Are there any actual, solid study tips that aren't complete

>>8324754
I too hate the widespread use of the term "app". Even though it's as old as all the other terms on that image, it was never used because it's oversimplified and retarded.

Now oversimplified and retarded is the target.

>start early
>get into a rhythm
>don't leave questions unanswered

>>8324754
Don't get bored and distracted, then masturbate.
Don't use 4chan.
Just start and once you're in the mindset it simply becomes that you will only continue.

>>8324754

Also any decent books on Statistics?

>>8324754
There are only two things that work:
>making connections while reading the material (i.e. asking yourself "how come this theorem does this or that" and finding the answer)
>solving problems

Everything else is meme tier. Making flashcards is meme tier, highlighting parts while going over the material is meme tier, writing summary sheets is meme tier, imagining you're explaining the material to an imaginary audience is meme tier.
Just read with attention and then do exercises. Do not ever read the answers. If you can't figure it out go to another exercise and come back later.

>>8324775

>it simply becomes that you will only continue

what did he mean by this?

>>8324754
don't try to motivate yourself, what you need it discipline, read this shit.
http://www.wisdomination.com/screw-motivation-what-you-need-is-discipline/

>>8324754
>1990s "Directory"
>2010s "Folder"

Whenever I say "open that directory" the millennials just stare at me.

>>8324835
>http://www.wisdomination.com/screw-motivation-what-you-need-is-discipline/
Obvious bullshit by some academiafag who's never stepped into the real world.
There IS a mental state associated with productivity. It's called "having a deadline". It's literally the only way you get people to do good work, none of that "muh regularity" hippie shit.

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>>8324835
Are you fucking serious?

>OP says he doesn't want meme advice
>links to a shitty generic blog post with typical meme advice

>>8324754
One thing I've learned as a student is to avoid getting stuck on something I don't get. If you don't get some concept after an hour or so of thinking about it, just go and ask someone to eplain it to you again (preferably in some other way).

The same applies to exercises: if you get stuck one, do other ones and come back to it. If you can't get it, ask a professor for help.

Don't be a masochist. Figuring things out by yourself or understanding an explanation will get you just as far.

>>8324775
Actually, taking a masturbation break usually works great for me. That post masturbatory clarity is helpful as fuck. I usually masturbate once every other day or so, but sometimes I can't start focusing on something if my dick wants attention.

>>8324854
>using windows
lol millennials/Americans...

-Well, work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. So, set sooner deadlines, even if they're impossible (especially if they're impossible).
-Exceed the workload before it exceeds you.
-Any topic that seems hard is really the easiest part of something even harder.
-Use the Pomodoro technique.
-Kill yourself, f4gg0t

If you can explain it, correctly, to someone, you have a grasp of it. So get a study parter and teach eachother.

>>8324754
This guy's blog I followed all through university, he's now a professor http://calnewport.com/books/how-to-win-at-college/

The book is a gold mine (you can pirate it on libgen) though most of the advice is avail on the blog too http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/11/25/case-study-how-i-got-the-highest-grade-in-my-discrete-math-class/

Matt Might, another CompSci professor has a productivity blog for students he keeps too full of advice (disable your technology) http://matt.might.net/articles/productivity-tips-hints-hacks-tricks-for-grad-students-academics/

>>8324938
http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/08/monday-master-class-how-to-solve-hard-problem-sets-without-staying-up-all-night/ has a take on this

That's exactly what I do, set aside all the questions I can't immediately see a method for solving and then just 'prime' them by thinking about them all day as I go through the day and have downtime (commuting, exercising, shower). Finally resort ot math stackexchange if I still can't get it but I almost always get it out of nowhere halfway through the day.

Reading backwards helps as well, esp math questions. Helps in programming to debug when you've stared at something too long and didn't notice 1 + X instead of thinking 1X

>go to your school's psychiatrist
>Fake adhd symptoms
>Get prescribed adderall
>Become a doctor by age 30