To improve your thinking and learn new skills, visit https://brilliant.org/ali and sign up for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription :) In this video we’re going through the top 20 study tips that helped me smash my exams when I was at school, and do pretty well at Cambridge University medical school - all while building this YouTube channel, having an actual social life, and enjoying the journey along the way. Enjoy xx 🍿WATCH NEXT: My Essay Memorisation Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-46Vyiwat_Y How I Take Notes on My iPad Pro in Medical School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waR3xBDHMqw How to Study for Exams: Evidence-based Revision Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukLnPbIffxE How I Manage My Time (10 Tips): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iONDebHX9qk My Favourite Note-Taking App for Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONG26-2mIHU TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Scope the subject 01:27 Focus on your weaknesses 02:25 Use a retrospective revision timetable 03:47 Notetaking is a waste of time 05:29 Focus on understanding 10:39 Do lots of mock exams 12:14 Use intentional flair 13:51 Bank points with coursework 14:19 Study with friends 15:10 Test each other 16:02 Read your friends’ essays 17:02 Have a workspace 18:04 Have time to unwind 19:17 Focus on enjoying the journey 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://go.aliabdaal.com/subscribe-sundaysnippets MY FREE ONLINE COURSES: 🚀 Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/productivity 🎓 How to Study for Exams - An Evidence-Based Masterclass - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/studying 🎬 YouTube for Beginners - Everything You Need To Know To Start - https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/YouTube-for-Beginners MY CREATOR COURSES 🎬 Part-Time YouTuber Academy - My 6-week live online course on becoming a part-time YouTuber → https://go.aliabdaal.com/parttimeyoutuberacademy 🏆 Creatorpreneur - My flagship course for scaling up your creative side-hustle → https://creatorpreneur.academy/course 🗣 Camera Confidence - My self-paced course on how to improve your creativity, career, or communication skills → https://cameraconfidence.aliabdaal.com/ MY FAVOURITE GEAR 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - https://kit.co/AliAbdaal ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) -https://go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike 🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List - Ugmonk - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk 🎙 Check out my weekly podcast, Deep Dive - null - It's also available on all podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. MY FAVOURITE TOOLS 🚀 VidIQ - How I optimise my YouTube videos - https://go.aliabdaal.com/vidiq ✍️ Shortform - The BEST summaries of books - https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 Readwise - How I remember what I read - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Where I get my music (amazing for YouTubers) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound MY KEY LINKS 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal WHO AM I: I’m Ali, a YouTuber, podcaster, soon-to-be author and ex-Doctor working in London, UK. I make videos that explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. I also have a weekly podcast called Deep Dive (null, and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (https://go.aliabdaal.com/subscribe-sundaysnippets). PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