How to become a Topper in college: 7 Study Tips

In this article, you will learn how to become a topper in college. However, in addition to the hard work, we need to follow some study methods to make it easier. Anyone, including you, can also become a topper by following these methods and 7 study tips.

I (G K Agrawal) got only 55 per cent marks in the 12th standard, but became a gold medallist and university rank holder at Kanpur University by following these methods of 7 study tips while doing my B.Sc (1973) despite my hearing problem. You can certainly do it. Here is the certificate.

I am going to share these secrets with all of you.

The concepts of science became so clear to me after following the above tips that I completed my B. Tech also, even with hearing problems and without even following the above tips.

7 Study Tips to Become a College Topper

As you may be eagerly looking for tips as fast as possible. First, I will list all 7 study tips to become a topper in college. These study tips are discussed further in more detail.

You can become a topper in a science or engineering college with hard work and by following the 7 study tips explained in this article as follows:

1. Read once before attending the class
2. See the page you want to read before reading the book for the first time
3. Read and study at home after studying in class, and also write it once after reading and understanding
4. Take a rest for 5 minutes after reading every 15 minutes
5. Revise just by seeing it every Sunday
6. Revise the same book you studied
7. Revise by seeing in the morning of the exam day

You might have realised the hard work needed for these study tips to become a topper.

If you are comfortable, then continue to read this article on “How to become a topper in college”.

Some tips proposed in this article, like learning by seeing the book pages (and already tried by many of my students and me), require some practice in the beginning. This is some kind of trigger to the subconscious mind, and to make it ready to learn.

Now I will discuss these 7 study tips in more detail.

Study tip 1, for “How to become a topper”- Read in advance

Read once before attending the class (even if you do not understand it).

When we go to class, the teacher starts explaining. Then it takes some time just to understand what exactly the teacher is explaining.

But if we just go through the book at home before going to class, then we can understand faster. As our mind is already a little familiar with that subject.

Study tip 2 – See the page to be learned

The tip number 2 for “How to become a topper” is:

See the page you want to read before reading the book for the first time.

We must see the page before even learning from a book. In this process, we open the book, see the headings, speak the headings, and just see all the images, etc. It will take just about a minute or two to see many pages like this. I made a video to demonstrate this (but that is in Hindi), and the link is given at the end of this post.

This process speeds up the learning process from the book, as the mind is already familiar with the topic and content to be learned. It will help you to become a topper in college.

Study tip 3 – Revision by writing

The tip number 3 for “How to become a topper” is

Read and study at home after studying in class, and also write it once after reading and understanding.

This is nothing but revision at home. But writing makes sure that the learned subject remains in mind for a longer time.

Study tip 4 – How to study longer

Take a 5-minute rest after reading every 15 minutes to study longer.

We get tired during longer study time. Then the mind takes a long time to learn.

We can keep our minds fresh by taking frequent rest. I was taking 5 minutes of rest every 15 minutes. You can decide on the rest time suitable for you.

Refer figure given below for the learning efficiency of the mind. The full red line shows that efficiency is coming down with time.

But if we take a rest, as shown by the green colour lines, then mind efficiency improves. You can see that frequent rest keeps the mind’s learning efficiency much higher than the learning efficiency without rest.

So being able to study longer with a fresh mind will help you to learn faster overall and to become a topper in college.

Study tip 5 – Revision by seeing

Revise just by seeing it every Sunday.

Our minds forget faster in the beginning. If we revise after a few days, then the process of remembering lessons will improve.

Revision by seeing every Sunday is just a reminder to the mind that, Hey, this you have learned recently, do not forget it. Even in normal life, if someone reminds us of some activity, then the chances of completing that activity improve. The same logic follows here also.

Whatever we study in a week, we should revise. This will help you to remember the learned chapter and hence become a topper in college.

Study tip 6 – The same book

Revise the same book you studied.

We should try to do a revision from the same book we learned at first. If you want a different book for some topics, then do it. But then revision of such a topic should also be done from the very same book. See the demo in the video given in the last.

Study tip 7 – Revision by seeing the exam day

Revise by seeing in the morning of the exam day

If we could do a revision on exam day, then it would help. But we have limited time to do a revision for the entire book.

But doing revision by seeing makes the process faster. It is just a reminder to my mind that I learned these topics some time back. Just remember. See the demo in the video.

A video demonstrating “how to become a topper” in college is provided below, accompanied by a demo (in Hindi voice).

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