How I ranked 1st at Cambridge University - The Essay Memorisation Framework

[@JackettiBallognese]

Imagine being a Junior Doctor and still having the time and motivation to make clear, concise and helpful youtube videos educating others. MACHINE.

[@TheNaturalRunway]

Jack Ball 💁‍♂️💁‍♀️😩

[@AR-mv3zh]

I've always wondered how he does it? Shouldn't working full-time as a Junior Doctor leave you knackered, with precious little time to spare?

[@hamidalharbi5329]

He runs a six-figure business too

[@geethanjalibalaji5232]

He must be a genius

[@Rei89CH]

@@hamidalharbi5329 What's his side business?

[@klevelty611]

*Anxiety for finals has entered the chat*

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

*Memorized stuff* left the chat.

[@Khoukharev]

Hello, darkness, my old friend...

[@mutiarasahin2971]

Lol

[@pamelag3879]

😂😂😂

[@harubaru4912]

Literally me ayyyeee my finals are in the first week of December oof

[@Zaldaxlove65]

He is every parent's dream kid

[@growthislife1483]

Well he look like that too...

[@hustler6847]

Of india specifically

[@yochabelfatima5260]

@@hustler6847 and Pakistan

[@archimedes7182]

And also every kid's dream parent. Lol

[@samank8628]

He had a great parent too. We can’t dream on but invest in our children accordingly. The genetics are a blessing.

[@binaghoshdostidar1868]

Your voice motivates me alot . Your voice has an essence of productivity , which defeats my laziness . Your essay is an asthetic one .

[@jerryleung310]

I love how his natural speaking speed is like accelerated 1.5times already

[@OoiWeiRong16]

watching this at 2x speed makes it 3x times faster

[@JamalPhoenix]

He probably reads very fast.

[@aldrich5913]

he get used to studying on high speed i guess XD

[@JD-jc5hg]

honestly i didn't realise he was talking fast, he sounds normal

[@Farzana_Titly]

software hardware if that case set the speed at 0.5

[@coldturkey5333]

You know what I love about you. You aren’t one of these nerds who are super narcissistic and selfish, who tell people how smart are they. You are a genuine person, who shows that anyone can be at your level if they just put work in it.

[@_shamitha_.g2304]

There is no reply so ...why not

[@lalrinpuiiralte3712]

True...those people are overrated

[@mahasinasim4150]

Exactlyyy

[@user-qd4he8jz9t]

How smart they are.*

[@abdallababikir4473]

Saying anyone can get to his level is naive. Political correctness is something that is really holding us back. I do agree with you that a person is in charge of what he does with his life, and through conscientiousness leads a fulfilling and empowering life.

[@nicolaberry9550]

This video politely shook my hand, called me stupid and slapped me for not studying more.

[@stardustmixture]

Wanna know how Sri Lanka sounds like? kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWagJ-efbpqlbs

[@thelookingcat]

@@stardustmixture no thanks, I'm good.

[@aadyapanday6049]

@@stardustmixture nada I'm good

[@Stevieboy-ne9ll]

@@stardustmixture No thanks, but thank you :)

[@BurningSpottOfficial]

😂😂😂

[@gwhatswrongwithyou9323]

Even his breath is more systematic than mine.

[@holly3383]

Even this dudes voice makes him sound smart

[@bigmoneymike3377]

Holly he speaks so eloquently and with so much confidence

[@blammmed]

its the accent i tell you

[@davecullins1606]

It's because he sounds like a typical Southern Brit.

[@schadenfreudeegoism7485]

Dont stress on words and speak monotonously and you automatically sound smart

[@TheNaturalRunway]

Holly 💁‍♂️💁‍♀️

[@Hanapetals]

*How I ranked first?* *I’m crazy smart and have an insane work ethic*

[@choanlpoto]

How to be last : say other are crazy smart or crazy good or crazy worker or crazy lucky and go back eating chips in front of youtube.

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

@@choanlpoto this is an attack on me personally

[@stonecat676]

my boi Ali is wickd smaht

[@lebronjames5287]

@Solidsilenceful so I'm guessing your friend got second?

[@oh_kay2954]

OAAC Médias well damn. Now I know why I’m last. I’ve been complimenting people too much.

[@TheSahota11]

he read and re wrote 30 essays to prepare for 1 essay...bruh I can’t even read a paragraph of a sentence without getting bored outta my mind

[@virtualknight]

nigga did you just say a paragraph of a sentence lmaooooooo

[@TheNaturalRunway]

TheSahota11 🤣

[@nagihangot6133]

TheSahota11 That is because you need to push. Keep pushing, you will find yourself beginning to work.

[@syahmi518]

@@nagihangot6133 you mean training?

[@rajab4187]

Put ur god damn phone in hell when studying

[@MaryMutisya-Mk]

I have watched this more than 10 times in a span of 2 years. Thank you Ali for helping me learn and prepare well for my exams 🌹

[@lindsaysmith5474]

don't apologize for the "clickbait" title bc you got that ranking, and you earned it. thanks for all the help

[@monugupta32]

I'm not able to figure if I feel motivated or depressed after watching this

[@fakedonttrackmevro6629]

Don't compare yourself bro let this motivate you.

[@Sinndiilu]

Hahahahahaha I hope you ended up feeling motivated

[@bambeliful]

I swear 😂😂😂

[@woof3843]

True af bruhh

[@annyss90]

@@fakedonttrackmevro6629 Uwow , thankss

[@janetvanbuurman9729]

I think we all can agree - there are no short cuts in life. This guy studies all the time, from what I can gather. Listen to the amount of effort he puts in, so its not so much his technique, which is great, but the effort and time invested.

