how to study well for final exams?
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For many questions there are just one or two marks on offer, and of course a plan is not necessary.\nHowever for any question that has around 15% of the total marks or similar on offer - one with many marks basically - then just write a quick plan beforehand.\nThis may just be a logically ordered bullet point list of the points to raise: just a quick brainstorm before you start writing so that you know what your main points are and to get them down.\nEfficient writing is what is needed in exams: get your points out on paper to get the marks. Flowery prose and long waffle won't cut the mustard - get your points down as quickly and succinctly as possible for top marks.\nMany examiners will be scan reading your essays for the words that get the ticks and the marks, therefore be sure to get them in.\nAnother key skill that you need in exams is to manage your time well.\n\nAnd this requires practice!\n\nWhilst many just like to read through their notes you should always try to attempt a past paper in your exam preparation so you have some idea of how fast you work. If you always get finished in time then no problem, but if you are someone who could miss the deadline without seeing all the questions, then savvy time management is necessary.\nHere's how to do it, without needing brilliant maths.\nFirst total the marks for the paper, this is usually given on the front of the paper; e.g. there are 120 marks available for this paper.\nThen note how much time there is for the exam. Let's say it is 2 hours. This means that there is one mark on offer for every minute of the exam.\nThis then gives a guide on how long to spend on each question - if the question is 2 marks then spend around 2 minutes on it, if it is for 10 marks then spend longer, around 10 minutes.\nIf you stick by this method then you should keep yourself on track pretty much and have no nasty surprises, like only having 5 minutes left at the end to answer to the 20 mark question!\nfinally,You know how a smell can take you back twenty years? When revising, wear a particular perfume or aftershave. When the time comes to take the exam, wear the same scent. This will help your brain to remember what you revised.
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the best way which i always use during my exams is to read out aloud ( not too loud) what ever im reading and then write it atleast 4 times . bleive  me u wont forget it till ur exams finish
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Im the king of cramming. (i dont however like to promote it cause it is bad). I just finished my final year exams at uni and for each module i more or less did a whole years worth of learning the night before the exam. Hopfuly i get the marks for theory but very little for understanding and application which are the most important to get the best marks.\n\nAt this stage you got a bit of time but just to learn the theory hopfuly your inteligent enough to understand and apply when it come to sitting the papers.\n\nThere must be one subject your prety much confident at. Split friday into three and do hard core reading for each module, be strict dont distract urself otherwise ull get no where (trust me i no). sat, split it between the two you find the hardest, maybe do a little revision at the end say half hour-1 hour on the easier subject before you go to bed. Sun get up early- you cant afford to get up late! do hard core reading on the two hardest and say about 2/3 hours on the easier one at the end.\n\nTips:\n\nAlthough you need your sleep get min 5 hours until after your finals. preferably keep it to 5 but absolutly dont let it go a second over 8hrs.\n\nget support from those around you- living at home? get mother to cook healthy nutritious small light meals and snacks. do not over eat or youll get lazy trust me i did the the day before my exam and could not concentrate on revision at all that night! this does not mean dont eat. eat freaquently and lightly and drink plenty of water its good for body and brain.\n\nif reading is not your thing write it out till you know it.\n\nTry not to revise everything. What has worked for me here in the UK is that i analysed the previous papers and also took into consideration what my tutors said what topics will be covered.\n\nGood luck mate i reckon you'll do well.
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Set goals... balance your time between study and social things.\n\nAlways have something to work towards.. an incentive to study. i.e after final exams im going to go on a holiday. that will motivate you to do well at school.
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make sure you know what's going to be on the final so u don't end up spending all of your time studying something that's not gonna be on the test. you might want to ask your teacher for a study guide or a general idea of what the test is going to be like. make sure you know if the test is going to be mutiple chose, matching, fill in the blank..etc. that way u know how hard to study because if it's all multiple chose...u probably won't have to study as hard. if u have to memorize things then use acronyms (i think that's how u spell it) or other memonic devices. also make ur studying fun and think up of fun ways to remember things so that way on the test you'll remember how to do it...just make sure u study and good luck on the test!! :)
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Here are some tips that work best for me.  Hopefully they will work for you too.\n\nIf you have one exam to study, divide the work up into small "chunks".  This will improve your chance of remembering the information.  Study for only about an hour at a time.  Often times if you study past an hour, the information will be a big blur and difficult to comprehend and remember.  You may always study more, but give yourself a break.\n\nIf you have more than one exam, follow the tips above.  Just make sure you are studing all of the subject areas everyday.\n\nHope that helps,\n\nAlex
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1. Find a quiet place to study,\n2. Clear your study area of all distractions; and\n3. When studying, have all of the available study materials on hand to prepare for your exam.\nAll of them are brief rules to prepare for an exam, but that goes a long way to get you a passing score.
