I used to get As and now I am barely passing. I have been struggling with moderate-severe depression for the past 10 months. This year I took entrance exams with good prep and high morale. I scored 60 percent however. my therapist told me I overstudy. what does that mean and how not to do that?
However I do this everyday with every little thing to the point where I cant stop without feeling bad / guilty. If so how do I stop? Are there benefits to just...chilling out because I'm scared if I stop working like 2 days I'll forget everything. Its really strange.
Hi All, i wanted to ask how much time in hours and minutes per week? or hours per investment activity they spend before pulling the trigger on an investment? and per $. Like if u had to decide on 10K vs 100K obviously more time spend on 100K decision.
I'm married, have a 3yo, full time job. I feel like i dont have enough time to put into studying investments, sometimes Im just scared like "did i study it enough"? . I know that my job sucks up 50+hours(inc travel) of the week but it pays consistently. I also rushed my decision on buying my own apartment to live in and it cost me.
Theoretically if an investor can achieve more than 35$ per hour if they spend an hour on investing , then that means they wont need to work anymore. right?
Maybe a newbie investor is just someone who is getting only a few dollar gains per hour vs the pros that make thousands or millions/hour.
Can you guys let us know if u work full time hours or parttime and how u fit in investment in your schedule? and how much time u spend per big decision?
How do u manage it?
Studying for the PSM, and I'm wondering if I'm over-studying, don't understand Scrum as well as I thought, or experiencing bad practice exams.
A practice exam asks the following question:
Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum? (select all that apply)
The options are the development team (correct answer), scrum master, product owner, and key stakeholders.
I selected all options, and it got marked incorrect and here is the reasoning:
" The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team. If others are present, the Scrum Master ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting. "
Um wut? Based on that explanation, others are allowed to participate!
I get what a daily scrum is, I understand that well. I just hate this question's use of the word "allowed." Anyone is allowed to attend if they are invited by the development team. The guide also states that the SM does not HAVE to attend the daily scrum, only ensure that it happens. But logically that implies that the SM is allowed to attend.
Feels like poor practice exams may be more harmful than good in preparing for the SPM
I know Iโm probably barking up the wrong tree but for every single exam I spend 10 days and somewhere between 40-60 hours (and no Iโm probably barely even concentrating fir most of thise hours) studying for each exam and after having this habit for a little over a year of bring in college itโs honestly gotten to a point where itโs starting to take itโs toll on me. I just want thus cycle to end and have no way to know how to start.
I been studying for about a month and two weeks now for core A+ 1001. I have become a bit obsessive with my studying and practice tests, before I go further this what I have been studying and going over:
Jason Dion: practice test and obq courses
Mike Myers: Both the practice tests and his courses
Professor messer: Videos to fill in the few spots in the comptia requirements
examcompass: practice tests. All of them
I hand write most of my notes and even things I need to remember over and over (it helps me retain information)
My dilemma is I may be psyching myself out. I try not memorize practice tests, whats the point if you memorize if you dont learn?, anyway, I finally am scoring over 95% on Jason dions practice tests. But I take other tests and they seem to be completely different... and I find myself second guessing my answers now bc in mike myers tests some answers seem so easy...itโs almost too easy that I begin to second question. For the life of me, I canโt pass them scoring low on them.
Any advice? Tips? I find myself focusing on cloud, virtualization, and troubleshooting issues over almost over everything. Mike myers test seem to focus a lot on...printing and hardware.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Seemingly unpopular opinion incoming as I have read this online or heard from co-workers several times.
As actuaries, we should understand that someone doesnโt walk into their sitting as an inherent 6-level exam taker. It is more likely that the scores they could get vary on several things (how they โperformโ on exam today due to sleep, mood, etc. as well as the mix of exam topics they are tested on).
At the end of the day, as long as youโre not getting consistent 9+, I donโt think you should feel that you overstudied. Anyways, wouldnโt you want to spend an extra x hours studying for your first sitting to assure you wonโt have to spend an extra x+200 hours studying for a next sitting?