[@berndhaft]

@Julio C.D. The whole point of the video is to encapsulate how you can increase performance with the least amount of effort feasible. Freaking caveman thinker

[@berndhaft]

@Julio C.D. agreed

[@markusbystrom9029]

@Julio C.D. Plus having a high IQ.

[@sparklelee4368]

@@markusbystrom9029 with, I bet, photographic memory.

[@danm4320]

Study smart, not hard

[@3Muchlove]

Respect your honesty. The time you take to make these videos to educate others is truly appreciated

[@Junior12AA]

So you're telling me this guy finished writing his essay before the exam even started?

[@ming3706]

He finished it before he was even born

[@mhgungor]

Tryhard people :D

[@skibidizi]

@@ming3706 😂

[@erwinmoreno23]

@@ming3706 Hahahahah

[@MrBeachDoctor]

multiple essays with quotable references

[@khankhan-wz3tu]

The dude just became a computer

[@benten1443]

Lol...

[@Wingedmagician]

Gave me a laugh. How to make best essays: increase your IQ by 100.

[@yt_nh9347]

I actually don't find this very impressive at all, too much focus on memorisation which guess what? computers do infinitely better so where is your value as a graduate to employers? If it was actually about understanding difficult concepts and applying them like physics or engineering then i might be more impressed but memorising words on a page is worthless.

[@Burrdmizzle]

Nam Hoang I think you're missing the point yes there's an emphasis on memorization but he is mostly achieving his goals because of how well structured and organized his whole process is and if we can all apply this concept I think we'd see some improvement in our endeavors

[@TheNaturalRunway]

wajahath khan 😩😩😩

[@GaryMcCaffrey]

How I ranked 1st at Cambridge University Answer: He studied more than anyone else in the history of studying.

[@bismarcko4847]

You clearly didn’t listen to the video.

[@GaryMcCaffrey]

@@bismarcko4847 Then how come what I said is so accurate?

[@matildesimoes5518]

@@GaryMcCaffrey lmaooool😂😂🌚

[@cheesecake7274]

@@bismarcko4847 are you going to pretend that what he's doing is not 20000 times more work than most uni students lololol

[@bismarcko4847]

@@cheesecake7274 I go to LSE and ranking first isn’t that difficult. We get at least 3 students who the faculty has to pick from so I don’t know why you lot are acting as if it’s hard to do it.

[@ItsMoonVlogs]

Brothers and sisters out there, please keep away your parents from seeing him😑

[@AC-yq3sf]

😂😂😂

[@susheema]

Lolol

[@prawsaja]

My Asian mom can relate

[@sunitasingh-bm4cr]

really 😂🤣

[@jxshuua_9]

My African mom watching me daily: 👁 👄 👁

[@harrymolyneux6208]

You can just tell he absolutely loves learning. The process of putting things into his brain seems to bring him a huge amount of joy. He also seems to deeply and very clearly understand how the hard work pays off. I expect this is mostly natural, but I also expect a highly disciplined upbringing helped too.

[@UrbanMatts]

you can tell he absolutely loves adderall too

[@Zestro498]

@@UrbanMatts Hahahahaha

[@soapluigg]

You can tell this man likes pain

[@archierch0463]

Don’t think the last sentence is necessarily true as he seems like the sort of guy who developed himself by himself.

[@ksksw541]

He is just born smarter than others, then bullshit

[@MisterFusion113]

2:24 - This is the real key. You can see real joy and excitement when he's talking about planning the essays. If you don't enjoy it this, it will be tedious and painful. If you learn how to find joy in it you're going to do well.

[@vinipaivas]

Comment on point!

[@yandjin4716]

Exactly.

[@symtrial]

agree

[@stardustmixture]

Wanna know how Sri Lanka sounds like? kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWagJ-efbpqlbs

[@АннаАсаева-ъ1у]

Amen

[@jorizapearlgonzaga2454]

I LOVE HOW ORGANIZED EVERYTHING IS IN THE DESCRIPTION SECTION. PLS DO CONTINUE WE NEED ADVICES FROM THOSE WHO EXCEL

[@RunningAlive]

Great techniques that I’ve managed to adapt to preparing for a job interview that involves a lot of recalling previous scenarios and linking them to guidelines and principles of the organisation. Very helpful… thank you

[@jackwangensteen3014]

"I was a slacker, I only made 5 essay plans"

[@username1568]

The most efficient way to call half the world population lazy

[@jacobross2895]

@@username1568 more like 95% lol

[@magmiy]

Jacob Ross more like 99.99% lol

[@robot2374]

magmiy more like 99.999999%

[@gordonsew424]

Yep but got good results as on the 5 planned essays 1 got out of 2 and the one which I didn't prepare was easy.

[@coltgrice5755]

This video called me stupid.

[@HELLOLILI1416]

Kim Namjoon For President even RM is shook

[@coltgrice5755]

Laura Giron 😂😂

[@taingingly2107]

Kim Namjoon For President why is RM here 😆

[@coltgrice5755]

Taing Ingly because army’s are everywhere😆

[@MissMomo01]

ur not stupid because you voted the ultimate senpai for president

[@Sarontes]

i just wanna say if you ever want to make a course about time managment or write a book about it I'll be the first who will buy it

[@Lbsnna692]

Hey are you practice with me for speak in English please reply me please I am waiting for your reply please send your contact number I want safe my job this job very very important for me and my family

[@harshmishra7768]

@@Lbsnna692 WTF is wrong with you dude!!!

