Videos

03/03/2026

Stop trying to beat gradeflation

Everyone's grinding harder, the bar keeps rising, and nobody feels ahead. Here's why that's not the problem you think it is. Read the full essay: https://jerryjin.dev/insights/life/stop-trying-to-beat-gradeflation Join my newsletter for more: https://jerryjin.dev/newsletter --- Tools & Resources --- Sentuent — the all-in-one platform for private tutoring: https://sentuent.com Referhood — the place to share and use referral links: https://referhood.com VCE Resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources --- Socials --- YouTube: @jerrydjin Instagram: https://instagram.com/jerrydjin X: https://x.com/jerrydjin LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jerrydjin Website: https://jerryjin.dev --- Music --- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl --- Chapters --- 0:45 - The Lie We're Sold About School 2:30 - What Learning Actually Is 4:15 - What School Actually Is 6:00 - The Mindset Shift You Need 7:30 - How to Actually Use School #productivity #selfimprovement #school

11/02/2026

How to escape cargo cult productivity

Stop copying other people's productivity systems and wondering why nothing changes. Learn how to steal principles instead of tactics, and build a system that actually works for you. Read the full essay: https://jerryjin.dev/insights/life/how-to-escape-cargo-cult-productivity Join my newsletter for more: https://jerryjin.dev/newsletter --- Tools & Resources --- Sentuent — the all-in-one platform for private tutoring: https://sentuent.com Referhood — the place to share and use referral links: https://referhood.com VCE Resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources --- Socials --- YouTube: @jerrydjin Instagram: https://instagram.com/jerrydjin X: https://x.com/jerrydjin LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jerrydjin Website: https://jerryjin.dev --- Music --- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl --- Chapters --- 0:00 - You've Been Doing This Wrong 1:15 - What Cargo Cult Productivity Actually Is 3:00 - It's Not About Never Learning From Others 4:15 - How to Identify When You're Cargo Culting 6:00 - How to Actually Steal From Productive People 9:00 - Stop Copying, Start Building #productivity #selfimprovement #school

27/01/2026

How to make the most out of school

I wasted high school by treating it like a competition instead of an experimenting ground. Now I'm learning the hard way in university. Here's what I got wrong and how you can avoid the same mistakes. Read the full essay: https://jerryjin.dev/insights/life/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-school Join my newsletter for more: https://jerryjin.dev/newsletter --- Tools & Resources --- Sentuent — the all-in-one platform for private tutoring: https://sentuent.com Referhood — the place to share and use referral links: https://referhood.com VCE Resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources --- Socials --- YouTube: @jerrydjin Instagram: https://instagram.com/jerrydjin X: https://x.com/jerrydjin LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jerrydjin Website: https://jerryjin.dev --- Music --- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl --- Chapters --- 0:45 - The Lie We're Sold About School 2:30 - What Learning Actually Is 4:15 - What School Actually Is 6:00 - The Mindset Shift You Need 7:30 - How to Actually Use School #productivity #selfimprovement #school

28/11/2025

If You’re a Student, Do This Over the Summer

For us students, summer is the perfect break. It's long, it's hot, we can do whatever we want. But some of us always feel that slight hint of guilt, is it too much play, not enough work? In this video, I'll go over the idea way to spend your summer, so that you get the best of both worlds. -------- Currently building sentuent.: https://sentuent.com (the all-in-one platform for private tutoring) -------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ Website: https://jerryjin.dev Resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources -------- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl

10/11/2025

The most important time of exams

There’s this one period of time that screwed with me a little, it’s that time right after you’ve done an exam. In this video, I go over a few tips for what to do during this period of time, and how to manage maybe some conflicting feelings you get. Hope you enjoy! --------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) --------- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl

27/10/2025

What To Do If You've Lost Motivation Before Exams

We all feel demotivated at some point when preparing for exams, but it's about how we bounce back that matters. In this video, I run through some advice for students who are in this motivation trap, and need to recover from it. -------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) -------- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl

17/10/2025

My chemistry exam playbook

It's a subject that 10000 of us VCE students take every year. It comes with the longest 2.5 hour exam. In this video, I go through the playbook I used in 2024 do a bit better on the Chemistry exam. -------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) -------- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl -------- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Exam preparation 01:00 Multiple choice 03:24 Extended response 07:48 Answering long questions

05/10/2025

Stop comparing yourself to others

It’s something every one of us do, but it’s something we all know we really shouldn’t do. In this video, I’ll break down why we should not compare ourselves with others, and what to do instead. -------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) -------- Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/ Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SRhEEt2tlDQWxzwfUo9Dl

24/09/2025

My math methods exam playbook

Around 15000 students take Math Methods every year. In this video, I go through the playbook I used in 2023 to do that bit better on those 2 annoying exams. Hope you enjoy :) -------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev resources: https://triumvirsacademia.com/resources referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) -------- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:05 Preparation 01:54 Exam 1 playbook 04:49 Exam 2 preparation 08:24 General exam tips

20/09/2025

What I Did Before Every Exam

Many students believe studying is the most important preparation, but that's not fully true. In this video, I go through an equally important preparation, preparing to face the exam itself. Hope you enjoy :) -------- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links) -------- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Understanding the monster 02:09 Knowing where to aim 04:02 Practice and rehearse 06:15 Sharpening your weapons 09:03 In essence

03/09/2025

in the city and balling

with good friends for the day, into the city for lunch, back out for ball. instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links)

29/08/2025

midnight to midnight with me

from 12:00am to 12:00am, gym, walking, bouldering, and hanging out with friends. happy birthday e mak :) instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrydjin/ website: https://jerryjin.dev referhood: https://referhood.com (upload referral links)

26/08/2025

Night time chill - 25/08/2025

Just chilling at night, join me if you wish :)

24/08/2025

Joel joins the stream - 24/08/2025

Join Joel and I for a random stream :)

24/08/2025

A bit of daytime study - 24/08/2025

Join me for a midday study session :)

22/08/2025

Studying at night - 21/08/2025

Join me for a night-time study session :)

21/08/2025

Studying at night

Join me for a night-time study session :)

19/08/2025

Join me doing nothing

19/08/2025

Jerry Jin Live Stream

11/12/2024

My 2024 ATAR reaction

context: i just woke up again, a bit earlier than usual go visit https://www.triumvirsacademia.com to learn from the beast resources available at https://www.triumvirsacademia.com/resources physics is questionable???? must've committed some fraud come back never again

11/12/2023

My 2023 VCE study scores reaction (Methods + Chinese)

context: i just woke up, usually not this dead go visit https://www.triumvirsacademia.com to learn from the beast resources available at https://www.triumvirsacademia.com/resources go visit https://jerryjin.dev/blog for the journey come back next year maybe