8 Tips to Prepare Hard Subjects

Hard Subjects

Every one of us is having a hard subject, which makes us feel uneasy. Whenever someone utters that subject’s name the daunting feeling and the fear and pain of that subject keep us pulling down and make us feel low. Whenever we have to prepare for that subject for any of our tests we try to avoid it as far as possible.

Ever wonder why that particular subject is hard for you. But easy for your other friend or your batch mates?

The main reason is your mindset towards that subject. Basically, we don’t have any interest in difficult subjects. But wait a minute think in a reverse manner. The difficulty of that subject is not letting you gain interest in that subject. It’s your no interest in that subject due to which that subject has been so hard.

It’s a bitter truth that the subject that seems hard to you is hard for you because of your own choice.

So, how should I correct it? How to bring it back on track? And how to gain my interest in that particular subject?

Don’t worry guys it’s never been too late for anything. I am here to share some of the best tips to prepare your hard subject.

But before going further I want to let you aware of the fact. The subject that seems hard to you is your weakest subject among all others, wonder why?  It’s because you didn’t give it the proper time to subject or we procrastinate its schedule 

8 Tips to prepare hard subjects

TIP 1:- Identify your hard subject

This is a prerequisite for gaining confidence in your difficult subject. First, you should be aware that which subject is your hard subject. There are some easy ways to identify it.

1. Our hardest subject is our weakest subject, as I said earlier.
2. We tend to avoid that subject. We all spare our difficult subject for last. We think that we will do it later when if we get time in the end.
3. We have very low academic attendance in that subject’s lectures. In the end, we struggle to pull it above the optimum attendance required.
4. We do not pay attention to that subject’s lecture even if we are present in class.

So, I think that these points will help you to pick out your hard subject/subjects. There may be more than one hard subject. Any subject could be a hard subject for anyone. Some feel like biochemistry is hard, for some students’ pathology is difficult. For some, there might be pharmacology, microbiology, or any other subject. It’s very subjective to say so don’t worry you are not alone.

 
TIP 2:- Cross The mental Barrier

So we have identified that which subject seems difficult. Now it's action time. The first and foremost action is to dump the previous mindset that this subject is very difficult and I can’t do it. Such thoughts act as a barrier for us to go ahead with that subject. These thoughts pull us back into our studies.

So, don’t ever think that you can’t master that subject because it’s very hard. Someone else is loving this subject then why don’t you? Get up and try to cross that mental barrier. The best way to do it stop procrastinating the study schedule for that particular subject.

Recommendations: -

1. Make a schedule where you provide a dedicated slot for that difficult subject daily.
2. Avoid all of your distractions so that you can focus on your subject completely.
3. Prefer the time will be that which will have fewer distractions like night time or early morning.
4. I would prefer an early morning time slot.

TIP 3:- Ease your way into it slowly

After getting mentally ready for it, the next work is to get comfortable with that subject. For that ease your way slowly into the subject. In short, take small baby steps to read that subject and start with the basics of that subject.

Consider yourself as a little child and teach yourself like a child. Start with little and basic concepts on that topic or subject. It will help you to lay a good foundation for it. Try to go at a very slow pace with your ease in that subject.

Recommendations:-

1. Don’t start with complex topics first. Start with an easy topic or I should say the easier one in the beginning. That the simple topic could be any topic from any random chapter.

Eventually, you will start loving the subject and will get yourself ready for some complex things.

 

TIP 4:- Sandwich it between the easy subjects

Easy and strong topics and subjects can help you to get victory over your hard subject. Put your hard subject study time in between the study interval of 2 easy subjects.

This will help your mind to get some time to process the information. It will help you to consolidate your memory. All these things motivate you to study your hard subject further.

 

TIP 5:- Correlate With other Subjects

Try to establish links with the subjects you like and have confidence. MBBS subjects are all over-connected with each other in many ways. You don’t have to do anything new. The only thing you need to do is to exploit this privilege as much as you can.

This will save you the majority of the time. Complement any hard and complex topic with some other subject’s similar topic. For example, you can mix information from pathology and medicine or you can mix information from pediatrics and medicine, and so on. There can be many combinations as per your choice.

This will help you to get some kind of orientation for your subject. This helps you to keep information in your memory for a long time. It will also help you to gain confidence

Recommendations: -

1. You can Link Pharmacology with Medicine.
2. You can link Pediatrics and medicine.
3. You can go with Anatomy and Surgery, pathology with medicine.
4. Pre-clinical subjects can also be linked like physiology and anatomy.
5. You can also link para-clinical subjects like pharmacology with microbiology, etc.

