It’s currently university exam season in my country. My roommate has quite literally not come to university at all the entire semester except for mandatory stuff; hasn’t studied at all, doesn’t even have the coursework, 0 notebooks or folders, etc. We’re more than half done with the exam session and he got 10/10 (max grade) at each exam. He just read through my coursework the day before the exam for a bit & that was it. When I ask him he says he uses intuition, logic and reading between the lines to understand the “patterns”. I just don’t understand how you can use “intuition” for microeconomics & math applied in economics for example. I know for a fact he doesn’t cheat cause in his mind cheating is too much effort.
Just the same as why some people have to study constantly and others only a few hours per night.
Some kinds of information connect to previously learned information better than others. Knowing Latin helps with medical body part names.
Some degrees have coursework that overlaps other course work heavily. (Math, basic physics, and static mechanics all overlap a lot.)
Some material is more “rational” and can be calculated, others depend upon rote memorization.
Some study techniques work better for sone material and some people than others. Be certain to try many techniques.
Some people are smarter than others. A benefit of being smart is learning fast. A hardship is crap study skills.