How I ranked 1st at Cambridge University - The Essay Memorisation Framework
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In this video, I talk through the Essay Memorisation 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 xx
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00:34 - General Overview
01:21 - The Creation Stage
-β 01:50 - Deciding what essays to plan
-β 02:30 - How to plan the essays
-β 04:57 - How to make the essay plan really good
08:10 - The Memorisation Stage
-β 08:36 - Anki flashcards to memorise content blocks
-β 09:50 - Spider diagrams to memorise entire essays
-β 12:49 - The Retrospective Revision Timetable to systematically use active recall and spaced repetition (more info here:
14:10 - Wrapping Up
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