How do you prepare for your exams in school and college?
By xorticanz
@xorticanz (377)
India
November 22, 2010 8:14pm CST
Exams are always a challenging stuff in life. The more the challenge, the more the fun i get out of it. My dad makes it more fun when he gifts me for winning that challenge. My dad will buy me whatever i want if i come in top three ranks in school. I was always fighting for it and i could match it most of the time. I could not find the reason for it until i reached college where exams were so easy for me. I was the topper in college too and i had no problems. I study less and grasp more information. My exam preparation is done in the study holidays before the exam and i prefer having group study helping others too. Many of my friends have passed the exams going through my notes. I am proud of it and all are in good position in life. Out of 68 students, 58 got placed in MNCs in my batch. That says about the competition and how good we were. Share your thoughts on the same.
5 responses
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
23 Nov 10
I have methods that work for me and may work for other people. They may not but I have gotten a system down so much. For years, I studied for tests in school by the way you would expect. Constantly looking over material until my eyeballs fell out and my brain felt aching. Then more often than not, when I got the exam, I might have only remembered half of what I studied at times. Sometimes it was slightly more, but you get the general idea.
I started to just pay attention to what the teacher was staying. I took large amounts of notes. I found that the information was being slowly into my brain a lot of time. There are many times where I could relax a bit more before finals and exams or even normal tests while everyone else struggled to study. There were times where I had to look things over a bit but it is not too bad. Still that is what works for me.
@sisi_friction (9)
• Bulgaria
23 Nov 10
I agree with maezee that you have to study often and not only for and exam. And that's what I do. I study every day except the day before and exam and when the DAY comes I'm relaxed and I'm not worried about my marks. And the thing that helps me is that I always tell myslef why I am doing that. I tell myself that if I succeed I will have a nice job and I will be clever and respected person.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
23 Nov 10
The best thing that you can do is manage your time well, study OFTEN (not just the night before the exam/test), and pay well attention (and participate!) in class discussions and lectures if possible. I feel like the better you get 'into' the material, the more prepared you'll be - you'll have a better grasp and understanding of the material!
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 10
Hi,
Examination is my past pressure when I was still schooling.
Everytime when the teached announced about the exam date...then I started to
prepare myself for it. I will do revision at home and some subject
require some memorize,so I will start to learn and repeat it at home.so
when come to the exam time, I am not that nervous and get myself ready for it.
Just hope the questions that I spotted will come out in the exam paper.
@santosmarichris (1849)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
Hi! I just read my notes 2x and that makes me pass the exam. If I read my notes 3x then that will make me have a high grade, lol. In college, we usually have lecture first followed by an exam. So, we always concentrate during the lecture. 