[@prohopscs8142]

@@rishavmalveeya he is a bot don't pay attention to him

[@madihahshazadi6410]

NaruHina he didn’t even do anything wrong just wants help with English... grow up

[@andrewsoto1630]

Why are you all so mean to him? He just asked for help and he was not even rude.

[@ipshita5147]

As soon as you started explaining, my procrastination joined the chat.

[@shineon4376]

*added to watch later and never actually watching it all the way * 🙂🙋‍♀️

[@crafael.]

If u study for exam, u will forget everything after exam. But if u study because of your interest in those subject, u will passed the exam and you never forget it for a lifetime. Find your interest, and create an experience around it.

[@paradise4213]

I disagree, you will never find a job or career where you enjoy absolutely everything about it. Find something that is somewhat enjoyable, but will also pay the bills.

[@shourij9044]

@@paradise4213 what about logan paulXD

[@lilchiliflake]

Lmao, who are you and what are you studying? How is that supposed to work for anybody? People need to learn to be uncomfortable and study for things tmthey don't exactly love or even like to PASS. So they can get where they want to be! If you never put yourself into an uncomfortable position you won't get anywhere.

[@comradedoggo1945]

You have obviously never studied medicine.

[@Error404SkyeNotFound]

Nah.

[@tridentmaple]

You show that winners actually worked hard! Good job!

[@souju8755]

only hard workers' will understand. BooYAH

[@sherlyns8203]

Cameron Graham would love to see you rank first place at Cambridge uni for exam performance buddy :)

[@pabloguccibeats4156]

Cameron Graham it’s time consuming. Also he doesn’t just do that but then also writes the essay itself

[@tanmaykumar4561]

@Cameron Graham Yea, but that's only the first step.

[@nickschmitt8594]

Correction: He shows that one winner actually worked hard.

[@s3cr3tpassword]

He ranked first at med school AND still has time to make KZbin videos that are actually good.

[@kn5715]

Please never delete this video. So incredibly helpful.

[@my-crazy-fantastic-fanatic]

Wait - I JUST REALISED YOU'RE THE CREATOR OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE STUDY PLAYLISTS EVER ON SPOTIFY. Bless you, doc! 😭😭😭

[@xh8786]

hi whats the playlist name

[@crystalcarleton1624]

rhofiatul badriyah xh I just typed in “ali abdaal” into Spotify and a study playlist came up - assuming its that one :)

[@ErnieF10]

What’s it called

[@animefingerstyleguitararlo5782]

@@ErnieF10 'study with me' if I'm not mistaken

[@arvindn]

The playlist is called Study with me - open.spotify.com/playlist/0Y0hnQJu3nAqVO6TnmhqHB

[@davidp605]

A doctor, who still has time to create content, film it, edit it and hold a full time job. What. Am. I. Doing. With. My. Life

[@mayapadilla9385]

Huhuhuhhh

[@miaomiao07]

It's about time management and efficiency

[@adeelakhan914]

Same bro

[@julife.ka.3899]

overthinking about what you are doing and what you should be doing instead of doing it. i should know, i'm doing that too

[@renevanhulst5]

Watching the doctor's content

[@animeguy6877]

Ali at the end: "I wish I was more systematic in my revision."

[@Miadhasan120k]

I'll take a poTato chip AND “EAT IT"

[@ammdisguisedasanegg]

Intense physopath laugh.just as I planned

[@aimxnvn_x_geness4998]

Light yagami Vs Ali Abdaal Sounds like an interesting battle of brains.

[@ammdisguisedasanegg]

@@aimxnvn_x_geness4998 lmao

[@stopcheckingmyusernamesimp4434]

@@aimxnvn_x_geness4998 lol

[@notestube]

SUMMARY NOTES - The Essay Memorisation Framework: 00:34 GENERAL OVERVIEW *There are two stages to the method: creation and memorization. *In the creation stage, the objective is to create first class essay plans for every conceivable essay title. *In the memorization stage, we commit all of these essay plans to memory by using active recall space, repetition, spider diagrams, and flashcards. *By the time the exam rolls around, we will have memorized so many essay plans that a lot of them will come up in the exam anyway. *Even if stuff comes up that we haven't memorized, we'll know so much about the subject and we'll have so many content blocks in our head that we'll be able to generate a first class essay from scratch. 01:23 THE CREATION STAGE *The objective of the creation stage is to create a large number of good essay plans that can be memorized and used during an exam. 01:49 - Deciding what essays to plan *The best way to decide which essays to prepare for an exam is to look at past papers and see which topics have come up previously. *If you don't have access to past papers, try to think from the perspective of the examiner and anticipate what sort of topics they might ask about. *You can also ask your teacher or professor for guidance on what sorts of essays might be covered in the exam. 02:30 - How to plan the essays *Start with a question, gathering information from Google, and then looking at lecture notes and recommended readings *Create a research document for each essay topic, which you then use to plan and write the essay. *This method results in more original essays than your peers, who mostly relied on lecture notes. *Only give yourself one day to complete each essay, in order to avoid work expanding to fill the time allocated. 05:08- How to make the essay plan really good *The introduction is the most important part of the essay. *Good essay plans have three key elements: structure, answering the question, and having a bit of flare. 08:09 THE MEMORISATION STAGE *The goal of the memorization stage is to upload all of the essay plans to our brain so that we can regurgitate them in the exam. *We will achieve this goal using three techniques: Anki flashcards, spider diagrams, and a retrospective revision timetable. 08:36 - Anki flashcards to memorise content blocks *Anki flashcards can help you memorize content blocks for your essays. *Putting keywords and content onto the cards can help you remember information for specific essays, as well as general essay topics. *Repetition is key for memorizing the information on the cards. 09:55 - Spider diagrams to memorise entire essays *The memorization stage of the essay memorization framework involves spider diagrams. *Ali writes out content blocks from essays using flashcards, and then puts the keywords onto a spider diagram. *This allows him to easily recall the information when writing his essay. * Do this regularly in the lead up to exams so that you are well prepared. 12:49 - The Retrospective Revision Timetable to systematically use active recall and spaced repetition *The Retrospective Revision Timetable is a system to use active recall and spaced repetition to memorize material. *The system uses a color-coding system to track how well you know the material. *Ali details the system in a video. 14:13 WRAPPING UP *Ali won a prize for best exam performance at Cambridge University. *He attributes his success to using a methodical and systematic approach to revision, which he calls the "Essay Memorisation Framework". *This method involves breaking down essays into smaller chunks, memorising them, and then recalling them under exam conditions.

