Studying for exams is always a mess! You are always lost before the day of examination no matter how much you have planned to study hard for the present semester. After every examination you promise yourself that you are going to study hard but end up studying at the night before exams. If you have all these qualities in you then you belong to my clan. I am someone who would score first lass in examination just by studying at the time of examination, trust me on that. I would like to share my tips and tricks which I use to study for exams.
The proverb ‘early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise’ can wait at the time of your exam. Each one of us has our timings of the day when we have maximum level of concentration. It can be any time of the day, be it night or morning. Study at your suitable timing for maximum concentration.
Some people say “bed is not the place to study but to sleep”,”you should always sit straight while studying” etc. Nothing of these work for me and I am sure it will not work for many of you either. Find the best place to study according to your comfort where you can concentrate best. Sometimes changing places may distract your concentration so stick to one single place or if you get bored studying in one place for a long time you may switch places after long time intervals.
Having the notes and study materials gives you a psychological boost and half of your work is done before the exams. Never buy your books or collect notes on the twelfth hour even if you are not studying.
Syllabus management is the toughest work to do before exams. So never do it on the night before your day of exam. At least do it one or two days before your exam that is going to help you concentrate much more as you will not feel lost on the day before exam. While deciding which topics you are going to cover never go for more explanatory topic or definitions which are to be quoted exactly how they are. Go for short and the compact topic which mainly includes short notes, differences and bullet form answers. Never try to memorize at the last moment rather try to understand the concept and write in your words.
Using highlighters, book marks, post-it’s is an absolute necessity for last minute revisions and especially for students who study on their way to school or college. While highlighting, never highlights the entire book or notes, only highlight the keywords. Usage of chronology or abbreviations while studying answers with too many points also does wonders. In case you have to memorize any answer always divide the answer into brackets and memorize one after another. Never try to memorize it all together. You can also write the part of answer immediately after you have learned it, his will help you remember the answer for a longer time.
Some students tend to over stress themselves during exams especially on the night before that does not help. The study only till our body permits, don’t overdo it. I, use to stress myself a lot but I soon realized that it is causing harm than doing any favor rather I used to forget answers and get all messed at the examination hall. Never aim to study everything before exams by over stressing, this will only mess you up and you will be confused. Studying less and remembering it all is much better than studying everything and forgetting it all.
Taking breaks during studies helps your mind to relax and concentrate in a much better way. Never go on studying for hours without taking breaks as that will only give you a monotonous feeling and you will only end studying superficially. Our brain needs rest and if you don’t give it rest it will never yield fruitful results. Watch television, listen to music, chat with your friends, eat something or even do some exercise, anything to distract you completely from the subject you were studying. If you have not a moment to take rest then you can study some other subject for a while and then get back to the subject you were studying.
These were the simple and easy trick to follow to study for exams which I swear by. Hope these will help you all during your exams as well.
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