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I found the best way to study for my exams was to breakdown everything I needed to know into little topics.\n Then I would get a piece of a3 paper and do big spider diagrams for each topic and draw pictures to help me remember. I used to make up little songs and rhymes as well. Sounds stupid but it work. \nOh and when your in your exam a good tip someone once gave me was: read though the whole exam paper, put a tick next to all the questions you definatley know the answer too. Then question marks next to the ones where maybe you know the answer and a cross next to the one you havent a clue. Then go and do all the questions with ticks, by which time you brian is focus and you will probably have remember the maybe (question mark ones) ones so that when you come to the lasts crosses (havent got a clue ones) one you brian is correctly in gear and the crosses will hopefully be question marks if not ticks!! hope that makes sense. good luck
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It depends on what you need to know - time management, memory strategies, etc.  Since you are studying for finals, you probably need to study with some intensity right now.  Studying intensely means setting aside specific, well-defined times for study and committing 100% of your attention to studying during those periods. \n\nThere are many sites that will help you.  Here are just a few of them.  Pick and choose from them the tips and suggestions that make sense for you right now.  \n\nGood luck with your finals.
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first of all calm down.....!!\njust believe in urself...\nand dont take studies tooo serious!!you health is more important!!\njust lay down for sometime....and just dont think about anything...then after u've completely relaxed....get up and make urself a cup of hot coffee....\nit really helps during exams!!\nand dont go over board on eating food...\nand why dont you do combined studies....but that is if u can still concentrate!!\n\nall da best for ur exams!!
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Study. Know your stuff. Take notes well. Study. Get a study group. While you can have your book there, you need to know where everything is or you'll take up the whole time.\n\nGood luck!
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Whatever you do, don't stay up all night before the exams. Make sure you get enough sleep. Focus on the things that you do not know but are not too complicated to learn before the exams, and learn those. Try to learn everything, even if you do not feel sure about it. Some tips for studying:\n-invite a friend over and quiz each other.\n-Use flashcards- they never fail.\n-Have somebody (parent, sibling...) quiz you while you exercise.\n-Make (or ask someone else to make) a small quiz for each subject, and take it until you get all of the answers right. If you are feeling nice, make copies and give them to your friends to help them study.
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Just put off all Ur Mental Stress and Try to Study when U R in Full mood of study\nIf Ur mood is off then take some juice, talk to Ur Best friend & walk on foot for half an hour. Ur mood is on and U r ready to give surprize to examiner\nI can tell U this Because on 7 Apr my final exam is also there\nAnd I Tried above ideas
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Try some yoga or just breathe. Take it slow and start a study regime. Do things at a specific time and don't go off it. Feel confident that you know the info. . Whenever you don't know an answer go with your gut feeling. Take deep breathes whenever you feel like you're going to fail.\nGood luck and just breathe.
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the key:\ntake things a day at a time\nmeaning :\nstudy every lecture in the same day , when the exam comes , everything you revise will be familiar and you will comprehend better .
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Focus, concentrate and put your priorities in order.  If you have finals to study for, get away from the leisure stuff and get motivated to get a good grade.  Your education is important and when you accomplish your good grade , reward yourself to some fun and down time.  Do well and you will feel good about yourself.
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One of my professors told me this. He said to study for your exams during the day. If you have an exam on Friday, study Wednesday, sleep well on Thursday, and then study a little more on Friday before the test. This is supposed to help refresh you. If you're going through exam week, do the same thing, just try to focus harder on your studying. Don't stress too much, though. I took a final last year and I was so worried that I cried and stayed up studying all night. I made a 100 on my final, but I was so sick from my nerves. As long as your study for at least two hours and you do your best, you're probably going to do fine.