INTP in year 13 - exams?

Extremely stuck... i cannot do work i see no point in or find boring, ill constantly get distracted even if i tried. As you can see this has caused major problems for when im 'revising' (by that i mean lack of.. because i have done nothing...). i absolutely loathe repeating useless information or anything... i either dive all in or not at all lmao.

(don't get me wrong i wasn't always like this) In year 12 i was ready and refreshed but with everything, i have a 'interested limit/motivated span' and that limit has surpassed. i was interested and determined for a year but not anymore and everything just seems like an excruciating chore that's having consequences on my mental health.

Any other INTP's who have suffered from this or had problems with school and studying? what did you do?

im close to exams (5 months from now) which annoys me because ive completely lost interest and i deffo do not want to retake and just want to finish it but at the same time i still want to get decent grades yfm?

I AM IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION. I HAVE GONE FROM A*s at GCSES to not doing any work. Had three weeks off and I haven’t even touched my school bag or been in my study. Fr I’m giving up and I get distracted so easily

duuuuuudddeeee!!!!!! Literally !!!!!!! I have exams first week back and i haven't touched a single book. I used to care and get decent grades but now theyre slipping because well for the above reasons lmao.

fr same idk whats happening to me like i was never this lazy but am legit on the verge of getting uuuu in may also im gonna fail my mocks and i refuse to retake

intp here! feels like a huge paradox with dealing with the British schooling system as an intp, we value knowledge, seek to find principles and patterns and tend to enjoy academia in theory but with the nature of alevels- methodical, repetitive and tedious revision definitely does not suit us. even if you’re a 5w6! I’m sure you already understand this of course

How has it been since then? Hope everything went okay. I’m in year 12 right now and I feel exactly the same way, do you have any advice? What subjects did you take?
Always found it hard to find perspectives on school from a British intp

i completely agree about the Whole education system! it sucks SOOO much! It was a bit tricky tbh for me and the longer i went on into yr 13 the harder it became to stay motivated and focused but i managed to still pass luckily!

My advice would just be discipline! because a lot of things you will hate doing or find soo boring because youve already learnt it but you have to persist and force yourself to revise it and memorise no matter how boring it is.. And create a steady set studying schedule. thats where i went wrong.. i wasn't able to force myself to study or learn anyway and made excuses for why it is not important or boring so i could avoid school altogether but that just caused more problems down the line :/ Unfortunately the only way to pass is to just suck it up and memorise and repeat notes (in whatever way helps you remember). But one thing that did help me was to properly learn and ingrain information into my brain the first time learning the material so that way i felt like i didnt have to memorise or repeat information as much because i learnt it solidly and memorised it properly the first time (basically take the time to properly fully understand the material the first time learning it instead of just noting it down to memorise it and telling yourself youll learn it or go over it later- because most times there will be no later and you will not want to go over the same topic since you think you know it :P). Hopefully that makes sense.

I studied, psychology, sociology and PRE (philosophy, religion and ethics), good thing for me was that i thoroughly enjoyed learning about the subjects (except from psych but that was because the teacher couldn't teach the material properly...) not the studying or exam bit tho. so that helped me too.

Super glad to have found another british INTP, i wish you all the luck ! hopefully you'll do amazing !
if you have any other questions feel free to ask x

totally get what you mean! it’s hard to suck it up but sometimes it’s just what we need to tell ourselves to get up and do something. The part about actually learning the information the first time round is super helpful, I didn’t realise how easy it was so solidify information when you’re actually in the lesson learning it... never paid attention, always told myself I’d revise it later haha oops, you were spot on

Interesting to see another social science intp! stereotypes for them are always hard sciences/maths/philosophy. I take sociology, politics and economics. Can I ask what you’re doing now? Work, uni, apprenticeship ? Great to hear you passed in the end so well done on that Hope you’re doing well after it all

i agree! not many social science INTPs! or atleast ones that ive met lol. you're so right the stereotypes are so rigid aha. woww, how is politics? i wanted to take that subject or Gov+politics but my sixth form didn't do that subject :/ . tbh if i could have i was planning to go in a completely different direction like Textiles, design and art ! Very different for an INTP.

I was meant to go to uni but took a gap year and then didnt even get to go anywhere because COVID happened and there were world wide pandemics +Lockdowns LOL, and in the meantime i kind of realised i dont even want to go Uni, i was just going because it was expected of me and i didnt know what i was doing in life, i dont think i would have been able to handle the Uni stress because i was already struggling and having huge breakdowns in yr 13 haha. so i withdrew and started looking for/still am looking for apprenticeships and jobs, again because of COVID the market for jobs and apprenticeships has become soooooo strict and hard to get into or accepted to anything. i was working for a while but am now currently unemployed again looking for work.

huge struggle haha,

wht are you planning on doing or going into? Uni? Apprenticeship? Do you have a specific career you're pursuing or want to go into?
Which subject do you enjoy the most?
how is sixth form going so far? struggling or doing okay?
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