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REUTERS/ENRIQUE DE LA OSA Where there’s a will… SPACED OUT By Quora October 27, 2016 This question originally appeared on Quora : What is the most effective way to study a huge amount of information for one test? Answer by Jonathan Davidson , author of The College Success Cheat Sheet. Don’t despair. If you do the right things, you’ll be ready to crush any exam. In order to pull this off, you’ll need to: Learn and implement the best study techniques. Study every day in a strategic manner. Optimize your diet, sleep, and exercise habits. Study techniques There are a couple of study techniques that you should understand. They are the spacing effect and surveying. The spacing effect The easiest way to absorb information is to use the spacing effect , a study technique that researchers have called “one of the most remarkable phenomena to emerge from laboratory research on learning.” Basically, when y...