Tips and Hacks

Time Management
  • Use Google Calendar for lecture blocks and study sessions
  • Try the Pomodoro technique with 25/5-minute splits
  • Batch similar tasks together to stay focused
  • Nothing will work best unless you bring your sleep down to 4 hours a day 😊
  • Start each assignment the day it's uploaded. DON'T procrastinate
Study Hacks
  • Use ChatGPT to summarize readings (Use prompt engineering techniques)
  • Take notes in each lecture. 70% of the exam is going to be from lectures and 50% of the lecture content won't be in books
  • Rewrite notes from memory to retain more
  • Watch 1.5x speed lectures for better focus and time savings
  • Guide your collegues. This is the best way to revise and retain your own concepts
  • Do your assignments by yourself and prepare every quiz. 80% of the exam will be prepared
Productivity Tools
  • Notion: Notes, tasks, calendar all in one
  • Obsidian: Markdown note-taking with backlinking
  • Forest: Focus timer that grows trees
Campus Life Tips
  • Join societies early to build networks
  • Use the campus library for quiet focused work
  • Keep digital copies of all your documents (student ID, timetable, etc.)
Programming Fundamentals
  • Practice as much as you can
  • Code yourself. No Ai for coding
  • Whatever the teacher says during the lecture, that's important for exam
  • Memorize the instructor's name and room number (Handy for bonus marks)
  • Take a program that breaks down a certain concept and tinker with it. Change datatypes, remove or add asterisks or ampersands. Just tinker with it
  • Bring a donut🍩 for the TA before giving you demo for the assignments