I found this thread super useful and took some notes highlighting the discussions below

I thought i would share for others benefit too... (formatting is messed up, my notes are in MD format, i lost the sub-indentation on these notes, i can just add a new line )

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- paper over laptop

- SRS, anki

- you can use it to learn a mathematical formula, but not to learn how to apply it.

- write notes, summarize it down to pages at end of session; called as 'making cheat sheets'

- a few days down, summarize it further down and more, till you have it like a card.

- study above your level, and read the history of the subject.

- If an undergraduate read graduate level textbooks, especially overviews.

- This gives one a sense of the context of the subject, an appreciation of "where it's going", a hint of why the subject is still interesting and under active development, and makes the undergraduate material seem almost innocent by comparison.

- It's much harder, of course, and you'll often find that the entire semester's material is covered in a couple of chapters at the beginning, but the feeling of "how the professionals really talk/think about the subject" is hugely important for getting a feel of the thing.

- The history of a subject is great for giving the human context, which is hugely useful for grokking how things developed organically, as well as the personalities involved. It can really help remembering stuff.

- just keep at it, hour after hour, without comparing yourself or your efforts to anyone else.

- Take frequent breaks, even holidays, and remember, above all, that exams are perhaps the worst test of learning we have yet devised apart from all the others.

- understand proofs over memorizing them

- as little memorization in math. Memorizing without understanding is useless. Memorizing with understanding is much better than merely understanding.

- Read the textbook before attending the lecture

- if you find yourself unable to take proper notes, and seems like the lecture moves too fast, this is the issue.

- Even if lecturer provides notes, some self-written ones BY HAND are useful for retention

- Sleep more important than cramming on exam night

- All nighter is never worth it no matter how little material you think you know.

- If you're semi confident in the exam, prioritize getting a full sleep over a little sleep.

- If you're not confident in the exam, definitely still aim for at least 5-6 hours of sleep.

- Sleep early, wake up early -- study notes before exam

- make sure you the study session is light to medium; brain has limited stamina that will be depleted little by little, either during exam or while studying

- all-nighters actually make you worse

- even intelligent people have less than smart answers to simple questions

- Magnesium supplement to help sleep routine

- Magnesium Glycinate, .Chelated, specifically doctors best brand.

- Z12 -https://www.reddit.com/r/quittingphenibut/comments/d8vazr/z1...

- Woodpecker method - , a modified version of spaced repetition.

- Book : Learning How to Learn by Barbara Oakley

- A well structured course that will leave you with effective tools to maximize your learning potential.

- Feynman technique

- write questions of what you still don't understand recursively until you have understood it all.

- begins by understanding what you don't understand.

- Once you understand something after spending time trying to understand it and writing down your understandings and non-understandings, you typically have little problem memorizing it.

- Duration of class (1 yr ) over intense study

- longer the duration, the better

- katas - japanese - making a repetitive movement, so that you can make the movement naturally, without thinking.

- repetitve study like anki

- physical - a run on threadmill or cold showers