[@granczykk87]

Thank you! ❤️

[@pythonprogramming7]

Bro, literally the best comment that has ever been on the youtube servers, copied and pasted into my essay guidelines

[@Prisum5911]

Bro r u god?

[@mdhanzala4897]

@@pythonprogramming7 how can I copy this comment? copy option is not showing

[@pythonprogramming7]

@@mdhanzala4897 click and highlight and control+C

[@lizibeff]

I have ADHD, and despite this being one of the more engaging study videos I’ve seen I still found it hard to concentrate on everything you said, but I still watched the whole thing because your work ethic is very inspiring and motivating! So thank you!

[@TheUKNutter]

Myth Tree This is the most important when you are a kid. Plus mercury poisoning is a massive problem.

[@nawaf8644]

Myth Tree wtf are you saying ?

[@magicmerls291]

@zak ahmed feel that I was diagnosed early too and even though I'm also gifted I always had problems finding the motivation to start anything let alone stick with something. Jack of all trades master of none. Now I got my medication and I can't believe that life is that easy for most people all the time.

[@thomasduncan1855]

I also have ADHD, try turning the video speed up. That helps me concentrate

[@pepperpan794]

16:06 "...inefficient habits like rereading and highlighting and stuff." me: *sweats profusely*

[@Oh-pl8xe]

yes rereading is inefficient af. While revising is efficient, reading again stuff without making your brain struggle is not that effective.

[@junaid4088]

@@Oh-pl8xe I'm 17, been doing that all of my life lol

[@Gryptonaire]

Funny when I was in HS my teachers always recommended that us student highlight and re read bahaha

[@HK-sw3vi]

"Google is the best way to find any information on the question". Thanks a lot, this definitely changed my life.

[@shaunacoleman3306]

😂😂😂

[@mattcool97]

Today I learned that I don't have what it takes to be ranked 1st at Cambridge University

[@trippinshyama31]

He's smart no doubt, but you shouldn't compare yourself with anyone!! He's Ali Abdaal and you're Matt Roberts. And you're great the way you are.

[@Mr.Amberman]

@@trippinshyama31 trueeee..... people excels in different way for different things in the life.

[@CuongNguyen-rt5yv]

@@trippinshyama31 don’t try to lullaby your ego! Hiiii...

[@fareehaxoxo8568]

@@CuongNguyen-rt5yv What's wrong with you? She encouraged Roberts by reminding him that he is capable because we all occasionally feel down seeing someone who is really ahead in life because of comparison. Instead of applauding her you are defaming her?

[@CuongNguyen-rt5yv]

@@fareehaxoxo8568 be real! Don’t deceive ourselves.

[@raheemaisnthere2481]

If a guy says ‘cognitive labour’ instead of ‘work’, you know he’s smarter than you’ll ever be😂😂💛 love this guy, so inspirational man!!!

[@DomainAspect]

Lol

[@oluebubeokpaluba9130]

😂😂

[@johnmanandhar2626]

When a person translates cognitive labor to "work" and not "thinking" we know that person isn't a bright 💡

[@hyacein]

Smh I don't even know what cognitive labour means

[@charlinetusche7005]

@@hyacein same, but english isnt my first language sooo

[@arsdwalos6840]

"I was a slacker, I only made 5 essay plans" I don't think this guy knows what "slacker" really means.

[@kugisaki-s9f]

hahahaha

[@KahaniKada]

Ask me 🥴

[@josephinedonnelley4762]

He used the word "Verbosity" after that I was like yeah he is no slacker.

[@starking9920]

@@kugisaki-s9f .

[@viratsharma642]

He is just above you 😂😂😂

[@Aserve1st]

This is my first time watching one of your video and let me tell you. Your insane, the amount of work and dedication you have pursing your career goals and even make time for youtube motivates me to do better. I'm currently doing Computer Science Bootcamp, it's hard but I know it will be worth it. I enjoy the challenge, and it's somewhat exciting. Honestly, most people would just keep a lot of these things (that helped them ranked first, win prizes or even achieve great success to themselves and they're afraid that if they share with anyone, there will be more competitions in the future, all in all most people are selfish in one way or another), but you instead share and educated people ways they can achieve success in life. I want to sincerely thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world and literally making a difference in life even if it's just a little. Stay awesome my dude.

