The Oxbridge Studying Masterclass: How to Study Like an A-Grade Student video course is free for you to stream now.
Many people told me how helpful my first video course was (How to Write a Personal Statement for Elite Universities), so I thought I’d put another one together detailing my approach to studying.
Those enrolled in the course are also given top priority when it comes to getting their educational queries answered.
Schools and universities spend a lot of time teaching you what to learn, but hardly any time at all teaching you how to learn. And that’s what this short course is all about. This course will teach you how to study more effectively and efficiently.
No more exhausting, ineffective all-nighters in the library. If you apply the tips, tricks, and techniques I outline in this course, you’ll learn whatever you need to learn quicker and deeper.
The course is just over 2 hours long and comes with a free 88-page workbook, but we’ll be adding to the videos and workbook constantly over time. So if there’s anything I haven’t covered in the course, or you want to put a question to me, let me know and I’ll do my best to address it.
The course is free when you enrol in Skillshare’s premium 2-month trial with my personal invite link, so check out the syllabus for yourself.
Module on how to structure your studies using the primacy and recency effect.
About The Oxbridge Studying Masterclass
I am going to teach you how to study like an Oxbridge student.
You will learn how to study more effectively and efficiently, learning more deeply in less time.
You will learn study techniques in this course that will vastly improve your learning for the rest of your life. Some of these tips are tiny tweaks you can make to your current routine, others are complete mindset paradigm shifts.
These are the study habits and techniques that I used during my time at Oxford University. After university, I used them to learn Japanese to conversational level.
Whatever you want to learn, whether you’re studying for finals or teaching yourself computer programming, these tips will help you.
You will learn:
- How to be an active learner
- How to write A-grade papers
- How to learn more in less time
- How to make your studies enjoyable
- How to construct a photographic memory
- How to create a lifestyle that enhances your learning
Class Project
Your class project is to choose 5 different techniques discussed in this course and apply them to your studies immediately. Try to choose 2 that attract you, 2 that repulse you, and one random one. Don’t choose any more than that to start. Then track and monitor their effect on your studies over the next 1-2 weeks. After that, you can choose which ones to keep, which ones to discard, and consider trying out some more.
Module on how to build a memory palace.
Class Syllabus
- MODULE 1: THE PRIMACY AND RECENCY EFFECT (HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR STUDIES). This is a mindset lesson to teach you how to better structure your studies. This might just be the most important part of the course and is an essential fundamental for you to grasp.
- MODULE 2: BUILD STRONG HABITS WITH LOSS AVERSION AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.This is all about how to use two of the most powerful psychological motivators, loss aversion and social accountability, together to form an iron-cast study habit that is hard to break. You’ll learn all about a great app called SPAR and how to use it for your study habits.
- MODULE 3: HOW TO BECOME A TIME-BOXER (GAMIFY YOUR STUDIES). Here you’ll learn about the principles of the Pomodoro technique and how to effectively structure your study sessions. You’ll also learn about gamification and apps like Forest and Habitica.
- MODULE 4: HOW TO MANAGE YOUR ENERGY.You’ll learn how to coordinate your studies and energy levels. You’ll also learn specific nutrition advice and how to adopt a brain food diet. You’ll also learn about different supplements, nootropics, and the caffeine/l-theanine study stack. We’ll also talk about how to level up your sleep. We’ll talk too about under-scheduling and having cut-off points.
- MODULE 5: HOW TO PUT STUDY SYSTEMS IN PLACE. You’ll learn why systems are better than goals for long-term success. You’ll also learn a few study systems that you can immediately incorporate into your life, like the morning shot, evening nightcap, and lunchtime study sandwich.
- MODULE 6: HOW TO BUILD A MEMORY PALACE. In this lesson you’ll learn how to construct a memory palace, including an example of one I used for my final essay at Oxford.
- MODULE 7: HOW TO USE STRONG IMAGERY TO REMEMBER STUFF EASIER. In this module, you’ll learn the power of associating strong vivid images with the material you wish to learn, and you’ll learn this technique via Japanese vocabulary.
- MODULE 8: HOW TO EFFORTLESSLY REMEMBER DATES AND NUMBERS WITH THE PEG SYSTEM. Here you’ll the rhyming and letter peg systems with examples so you’ll never forget dates again. We’ll apply these methods to a criminal law case and also show how you can easily memorise pi in under a minute.
- MODULE 9: HOW TO NEVER FORGET A THING WITH SPACED REPETITION. In this lesson, you’ll learn about one of the most effective memory tools in the top student’s arsenal: spaced repetition systems.
- MODULE 10: HOW TO HACK YOUR MOTIVATION WITH MINDSET TECHNIQUES. In this lesson, we’ll talk about how to cultivate an Olympic athlete mindset, how to establish motivation without willpower or discipline, how to master visualization, how to not let perfectionism paralyze you, and the one key productivity mantra to keep in mind.
Check out the course for free here at Skillshare.
As a bonus, when you enrol, you’ll also get top priority when it comes to having any questions you want answered. Make sure to follow me over on Skillshare so I know you’re enrolled, then feel free to put your study-related questions to me at ben@benjaminmcevoy.com (or right here on this website).