10 hr study days, effective note taking, life as an academic weapon

It's exactly half five. That's so satisfying. My sister's sleeping in my room upstairs. We had a guest stay over last night, so they took my sister's room and then my sister came to stay with me. I start my neurology placement today, so I have a few classes scheduled for throughout the day. I want to do some studying this morning, but I didn't want to wake my sister up, so I think I'm going to go into uni to do my studying. I love leaving my house early. The streets are empty. There are no pedestrians, so I can just swing my camera wherever I like and no one cares. I need to be self-conscious when there's no one existing. My outfit's kind of crazy. Why am I wearing a whole trench coat with a backpack? This is like Dora the Explorer meets Peaky Blinders. Like, what is going on? The last time I went to the clinic, the consultant told me off for wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He was like, do you usually dress like that? And then the girl that I was on placement with, she was low-key roasting me for my outfit. I got embarrassed, so I dressed kind of formal today. I came to 250 because I realized that Aiwee Library is going to be closed at this time, and I kind of didn't want to go to the Student Center because I feel like it's going to be busy because Student Center is always busy for no reason. So, I'm hoping that the Student Hub is going to be empty. Let's see if it's closed. Amazing. I made the right judgment call today. It's an empty room. Okay, guys. We have officially come across our first hurdle of the day. We were given this practice exam to do that we had to complete by 5 p.m. today. Originally, I was going to do it last night, but when I logged onto the exam, I realized it was 50 questions long, and I just didn't have the time to do it. So, I told myself I would just postpone it to this morning, but they've locked me out the exam because I already opened it once. I need to get them to unlock it for me so I can sit the exam. So, I'm emailing them now, because if you don't sit the exam, you get a penalty, and I can't afford to have that. The office opens at nine o'clock today, so worst comes to worst, I can always bring my iPad to the office, but I don't want to have to do that. I have like three hours to do it, but I can't get into it. That's the problem. It's okay. I'm gonna practice some stoicism and just tell myself it's okay. I just sent the email. I'm hoping that they get back to me, but I really doubt that that's going to happen. So, I'm going to switch up my schedule a little bit, and I'm just going to do some studying before my neuro tutorials today. I have an induction lecture, I have a dementia master class, and then I have some teaching on acute neurology later on in the evening. So, I think if I get all of the prep for those classes done now, I won't have to do too much in between classes. So, I'll be able to find a nice pocket of time for me to sit and do the practice exam before 5pm. You know what? Sometimes things don't go to plan, and that's okay. I'm It's very basic. This is a template by Sabian. It's perfect. I don't know how she created such perfection, but it is everything. This one's a 10 out of 10. You can't even see the widgets that I put in because the wi-fi in this building is literally the worst wi-fi known to man, and I always forget that for some reason. I always think, oh, you know, I'll go to the student hub because... Why did I come in if I was just going to yap? I've done nothing productive so far. Let me sit and lock in now. I'm going to put you guys far away from me so I can't talk to you. So distracting. God. How's this? How's this view? I just finished writing up my notes on dementias. I managed to cover Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, fluid body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and I also touched a little bit on strokes as well. I'm gonna keep the momentum going and do some past med. I think I'm just gonna bang out a load of questions now. Let's begin. I'm on a dopamine high right now, guys. This is like my favourite thing to do in the world. Past med. I'm on my way to the examination office now. Afterwards, I'll have to walk to Queen Square to go to my first class. I didn't even know that Queen Square was so far away. It's saying it's going to be like a 20-minute walk to get there. I think I can do it in 10. I can't find this room. I think I came in the wrong exit. Not exit, entrance. I came in the wrong- I can't talk. It's actually on the other side of the building. It's like 10 past 9 and I need to be at my class at 9.30, so I think I'm just gonna go straight there now. I also need to pee, so I'm gonna pee, then go to my class, and then we'll sort this out after my class. I don't have a capacity for this right now. Guys, be right back. Guys, I don't know why I could give myself hours to be on time for something. Why am I always rushing? Let's go to class. Made it. Five minutes to spare. Let's see who's in. Oh my god, Hafer! Do you want to say hi to the vlog? Guys, this is Hafer. She's my best friend. She complimented my hair and I said, I like yours too. Her hair is looking great. I could vouch for it. Thank you. I have x-ray vision. I could just bring them in. We can trade stickers, you know? And the trade being just your presence. I can't cry at this time. Oh, there you go. I'm recording. Hold on. No, it's Jess's. It's Jess's vlog. We've hijacked Jess's vlog. Yeah. So, today we're starting neurology placement at the National Hospital for Neuros. I took a picture of it to send to my parents to flex on them. Where's the woman herself? Let's get an action shot. Wow. 56 seconds. Like, what happened in those 56 seconds? Can anyone tell me why giraffes have no voice? I wish I could get everyone in. I need to do like a 0.5. It's so funny. It's a school trip. It's pretty cool. Wow. They have overcooked. Have you played this game? It's really good. Tetris. I want to come back. I just finished my first induction lecture to neurology and had a tour of Queen Square, which is where we'll be doing most of our placement. I was quite excited by the common area for students. They had a lot of games. I want to play some games with someone. I don't