[@loubieloujones5698]

This works! This is pretty much my exact method for revising for my history degree essays and how I achieved a 1st in almost all of my 2nd and 3rd year exams & won the valedictory prize. My lecturers always commented on how much content I managed to get into exam essays - well this was how! It just floods back to you in the exam hall and it's the best feeling! I've sent this video to my daughter now because as her mum, I don't know anything 😂🙄 I'm hoping she will listen to Ali 🤞 Best of luck to all of you taking exams!

[@an_artie]

Same here ! Sometimes I feel tired of thinking about the left keywords,key events and Quotations during exams.All the things pops in mind like hell and then you have to build a structures of creative writing to put all these things 😢.

[@B----------------------------D]

What I'm more interested in, is how he was raised.

[@nabeelaudah5171]

that is also what im thinking

[@AI_Flight_Engineer]

Raised by good parents that expect results, firm but allowing for freedom of technique so that the son has his own vision that is applied for himself, a philosophy that works by hard work first, then constant improvement by effort, never cheating, zero procrastination, trying and failing, but having another go. Not plagiarising by twisting google language to fit! Application of systematic atomic improvements after reading THIS BOOK:- ----> *"Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits by James Clear".* also ... *ANKI, Buzan diagrams, used, which takes effort to use. This guy has his his own theory of mind, his own mind (memory) and how it works, then tricks himself to succeed. So he understands how to remember not just by tricks, but by the theory applied to himself in his own exams. A kind of effect of seeing yourself in mirrors facing each other - infinity!* Also, raised *not* like "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" and *not* like "Achmed the Dead Terrorist has a Son". (both funny comedys to watch and laugh a lot).

[@vincentdomingo3484]

@@AI_Flight_Engineer This might be out of topic, but I know that Ali uses anki and in and of itself has a spaced repetition algorithm. Why does he still have to google docs his schedule and its difficulty when Anki can take care of it itself? THANKS!

[@Sinndiilu]

Yes.....that should be interesting to learn

[@powerpuff4ever]

Vincent Domingo you ever tried writing an essay IN Anki? The research document and essay draft seems to be essential for him

[@nadiyajooma5387]

I wish I had your videos 10 years ago when I had started University. That being said, I love your channel so much! So useful for other aspects of my work and life.

[@jackleary691]

Basically memorize every single possible combination of essays they could set you.

[@ShaferHart]

And then people complain machines are taking our jobs.

[@maryandrew259]

@@ShaferHart 🤣🤣🤣

[@sippingsometaeandkookie9613]

@@ShaferHart hahhahahha😂

[@payamsobhanian1616]

yeah thats stupid

[@andybright3809]

Yeah, and learn literally nothing in the process. Quite impressive.

[@leahplayne8730]

I’m not even in school and watched this because I can’t even imagine being this smart, it’s truly amazing to watch

[@robot2374]

“I was a slacker and only made 5 essay plans” The smartest way to call 99.99% of students lazy

[@gamevirus01]

*gets information of an examinable subject from google* Lecture Notes: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@mel5u990]

@Christine Ccolgate wtf

[@MissCupcakeslover]

I am new to your channel, and I must say that I am absolutely blown away by you. You're incredibly intelligent, hard-working, humble and kind. Watching your videos inspires me tremendously and simultaneously makes me happy. Thank you for all that you do, you're absolutely amazing.

[@aliabdaal]

Awwh thanks 😊

[@dgyt27]

dudes work ethic is stronger than my will to live

[@عبدالعزيزالرشيدي-خ1ل]

The most logic and practical method I have ever seen in KZbin

[@jerrytai5714]

This is such a great inspiration for memorization and learning in general. And I believe that constant review with scientific learning skills (and technology) is very beneficial to learning itself and as a result in developing the habit and ability to learn actively and comprehensively, and most importantly, integrally. Thanks for sharing your experience and I can see how 5M viewers may benefit from your method! Cheers.

[@jayal2119]

Wow thats so sick! My 2MB brain can't even memorize those intros haha

[@laylabee8344]

I died when I see 2MB, it’s so tru it hurts my soul

[@as.829]

“2MB brain” I love this so much. I would probably struggle to memorize even one essay, haha

[@vernongriesel3910]

Compress the intros and it'll fit for now. Or you know... get an external???

[@jayal2119]

@@vernongriesel3910 well, you know when you have exams those external doesn't work hehe

[@TheMU1123]

😂😂😂👍👍 Mine probably the same capacity 🤣🤣🤣

[@Abhinay13631]

JEE AND NEET ASPIRANTS I CAN FEEL YOUR PRESENCE!

[@riyathakuria9086]

Neet aspirant reporting sir

[@Abhinay13631]

@@riyathakuria9086 ohh i hope you achieve your dream!

[@fareehaxoxo8568]

@@riyathakuria9086 sameee

[@fareehaxoxo8568]

@@Abhinay13631 Aww that is sweet of you ! Best of all lucks 😊

[@Abhinay13631]

@@fareehaxoxo8568 thanks!

[@storybygreat]

Ali : how I ranked 1st at cambridge university me : you're smart duh

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

Moral of the story? : He is smart duh?

[@user-oh3br8gs9d]

And i’m shit

[@damianwayne8948]

You don't have to be exceptionally smart to score really well at an exam. In fact, a lot of smart people actually don't do very well at exams

[@localbaddie_8438]

The Red Hood ...

