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Thursday, February 25, 2021

How Dr. Ali-Abdaal ranked 1st at Cambridge University - Memorization Tips


"In this video, I talk through the Essay Memorization Framework that I used to win the top exam results prize in my 3rd year of Medical School at Cambridge University. I was studying Psychology as my intercalated BA, and using this method I created around 50 essay plans and committed them to memory. This video explains how. Enjoy" TIMESTAMPS 00:34 - General Overview 01:21 - The Creation Stage --- 01:50 - Deciding what essays to plan --- 02:30 - How to plan the essays --- 04:57 - How to make the essay plan really good 08:10 - The Memorization Stage --- 08:36 - Anki flashcards to memorise content blocks --- 09:50 - Spider diagrams to memorise entire essays --- 12:49 - The Retrospective Revision Timetable to systematically use active recall and spaced repetition (more info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7o09...) 14:10 - Wrapping Up

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