169. Optimising Study Strategy To Beat An Ultra-Competitive Exam (A Student Story)

Update: 2024-10-14

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Today, we feature a listener who dreamed of earning a place at a top law school in Finland.

Only 10% of candidates are accepted.

It all comes down to a highly competitive exam, with a pile of learning material released just 30 days before exam day.

She had failed before—would she make the cut this time?

(Spoiler alert: yes, she did—tune in to find out what she did to eventually beat the exam!)

Hers is a story of:

Success after repeated attempts, not just through brute-force perseverance, but by taking a smart approach: identifying what needed improvement and finding the right solutions and advice to level up.
Discovering the fundamentals of effective study strategies and mindset—including retrieval practice and a growth mindset.
Optimizing her learning system after mastering the basics, leading to exceptional performance and the crucial edge in a highly competitive exam.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

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169. Optimising Study Strategy To Beat An Ultra-Competitive Exam (A Student Story)