Study advice?

Question

I’m taking a pretty advanced BIO, and I’m struggling getting test grades above Cs. I’m studying the text, my notes, and using the YouTube. I feel like I have solid understanding of all the concepts but it’s like the test are 30% more in depth than her lectures and 10% more in depth than the textbook. Asking my teacher for advice was useless as she just said “don’t overthink it.” Like, how can I not when your tests are 30 times harder than how you present the material in class? I’m passing the class but want to do better. Advice?

Answer

There's a difference between knowing and understanding. You KNOW the concepts but you don't really understand them enough to apply them anywhere. 
I can't really help you with much except by telling you to ask questions like "why does this happen?" and learn about it instead of just getting info and going "oh ok". 
This is a big problem imo with school. We are taught to memorize and not to understand, so it's difficult for people to apply concepts. Try to break out of the habit of memorizing.

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