# 7 Days to Better Grades - review & insight | Gareth B. Davies Source: https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/7-days-to-better-grades/ [← All courses](https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/) Productivity · Solid intro · Rated 7 /10 # 7 Days to Better Grades By Gareth B. Davies · Updated August 2026 Mike And Matty · Doctors, YouTubers, Music Producers All levels · 54 min Two doctor-YouTubers compress med-school-tested study science into 54 minutes, but the workbook and app plug are half the pitch. [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2F7-days-to-better-grades%2F859243836) New to Skillshare? Your first month is free, enough to take this course at no cost. Mike and Matty pitch "7 Days to Better Grades" as a repackaging of the study science they wish they had known before medical school, and for a 54-minute class it covers a surprising amount of ground. The structure is genuinely two-part: an "understanding" phase (days one through three) and a "remembering" phase (days four through seven), bookended by a planning lesson and a bonus on motivation. That arc mirrors how the hosts frame learning itself, as getting information in and then getting it back out, and the course sticks to that spine closely enough that it never feels like a loose collection of tips. ## The techniques hold up The strongest material sits in the middle. The T-tree framework, which organizes a topic into titles (branches), terms (twigs), and tables (leaves), gives students a concrete alternative to rereading notes, and the hosts back it with real before-and-after examples from their own handwriting rather than abstract advice. The teaching methods that follow, particularly the Feynman technique of repeatedly simplifying an explanation until the gaps in understanding show themselves, are well-worn but explained with enough specificity (teach a child, teach the dog, teach yourself in the mirror) to be usable immediately. Day four's retrospective revision timetable, where topics get color-coded green, yellow, or red after each review session, is a simple but effective way to make forgetting visible instead of abstract. The ABCDE method for multiple-choice questions is the class's sharpest tool. Walking through an actual USMLE-style vignette on screen, the hosts demonstrate aligning to the question stem, bolding key details, crossing out false answer choices, deciding under uncertainty, and evaluating wrong answers afterward. It is a process a student could apply the same day, and it is the one segment that would be hard to find explained this concretely elsewhere. ## Where it thins out The course's weaknesses show up mostly in pacing and framing. Several techniques, like mnemonics and mind palaces, get a sentence or two of definition and a single example before moving on, which is fine as a primer but leaves little room for practice. The class project (a downloadable calendar, revision timetable, and focus-training log) is central to the pitch, but the video itself only demonstrates it using the hosts' own medical board exam prep, so students in other fields have to do more translation work than the marketing suggests. There is also a soft plug for the hosts' own note-taking app around the spacing lesson, which is disclosed as free but still nudges the lesson toward a product recommendation rather than a neutral survey of spaced-repetition tools. None of the individual techniques are new inventions. What the course does well is sequence them into a coherent week and tie each one to a specific classroom or exam scenario rather than leaving them as floating study tips. For a viewer who has never deliberately structured their notes, spaced their reviews, or worked through a multiple-choice question systematically, that sequencing has real value. For anyone who has already read a book on learning science, most of the individual pieces will feel familiar, and the course's brevity means few of them get explored past their surface. The standout The ABCDE framework for multiple-choice questions turns test-taking into a repeatable, step-by-step process rather than guesswork. ## What you will learn - · Build a T-tree (topic, titles, terms, tables) to structure new material into a web of associations instead of isolated facts - · Use the Feynman technique and whole-part-whole teaching method to expose gaps in understanding - · Set a spaced-repetition review schedule and build a color-coded retrospective revision timetable - · Apply the ABCDE method (Align, Bold, Cross out, Decide, Evaluate) for multiple-choice test questions - · Use chunking, mnemonics, and mind palaces for material that resists conceptual association - · Train concentration span with a stopwatch method and a 4:1 work-to-break ratio Best for: High schoolers, pre-professional students, and anyone facing board-style multiple-choice exams who wants a structured, science-backed overhaul of how they study. Skip it if: Learners who need help with subjective or essay-heavy fields, or anyone unwilling to fill out a workbook and calendar to get value from the material. Clarity of Instruction Actionable Steps Helpful Examples Organization of Lessons [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2F7-days-to-better-grades%2F859243836)