[@damianwayne8948]

@@Saad-rf6ge This is completely hypothetical. Where is the proof of this? I don't care how intelligent you are, you're not going to score 98/100 if you barely study. UNLESS 'A' really really paid attention in class and gave his 100% during his school hours. But even then it's extremely unlikely that he's going to score more than 'B'. The reason for that is because school is not designed to reward intelligence. It's designed to reward memory. You don't need a high intelligence to memorize all the answers or prepare for an exam (An exam where you already know what to expect in terms of the topics that you will be questioned on). Furthermore, if you're intelligent but do not prepare for the exam, you're still going to perform very poorly. Getting a high/low score on an exam has little to do with intelligence. If you don't believe me, show me an intelligent person who doesn't prepare well for an exam and still aces it. It just doesn't happen

[@alfiecollins5617]

Essay memorisation has proved an extremely effective exam technique for me. Having huge banks of stored words is so useful because the information can be retrieved so rapidly. Trying to think up an answer on the fly is much harder (in many ways it requires greater intelligence, although it's a much dumber technique). It is also very reassuring because you *know* that the memorised essays are first-class (either because you've received feedback from them, or because you've spend so long on them prior to the exam that they can't be anything but the highest quality). In contrast, trying to think on the spot in an exam does not offer the same guarantee of quality. Although it's impossible to prepare for every possible question, there can never be that many *types* of question, and there's no reason why words can't be pooled from different memorised essays to form a new answer to the specific question that appears in the exam. It's so effective that it almost seems like cheating, except for the fact that the only person you're plagiarising is yourself.

[@letsdomath1750]

Essay memorization is fine, but thinking up answers on the fly is a skill that you also want to develop, and it requires less net work. Also, lol, I was once tempted to submit the same exact essay for my Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy and Physiology classes. They were a year apart and were taught by different instructors in the department. I think I ended up using a different topic to avoid any plagiarism check nonsense, but it would have been an easy A for that near duplicate assignment.

[@ammolator]

I know why youtube recommended this video to me. *EXAM DUE DATE INTENSIFIES*

[@hasanabdulrahmanagha7783]

are you a 9gagger?

[@Lan-uj2zy]

Thank you for creating this video and explaining how you did these. I am flabbergasted with all your technics and how well organised your notes are.

[@dra.tracyvillegas]

It's just BEAUTIFUL, your content blowed my mind, it was a perfect timing, finally I found this video, as many of yours that I watched, now that I'm about to take a big exam, this method for sure will be useful! Thank you so much for adding such value to all of us 💗

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[@jameselliott-hughes3495]

I have actually scheduled my day around this. Starting essay plans soon so decided to hold off. Can’t wait to implement this.

[@plasticfrog4533]

Can you update how you are doing, I’m genuinely interested

[@Barkingspider]

Haven’t been in school for 21 years and this gives me anxiety

[@rxseqvartz5679]

Barking Spider My finals are in the doors and this video made me realize that I haven’t done anything :)

[@Anam.Fatima19]

@@rxseqvartz5679 we all in the same boat. All the best :)

[@fawadhussain7923]

Been a follower since your methods have helped me clear many tough exams, presentations. Now in present time i am going to give the most prestigious exam in my country (Pakistan), and this will be crucial info to ace in that exam, so yes Ali show us your essays in depth and some of notes and essays you created also..

[@Thisisahandle701]

So you studied psychology at Cambridge AND became a doctor? As well as software developer, and all around entrepreneur? By age of 24? WTF??

[@Sbbanddrule]

You forgot to mention pianist, apparently

[@luisjanssen8799]

if you become a doctor it's pretty likely that you'll take a psychology class at some point

[@lunaava8668]

Luis Janssen He intercalated, that is he took an extra year in the middle to get a BA in Psychology. Only the brightest of the bright do this...

[@ahnrho]

Neurological beast of a machine. Ali must be inhuman.

[@AbdulTheV1ogger]

@@lunaava8668 This guy is literally a super human. I am blessed to know that he exists

[@lydiaboubakir8314]

This man's way of speech is so attractive.

[@NeroLung]

Okay

[@Fenomenoe9]

Wierd flex but ok

[@sorayagendis7908]

i think so too😭

[@channel100tube]

Sarcasm?

[@cookiesarelikecream]

Sound of Meraf No not sarcasm his voice and way of talking is attractive lol. I feel the same about Sal from KhanAcademy haha

[@simr6n138]

cannot believe I watched this whole video as I’m trying to get my grades up , thank you so much for the advices !!

[@sephiroth4543]

Although I love Ali and he even helped me get a 1st in uni by providing these helpful revision videos and encouragement I would urge you to not compare yourself to him or anyone else for that matter. Just try your best and don't stress yourself if you are not the best in every single exam for example, it's a marathon. When things go wrong just get back up and try your best in the next exam. Good luck to anyone undertaking any exams or waiting for their results. Just don't party too much at uni 🤣🤣💪

[@Tzitzemine]

Step 1: be a genius or very very intelligent... Step 2: memorize just everything Step 3: Rank A* on every test

[@sco1369]

step 4: forget everything 2 weeks after the exam

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

step 5: start memorizing same stuff again because you have upcoming exam.

[@yt_nh9347]

This is exactly the opposite of what being a genius or very intelligent entails. Memorisation can be done by parrots and you are not coming up with innovative ideas or tackling complex problems so the use of the word genius is really disingenuous here. For reference sake look at people like Newton, Einstein, Euler, Maxwell and how they revolutionised or established science through original thought not memorising things off a page. This is what's wrong with the education today, so much emphasis on pointless memorisation which can be easily outsourced to computers and google while there is no emphasis on conceptual understanding or original thought.

