Cram on exam
By deodavid
@deodavid (4150)
Philippines
April 12, 2012 5:18pm CST
Have you guys ever crammed reviewing for a big exam, cause i did maybe a couple of times but rarely since what i normally do is prepare at the beginning of the semester , i always make reviewers on every exam and take some notes on previous quizzes so maybe if I'm lucky it will be asked again on the final exams, I'm not a genius though and i just think that if i did cram i wont make it to passing grade.
4 responses
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
16 Apr 12
Hey there Anne18,
Thanks yeah right, I mean if you have the time right why not just re-read some of your notes for me it is effective and secures your possibility of getting a passing mark or even being at the top at the same time you retain more of the things you should retain in the head. Take care now Anne18.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
16 Apr 12
Back when I didn't really know any better, I did it a couple of times. Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes of my life. It was before I got that entire school thing pretty much down to a certain system. It was rather something that was tricky to do. If I cram, it is just likely that half of the things that I study are going to fall completely out of my brain.
And given that how these things work, half of the things that I learn, will be most of the things that I will tend to need on that exam. Such is life after all. This is the big reason why I just study right as I go, right throughout the entire class. That way I just have to revise a little bit here or there. Cramming is something that I will never ever do it again.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
16 Apr 12
Hi megamatt,
I guess we learn lessons in life the hard way right but better to have the faults and realize it and so that we can do tons of revisions in our lives to make ourselves better and make a habit of that changed ways. I was like you to before i got my system too.
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
13 Apr 12
I usually cram on my exams and that's the way I lived ever since. I also have reviewers drawn up days prior to the exam so I don't have to read the whole exact passage or confront myself with too many materials at a time. It worked for me and it still works. Like you, i don; consider myself a genius, just a hard worker.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
16 Apr 12
Hi jeanneyvonne,
Hmm i guess managing your materials so that you don't get flooded is the way to go , for me i just have this small notes on each of the discussions that we have passed through and i can blaze through a whole semester on maybe just 40-50, i kinda make small notes of everything sometimes abbreviations and it really helps to have the notes and read on as much as i can on them so that i am ready.
@a270825 (40)
• China
13 Apr 12
hey deodavid.i have ever crammed for a exam,i think may be everyone have done it .not all of us have genius,may be we just to crammed when it is need or we have nothing to do .and i believe we will get good scores if we prepared enough in the exam, even if its crammed.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
16 Apr 12
Hi there a270825,
Guess so but better not leave anything to chance because for me if you do not prepare there is a higher percentage of probability that you will fail chances are 50/50 and i don't like those odds for me it feels like tossing a coin, but if you prepare you get a higher chance and better on on the higher chance odds right?