I would caveat this with Iโd think that the extent to how much your score could reasonably vary is probably exam dependent - Iโd imagine the ASA exams have a lot less volatility than FSA exams for example.
Thoughts?
I just fell ill probably from the enormous stress and now I have a fever of 38,4 celsius. Now I am even more in panic, because I feel bad and my study schedule will all be completely disrupted... Shit what should I do?
does any one else feel like shit after over stressing for a test and over studying for it , only to get the easiest test ever ???
for me i feel kind of betrayed by the teacher who said that i won't pass his class and that the test will be the hardest test of my life
what about you ??
I wanna get a 1500+ and over the past month I have been studying really hard. A couple weeks ago I got a 1490 but now right before the test Iโm getting 1330s is it mental are something?
In the past 3 weeks my test scores have taken a nosedive - from 75-80% now down to the mid60% range. its so frustrating. using several testing engines and the trend continues.
The official test is Nov. - I expected the opposite results. Studying 4-6 hours a day and I keep getting worse.
I am going to beat this but wondering if anyone else has run into the same issue.
I am living/breathing this material at this point and its actually making me laugh when I get a low score, like, of course...
grrrrr.
Good morning/afternoon/three months from now if someone else googles this too:
Iโm in a bit of a pickle and would love some thoughts: recent Charterholder who has moved back to Asset Management. New job has paid for and requires my passing of SIE, Series 6, etc. I hope I donโt sound overconfident when I say I expect to pass these, but the issue is Iโm expected to pass them faster than the average bear thanks to my CFA success. Has anyone else done this dance? Iโm sure if I had 3 weeks each I would be fine but with the shortened timespan, Iโm struggling to avoid over-prepping CFA-style.
Any tips here? Trying to find the most efficient way to knock these out, going straight Practice Qโs for a weekend seems like an option.
I'm taking REG on Monday. I actually feel pretty confident? When I do the practice TBS, I always get the research question, and I feel like I overall understand all the concepts.
But just now I was doing MCQ and it was like I completely blanked. I'm completely exhausted (working full time during tax season, applied to law school last weekend, family responsibilities/relationship/etc -- I'm just tired).
I'm wondering if I should take blanking on a couple batches of MCQ as a sign that I need more rest, or if I should take that as a sign I should study harder?
For frame of reference: I'm not planning to take any mocks (haven't been useful for previous tests), but this weekend I'm going to review my notes daily, do the AICPA practice test, and otherwise practice MCQ and potentially SIMs.
What did the last days of review look like for you before REG, and how did you feel going into the exam?
Hi guys!
Itโs crunch time and Iโve been reviewing, testing, watching videos on weak areas/taking notes.
I donโt know whatโs the most efficient way to spend my time bc now my test scores are going down and feel like Iโm getting confused on areas I once felt confident in.
That being said, my confidence level is going down as well. Whatโs the best way to spend my time? Keep testing on Kaplan QBank? Keep reviewing weak areas?
I feel like Iโm all over the place.
Has anyone who has taken the bar and passed felt like they overstudied??
I'm behind on almost all of my classes - I've always been a procrastinator but online classes make it so much worse because of all the distractions (I'm a Computer science student so I can't just step away from my PC).
My issue is that, I feel tired and overworked before even doing any work. I hate putting in effort for some reason because it genuinely frustrates me. I have trouble concentrating on everything I do so it always requires me triple the effort to get things done, and I'm just so exhausted of it despite me not even getting much complete. I'm not sure if I have ADHD or something and I'd love to get tested but I'm afraid of a misdiagnosis.
What should I do?
Hi, I'm a freshman in college studying electrical engineering so there's a lot of science-y topics, especially physics and some mathematical analytical stuff and all that. The way I like to study is to wholeheartedly understand whatever topic it is I'm on to, and that's what I've been try'na do since I started college. I do have the interest in studying these fields and I may have a hard time, sometimes, trying to understand every little bit of detail, but I eventually do get there.