[@Tzitzemine]

@@yt_nh9347 i had some collegues being in the range of 160+ IQs. All of them did not need to learn really, they just read the books once, maybe twice if at all, and then they aced the tests and their projects. Even the "normal" 130+ people had something similar going when it came to "learning". They never did actually need to work on anything in the same way, we normal people need to. So no, it is not far off what i wrote initially as a joke. And don't compare old shool "geniuses" like Einstein or Euler (which have been attributed to be in the 150+ IQ range, depending on source), as you are trying to compare apples and peaches here. Whole different story nowadays and back then. But i do agree on the current educational system and the need to improve for more emphasis on critical and creative thinking. :)

[@lordlogic3190]

Tzitzemine what do you mean “old school genius”?

[@Dr_Omar_A_Mo]

We need more videos like this " how you studied in past years and how you study now how you write essays and how you " You are a great source of inspiration to me I want you to make a video of how you treat the exam paper

[@ghidobusta7984]

He breaks the video to segments with recorded minutes !! My man everything u say is valid after seeing this 👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼, u deserve #1 student

[@shaquilleomeal708]

You are a BEAST of a man. You have inspired me to step it WAY UP! In pursuit of my Mechanical Engineering Degree. I really appreciate your content!

[@Mindcrashed]

In my three years of studying psychology almost all of my exams were multiple choice. Next month I will have only online essay questions due to corona. This video really helped me out

[@jem5230]

Just wondering, where r u studying psychology?

[@Mgbaks]

How did the exam go?

[@Mindcrashed]

Ryan Mgbako I got a 9,5/10 :))) I ended up not having the time to practice essays so instead I spent a lot of time thinking of what questions were most likely and writing down keywords for the answers. Which I guess is pretty similar to what is explained in the video

[@Mindcrashed]

Jem Netherlands

[@ChronicalV]

This is exactly what the teachers told us NOT to do. "You can't write an essay on every topic imaginable and memorise it". And you straight up do exactly that. Goddamn

[@jeanlydia509]

Him: proud of being 1st in cambridge Me: proud for answering 1 question in my test Edit:OMg thx for 5,4K likes!!

[@thelookingcat]

H actually said 1st for clickbait, he got 2nd or 3rd that year, he said that in a later video.

[@mice2188]

@@thelookingcat 15:38 in the video he actually mentioned that he technically wasn't first, but the person in front of him was only better by a few percentage decimal points, so the school made both of them joint winners ie. first.

[@electwriting2193]

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[@sds187]

Why it's Putnam?

[@vikiv.1352]

Your 1 point can mean much more for you than 1st place for someone. Depends what did you overcome for it

[@sabinaaranda4700]

Just the way you talk and give this speach, makes you the first anywhere. You’re TOP! Congrats and my sincere admiration.

[@harshupreti1526]

I used to do this while in my high school ..now i am in college and had completely forgot how i prepared for exams ..thanks for reminding me back !

[@Leewashere_]

I find this man's joy at explaining his love of studying motivating... How can he have joy in that?? I want that feeling for myself, too.

[@OmarionVlogs]

find your purpose

[@jonbigeffortthegoodness7437]

Start an joy of learning essay and 16 minutes a day add thought effort of this essay.

[@BarkerMC]

You can be

[@annirees5106]

Video: really useful Me: watching this after my exam

[@asmanoreen8305]

😂😂😂😂

[@fizzy7527]

A. Whole. Fucking. Mood.

[@TheJercy5656]

True

[@crystalsnowaye2913]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@asma16cool]

😂 Me here watching one day before the exam

[@AbbeysArtPrints]

I find this to be innovative and highly possible. It’s about attitude and approach. Great discussion. I’m certain this would be really powerful for memorization. It’s about tackling the essay with a broad perspective this motivating interest rather than a case of “darn there’s that essay” again reading a lot exercises the brain and adds to effective learning. Mind mapping is extremely powerful.

[@Wid]

I love the fact that you integrate multiple memorization techniques into your study plan

[@Foxtrot6624]

"In the first term of uni I was a slacker, I only made about 5 essay plans" Jesus Christ in my first term of uni I went to college for the first week and spent the next 11 drunk

[@Konetti]

@@gen-xennial3826 why what did you get

[@Mr.BoomerSooner]

How is this not have more likes this is literally strait up facts lol Greek Life/ Pledgship in my first year was a 5 essay plan

[@flaze3]

relatable.... I spent most of first year watching south park XD

[@stardustmixture]

Wanna know how Sri Lanka sounds like? kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWagJ-efbpqlbs

[@Foxtrot6624]

@Atomic Ambition Yeah I'm not though cause I've got my dream job. You're just bitter you've got a miserable life probably

[@sachable8286]

Dear Ali, I would really like to thank you for your video's. They have helped me tremendously! My grades are differing from night and day between the first year and now my second. I kept your take home messages in my head this second year of my education; "repetition, active recall and AnkiApp" The biggest mistake I made was reading over and over. I always did this and hoped for the best. But it's só un-effincient I do still make notes so I can find information easy but the rereading is all gone! You gave a really interesting vision in how to study so organised, looking up information, filtering this, categorising it and make flashcards. My grades used to be a sad 6 and now they are between the 8 & 9 and I also understand my material really well. So thank you so much for your video's! To me, they are very motivating when I don't feel like it and very informative and crystal clear. Kind regards!

[@sparklelee4368]

it is just a sample of how no one teaches you how to study. or should we say, you need an export teacher to teach you how to study.

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[@fycomplaitions716]

@@electwriting2193 ur a waffler i went from a 7 to a 4 because of you

[@Iam...demetriuss]

Ali, I can see you as a professor in a couple of years, you are really good.

