Guides (English): Well-Being: Studying

Supporting Success

Polytechnique's Student Services offers a range of resources and services designed to help you succeed both academically and in you personal life:

*Website in French but services are also available in English.

Studying and Taking Exams - McMaster University
Tips and tricks to study effectively for exams.

Crash Course study skills playlist: note-taking, memory, planning, exams, anxiety management and more!

Community Intensive Writing at the Library
Join a community intensive writing session at the Library to experience effective writing and break the isolation. Check out our calendar for dates!
Thèsez-vous
Thèsez-vous is a non-profit organization that specializes in creating physical and human environments to facilitate scientific writing. They offer researchers and graduate students ideal conditions for writing theses, scientific articles or funding applications, based on documented best practices.

Study Together
Study Together offers Zoom study rooms through which you may improve your motivation by studying with thousands of students from all over the world!

Inspiring Reads

Free Music to get You Started!

4K Video Nature - Focus Music
Lofi Girl
Ohdio
Free music playlists to help you concentrate, offered by ICI Musique (CBC/Radio-Canada).

The pomodoro technique explained (Forbes article)
A technique used to increase productivity by dividing a portion or the entire day into focused blocks, punctuated by short breaks.
Pomofocus
Useful online timer that is designed to practice the Pomodoro technique. You can write down the tasks that you wish to focus on in order of priority. Application available for MacOS and Windows.