I’m a current medical student who was struggling really hard with focus and attention and I decided to create something that would suit my specific needs. I hope you guys find it as useful as I did! Feedback and criticism is more than welcome!

on my first mocks i got 4-4 for every subject except for science which i got a 5-5 in (was on foundation because of my predicted grades). and i put a lot of effort into revising those mocks but im pretty sure i didnt have a good method yet.

im really good at history like nearly full marks on everything good (i got a 4 because i didn’t revise properly for one of the papers and totally flunked it. and aced the other one)

im bad at maths but can pull a grade most of the time.

i was horrific at english but because of my studying and improving i got really good recently.

i’m exceptional at science, i think i missed out on 10 marks per paper (3 papers)

and the rest i’m pretty decent at.

during the most recent mocks (oct-nov) i kinda didn’t revise properly because of some family stress going on and only ended up revising like 6. times maybe and 4 out of those 6 times falling asleep at my desk before really doing anything.

but i think my studying improved my skill because some how ive been pulling 5s and 6s out of my ass for all the subjects. for example eng lit i got 50/80, i watched 3 yt videos on the bus otw to skl for revision.

if i lock in now do i have a chance for the next mocks and gcse? and what type of study could i do to help prepare before i actually start revision.

I'm a student and I use AI a lot to understand stuff I didn't get in class. But every simple question gets me 800 words back, and by paragraph three I've forgotten paragraph one. My teachers would just draw it on the board in 30 seconds and I'd get it instantly.

So I built Sketchy, a free, open source tool that makes the AI explain things with hand-drawn sketches right in the chat instead of text walls.

It can do:
- Flowcharts with step-by-step walkthroughs
- Side-by-side comparisons
- Diagrams of systems, circuits, even molecules

How to get it:

1. Go to sketchy.davidkubus.dev (or github.com/ddkbs/sketchy)

2. Download the latest release

3. Claude web/app: upload the skill zip under Settings → Skills

4. Claude Desktop: double-click the .mcpb file

5. Ask something like "explain how a transistor works, draw it"

It works with other AIs too (setup in the README). No account, no paywall. I built it because I needed it myself.

Would love feedback, especially on which study topics it still explains badly 🙏

Hope this helps some of you as much as it helped me, good luck with exams everyone!

I recorded my iPad workflow from opening the app to correcting a mistake. The useful part is keeping my own working on the page while asking about it, instead of replacing it with a generated solution.

A prompt you can adapt: "Give me one practice question on [topic]. Wait for my handwritten attempt. Check the steps, point out the first mistake, and give me a hint before showing a full solution."

In the video I write on the right, circle the working with a finger, and drag it into the AI chat on the left. Then I return to the same page to correct it. The assistant can be wrong too, so I still check its reasoning against the course material. After a correction, try the question again without the hint to see whether you can actually do it.

Disclosure: I built Noto: Tiny Notes, the handwriting app shown here. It's free to try with limits and optional paid upgrades; the AI assistant is a separate service. You can use the study method with other tools, or paper and a photo.

This is real screen and camera footage of a development build, with AI-generated English narration. Noto: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6829142924

Hey everyone,

I feel like everyone is using AI for school or college right now, but most people just type "summarize this" or ask it to write an essay and call it a day.

I want to know what your actual, game-changing strategies are. How are you using it so it forces you to learn the material instead of just letting the bot do your thinking for you?