[@Alyberq]

-Me ooh thank y... -No the other one -nooooo(crying)

[@emilycarter8922]

You might want to check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2SaZX-rn9dojM0

[@zainabnaqvi6479]

*i watched 1 minute of this and now my brain is hurting*

[@Yok_Knnn]

same here😭😭

[@shaikzubair9313]

😂😂😂

[@fatima-oy7gk]

This guy is wayy too smart. Lol he speaks intelligence. Nopes. Only made it to 2:36.His voice makes me depressed.

[@lavinalenalivia8222]

Oh same 😭

[@Maya_Star8]

😆😆😆

[@shubh_2733]

God bless this soul..... One of best video to become straight A student💫

[@valesoma4611]

When your memory is so bad that a single flash card takes ages to memorize. 🥺

[@michlasagna3619]

bro you could tell me a random number right now and i guarantee you that i will forget it within 0.3 seconds

[@voltage3692]

I am smart like I can crack down problems really quick but i forget really easily

[@Nina-fy5fn]

@@voltage3692 Me too

[@salamilid4125]

U can take a page of noteboik paper abd just write and write and write that same thing/definition over and over again. Your muscles will remember

[@pinklady7184]

I use Google Slides to create scrapbooks, directory books, notebooks, flashcards, etc. Google Slides is free.

[@hazal8075]

Mr. Abdaal, thank u for being a pioneer via KZbin to those who haven't one like you around. Thank you for thousand times...

[@DuyenPham28]

Me : spend ~10 mins studying and the next 30 mins watching others studying on KZbin to relax and to feel less sleepy 😷

[@arborazure9648]

I thought it was just me

[@user-qq5or4qh2o]

Hhhhhh you’re right, watching others studying on KZbin makes me feel less regret than watching other videos. Idk how my Stupid brain is convinced 😂

[@BurningSpottOfficial]

Hahaha😂😂😂

[@pvwg]

😂😂 Fellow sleepy gang.

[@aimxnvn_x_geness4998]

Hm

[@LegoEddy]

Fun to see that this is pretty exactly the same strategy I came to over the years (and which turned out to be highly successfull). One more tip: You should always start memorizing the topics the day after you have summarized them. So you summarize topic A on day 1, then on day 2 you start memorizing topic A and summarize topic B, on day 3 you start memorizing topic B and summarize C, etc. etc with spaced repitition.

[@bogdancristea9270]

I’ve been to Cambridge too, and indeed there are two ways of getting a first: either you are tremendously intelligent and original and have a great memory, which you have trained in years and years of tough studies before uni, in which case you just focus on the subject and you don’t need to waste time planning and memorising essays like crazy (there are very few students in this category, generally those who end up in academia), or you do what this guy does, i.e. plan and memorise in a very disciplined way essays that could come up in the exam (that’s what most people do).

[@mystichaylo6735]

Thanks

[@momfriend9429]

He's basically speaking in intelligent 😂😭 bless you honestly, you're really impressive

[@SenpaiSham]

This made me realize how silly some classes are when you have to do all this mental gymnastics in order to regurgitate material that will soon be forgotten once a new semester starts. I feel like putting an emphasis on understanding the material in depth, rather than expecting a student to game the system, will be a more beneficial and efficient approach.

[@Hyvexx]

also makes me feel extremely dumb and worried

[@maria6451]

And how would u ensure people have understood everythung in depth? Examinations seems like the most fair way

[@SenpaiSham]

@@maria6451 when I was in uni, we had classes divided into lectures (which was pretty much the entire class of 200 students or whatever) and discussion classes which had only 20 students. We would do review in those discussion classes of the lectures (at least with some classes I took. Some executed this horribly) Ultimately, I cannot see a standard being made since every professor has the freedom to decide how to teach their class. But from my experience, smaller post lectures classes really helped me understand material as opposed to figuring it out on my own .

[@maria6451]

@@SenpaiSham but then the problem js how do u ensure that information sticks in the long term, esp for careers where u need that info to work at ur job in the future. Like ik u ciukd say cramming for exams woukd be the same problem but if so eone study using spaced repetition to prepare fpr the exam then surely that is much more effective. And also how would a teacher set the grades without biases on certain personalities without an objective systems like exams.

[@yoyo21926]

@@maria6451 they want you to regurgitate infomation and not question anything so that mainstream knowledge stays the same. creative thinking is discouraged otherwise people will start waking up to the stupid world we live in.

[@Sailormoon899]

Even his notes and handwriting is so neat and organised ! 😅

[@sunsunbeam367]

Hey Ali, you probably won't see this but I implemented this for my Psychology exams upon the weeks leading up to my finals. Of course it wasn't perfect and it was a very rushed and messier version of this method but it helped so much! I was able to link studies and topics to the questions so effectively and efficiently! I ended up getting 7s (I did IB) for all of my exams. So thank you alot!

[@jacobpiazolo9486]

I wish u the best for life. Great work ethic. Thx for the great advice.

[@grant9047]

This guy is so smart I can’t even understand him lol

[@alishba5863]

😂😂😂

[@my-crazy-fantastic-fanatic]

I don't even have an essay system on my campus. However... Your voice is so soothing, I ended up in zen mode instead of concentrating on the content. I can see Master Oogway in the distance...

[@meiguang9240]

Lolol 😂

[@hamoudsudan]

You are clearly going places. Your organisation and planning skills are on another level. I am going to attempt your suggestions to see if I can improve my marks I on the border of distinction so this may well give me the edge to the next level.