 

TIP:6- Have a Graphic Representation of your preparation

This is one of the most important tips which will help you a lot. Make a progress chart on a paper having different blocks in it. Color one block whenever you complete one topic.

Look at that chart every day, you will see that the number of empty blocks is reducing.  This will boost you up. This will reinforce the information in your subconscious mind that you are conquering over that difficult subject.

Believe me, your subconscious mind will help you in a very efficient way. The subconscious mind is like a baby who doesn’t understand words. The only thing it understands is graphics, visuals, and images. This progress chart will make it believe that you are doing well in that subject. Once your subconscious mind realizes that you are doing better, you will feel much more confident and enthusiastic about the subject.

Recommendations: - 

1. You can apply this tip to other subjects also. This is a very effective technique for grasping any topic easily.

 

TIP 7:- Help and Support

Seek the help of your seniors or friends or teachers. Ask them to help you understand the difficult topic. When we keep on reading and progressing the hard subject it saturates us. We start hating that subject. We start having a monocular vision of the subject. In short, your brain got fed up and stop processing any new and complex information.

So, in that case, take a break from that subject. Seek someone good at it and who can easily explain the complex things. Sometimes we need a different vision to look towards the problem. We might be lacking that vision, so there is no harm in seeking someone for help.

Sometimes some minute things can revolutionize the whole vision of the subject. So just go for any help without any hesitation.

 

TIP 8:- Regular Revisions

Everything is easy but required that things should be in our minds forever. Then only it’s easy for us. So, what is the best way to keep the whole bulk of knowledge and information in mind? The answer is simple, Revision … Revision… and Revision… Reading any hard subject is important to conquer that subject but revising that subject is a crucial part of sustaining our victory over it. So plan a good revision strategy. Give proper revision time to your subject. Not only to your hard and weak subjects but revise easy subjects also.

Revision is as important as sharping an old sword again. It makes the sword sharper than before. Same with revising the subject at frequent intervals.

you can check out my post on How To Revise Efficiently? This post will help you to plan a good revision schedule and it will also explain to you why it is important to forget things.

Recommendations: -

1. Create a revision chart to revise the topics.
2. The best way to revise any topic is to start teaching it to your friends. It will be a win-win situation for both of you.
3. Create short notes and flashcards for quick revision.
4. Don’t read unnecessary bulk of information during revision.

Conclusion

We all have some hard subjects. It’s not a new thing. But we should be aware that the subject that seems hard to us. It is hard for us because of our own choice and habits. The habit of procrastinating the subject and not taking it seriously. All these things enforces our subconscious mind to believe that this particular subject is very difficult and I cannot do it. It creates a mindset and develops a feeling of fear towards that subject.

But there is nothing to worry about. We all do mistakes. We all make some wrong choices. It happens with all of us.

Let have a quick look at all the tips that I discussed in the above article. Here I discussed a total of 8 tips that could help you conquer your hard subject.

TIP 1:- Identify your hard subject

Many ways have been discussed in the article to identify your hard subject. Hope you might find them useful.

TIP 2:- Cross The mental Barrier

Your mind is a powerful tool that can make you win in any situation. Don’t feed it with some negative reviews of anyone regarding the subject.

TIP 3:- Ease your way into it slowly

Consider yourself as a baby and start your subject with very basics.

TIP 4:- Sandwich it between the easy subjects

Continuous cycles of easy and hard subject study sessions will help you to not to get fed up easily. You can work constantly on your weakness as well as on your strengths.

TIP 5:- Correlate With other Subjects

Try to establish links and try to connect dots with other subjects. Our brain tends to retain connected information for a much longer time than just a single segment of information.

TIP 6:- Have a Graphic Representation of your preparation

Graphical representations and progress charts are a very important part of your preparations. This reinforces your subconscious mind to believe that you are doing better in your subjects. Eventually builds your confidence on that subject.

TIP 7:- Help and Support

Always seek for help and support from teachers or that subject expert for some complex topics. Sometimes some people can provide a new point of view towards that subject that can revolutionize your complete vision towards that subject.

 

TIP 8:- Regular Revisions

Revision is the key to retaining any subject forever into your memory.

 

These tips helped me personally and I hope that you will find it useful too.