know who, but I'll probably go at some point and see who's there and convince them to play Overcooked with me because I love that game. Is that Connor? Hi. Our year is down there. So funny because Queen Square is ridiculously close to IOE, so all of the med students have just come to IOE to study. Usually it's literally just me in this whole building, but it's so weird that I'm seeing so many people there. You guys know that I like to review and organize my notes as soon as possible after I have lectures, so that's what I'm going to do now. I've actually started using an app called Notter to help me take notes during class, and I'd like to thank Notter for sponsoring this portion of the video. Notter is a transcription and AI summary app that helps you take notes during class so that you don't have to. I use Notter to take notes during class so that I don't have to worry about writing down everything my professors say, and then I can actually focus on understanding and engaging with the content. Afterwards, I can take the generated transcript and review the lecture content a second time. Sometimes if I take notes during lectures myself, I lose focus and end up missing important information, and most of the time I can't type as fast as my professors speak. So honestly, why go through the stress when you can get an app to do it all for you? You can also use Notter in your online meetings. As a uni student, I've had to organize a lot of group project meetings, so I've used Notter to help me to transcribe discussions, track action items, and ultimately contribute to a more organized and productive group work experience. Make sure to download Notter and maximize the value of every conversation. I don't know why that lecture felt like it was unending, but I only took like two sections of notes. I really did the bare minimum for this lecture, but thankfully Notter had my back and generated a whole transcript for me so I can review the lecture content a second time. I can have a little read and decide for myself which are the most important points to add to my notes, and then I can just fill in my Notion page with all of the important information that I would need to know for my exams. I'm gonna quickly fill in all of my notes for the neurointroduction, and then I will be back onto sorting out my practice exam that I didn't end up taking this morning. They sent me an email during my lecture actually to tell me to come into the exam office, but I also got another email saying that my test paper had been re-uploaded, so I'm hoping that they just refreshed the whole thing and I can just sit it now. We will see. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I'm gonna focus on writing my notes now. I can only focus on one problem at a time, guys. It's rough out here to be thinking to be multitasking. Multitasking is not for me. Update, I was just kicked out of the room, but that's fine because I finished all my notes anyway. I'm gonna go check if my practice exam has reopened or if I need to go to the exam office to get my iPad fixed. Fingers crossed. I really hope that they fixed it. It's still locked. I need to go. Okay, that's so annoying. I'm gonna go to the examination office now. That was so nice. I picked up lunch because I don't think I'm gonna have time if I'm gonna go get my iPad sorted and immediately sit my practice exam after that. I'm not sure how long that's gonna take, probably an hour, and then I have to run off to my next class, which is back at Queen Square, so that's already a 20-minute walk. You know, there just aren't enough hours in the day. I picked up a blueberry matcha from Black Street. It needs mixing. I think I'm just gonna sit here for a little bit to calm myself. Over-stimulating experience. I feel a little bit oversaturated right now and I think I need a little break from people. I needed that. iPad is back on track. He reset my browser and I can take the exam again. At the end, he was like, you've got a deadline to complete it, and I was like, I am doing it right now, don't you even worry. He was like, any issues, come right back, and I was like, I hope I don't have to see you again today, and he was like, ditto, right back at you, don't come back. It was so funny. I need to decide where I want to take this exam now. Honestly, this lecture room is looking pretty juicy, like, got a good view of Crecy and not much else, so I could just do it here. I didn't even know that this part of the building existed. I think I'll be here more often because it looks pretty empty, so I don't think anyone knows that it exists. I think this might be my new study spot, guys. I always getting too busy. I think I'm just gonna explore this building and see if I can find an even nicer room to do the exam in, and then sit and do my exam, and then go to my next class, and then go to my class after that next class, and then I'm free for the day. I love life. Oh my god, this little terrace looks so fun. How do I even get there? That's so cute. I explored the rest of this building, and all of the other floors are just labs, so we're gonna stay here. Guys, listen to this. What do I even carry with me? Bricks? You know what? I changed my mind. It's a little bit too loud here. I'm gonna move to a quieter... It is 2.35. My lecture is at three o'clock. I just completed... No, but I will be gone in five minutes. Okay, guys, we're on the move again. I'm heading to Queens Square to go for my next lecture. If you've watched my vlogs before, you'll start to notice a theme, which is that if I need to be somewhere, I will not leave until the very last second. I'm finally getting to eat my lunch. It's kind of mid, but the guys running the store were really lovely, which was kind of the exact opposite with Blackstreet, because some horrible, horrible, awful people run that shop, but their coffee is really good as well, so... What is going on? You know what? It's tiny. It's very cute. It's like miniature. It's a vibe. It's really like morbid part of me once I drink it. I just finished my two lectures. I'm heading to IOE now since it's close. I do have a project that's due next week, and judging by today, I don't want to leave at last minute again. I'm gonna try and get it done as soon as possible so I don't stress about it.