My problem is I'm starting to feel like it is inefficient. Considering the vast amount of topic there is still to cover and the time I have left, I find myself overstudying, creating these very meticulous notes and overly detailed reviewers although I know that probably 30 to 40 percent of what I study won't be showing up in exams. And what's also making me reconsider my study habits is the fact that I probably will forget most of this in the future and a fraction of them will only be useful for my future years in college.
In terms of grades, I guess this kinda worked for me as I had slightly above average results but I always find myself cramming a few topics at the end because of the time I take studying other lessons.
Anyways, do you think that having this type of study strategy is worth it? Sorry if this is all confusing as it is my first time posting something this long in reddit. Anyways, I'm open to any suggestions and comments from y'all. Thanks!
Hello, M3 here. Been seeing SO many posts that say something along the lines of, "I made ___ grade in ___ class this semester, my GPA is ____ what do I do!!!!!" and wanted to make some comments to hopefully reduce the amount of stressed people.
Here are some common statements and my thoughts.
"Help I made a B in orgo, have perfect GPA otherwise!" A few B's is 100% okay. Please don't post something like this because you also make other people feel bad when they're freaking out about C's or failing**. A few B's will NEVER tarnish your GPA. 4.0 = 3.9 = 3.8 to an extent.** Doctors are not perfect, and they don't expect future doctors to be. We all have classes that are difficult for us or personal situations that influence grades
"Help I made a C in orgo 1 and have a 3.6 GPA overall now!" Okay. Seems like you had some trouble with orgo. Were you studying enough? Did you study effectively? We need to figure out what went wrong there. If it's an isolated incident, then you should figure out what happened during your break and either work to retake, or make sure you set yourself up for success in Orgo 2.
"Help I have a 2.0 GPA am I good enough for med school?" Well, do you want to go to med school? If you do then work on doing better. Look at the MSAR and see how people with similar stats fare. Nobody here is an expert on admissions, just look at the data and try to make yourself a good candidate.
"It's my first semester and I did god awful. What do I do?" This happens to a lot of people and you shouldn't feel bad for it. It IS recoverable, and you have a LONG time to do better. I would suggest REALLY trying to figure out the problem. Sometimes it's an unconscious lack of effort, sometimes it's poor adjustment or underestimating the difficulty of a class. Sometimes it's time management. My point with mentioning these is they are all 100% fixable. They will require you to be honest with yourself about where things went wrong.
"I have a downward trend, my GPA is 3.8 and I got a few B's junior year!" Your GPA is fine. Please don't concern yourself with things like this when your GPA is telling us that you are capable. ie don't create a problem where there isn't one. Admissions staff is human too and understand that "hard" upper level classes are in fact hard.
In general:
- A few B's (and even occasional C's) are 100% ok. Life happens, we understand. This won't kill your chances of med school. If you're worried at this
Do your worst!
Are there any real downsides to overstudying? Also, how do I stop myself from doing so?
Iโve posted on here in the past few months, panicked about FAR (which is still 24 days away) and was advised that I was overstudying , which kind of freaked me out.
I would like to state, that Iโve ignored the criticism and continued with my brutal regime of reading notes, doing MPQ , and TBS until i was blue in the face.
In the past few days, something weird started happening. Iโm beginning to see things (accounting wise) in my head that I never was able to grasp in school. Itโs all starting to make sense. Iโm not saying Iโm 100% or that Iโll actually pass the exam, but concepts and patterns are starting to explode like lightning bolts in my head. The โwhyโโs are starting to take root. I compare this experience to a scene from that show โthe good doctorโ where the main character sees medical stuff in his head in ways that present some sort of clear picture of what needs to be done.
Iโve always been bad at accounting. Now I feel a few mountain peaks have been crossed. Itโs just a weird sensation that I thought I would share. Itโs like gears in a machine starting to come together.
Anybody else experience this? It never happened to me in school, but I never put in this much effort.
It really does, I swear!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐
I have my exam this Friday, and I feel like Iโm starting to lose some of the information I had previously retained. Iโm currently studying between 3-5 hours each day for the last 3 months. Should I ease off the studying?
Theyโre on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
