EXAM TIME

[Nip/Tuck]

Hey guys

In less than a week i start exams.

Does anyone have some last minute tips i can use?

anything that relates to memory, study tips, diet, how many hours to sleep?

I've been told to eat lots of fish don't know how valid that is.

Anything else?

[dammit]

Mnemonics work for me if I'm struggling to remember a specific list of items (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic) otherwise I like to get enough sleep and procrastinate as much as humanly possible (IRC and the forum helps with this).

Good luck.

[Kraken]

Bach Rescue Remedy can be good for nerves before an exam. Available at Clicks, I think.

[GeometriX]

in b4 "ya, study lol"

- Don't cram on the last night, go to bed early.
- The morning of the exam, don't eat a giant breakfast. One cup of tea/coffee, a Snacker and a couple of vitamin B pills takes care of me nicely.

[DXeXodus]

Depending on what subject you are studying for I always found it easy to simply summarize all of the very important info on one big A1/A2 page. Helps to have everything there in one place. Also, by writing/drawing it all you will find a lot of it will stick in your head.

Also, Spending hours on the NAG forums may result in poorer exam results - I didn't say that though :)

Good luck to everyone who is writing exams soon.
I am so happy I am finished with that crap!

[Cleric]

I used rescue as well in highschool, varsity, and for my CFAs last year. But I used the tablets, not the drops.

[Domanskip]

I'm almost done! Last exam on Friday. Did constitutional law today and it was a good paper.... one thing I find about university (first year at least) is that you can get through doing NO work..... I very rarely even go to university because:

a) The lectures are absolutely useless.
b) The tutorials are absolutely useless.
c) The work is stupidly easy.

God I'm wasting my time..... but a degree is a degree.

Study tips:
-Procrastinate until you feel sick with worry. Then when you study, the work sticks like super-glue.
-Teach your friends. Teaching is the best way to learn.
-Drink a bottle of rescue remedy before the exam. Clears your head and eases the nerves.
-Make simple summaries that make you think you know the work backwards. Confidence is half the exam.
-Go up to people on the day of the exam and have quizzes. You'll always pick up something you didn't study.
-Sleep a lot before the exam.

[Kensei]

Don't play too many games, or set yourself a limit.

i.e. say that if you study all day, you can play in the evening. I found it was beneficial for me to work all day (waking up fairly early) until supper and then game after that - then before I went to sleep, I would read through my study notes from the day

[Kensei]

-Procrastinate until you feel sick with worry. Then when you study, the work sticks like super-glue.

I disagree completely with this approach. Procrastinating makes you panic when you realize how much stuff you really have to remember. Rather study long before exams, so you have time near the end to revise topics you struggle with.

[Azimuth]

- Don't cram on the last night, go to bed early.

Lies. This strategy got me through high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate.

[Kensei]

Let's put it this way - Nip/Tuck, do you like to finish your work way before the deadline, or do you thrive off the last minute rush?

I hate leaving things to the last minute, but some people actually love doing things this way. Like Azimuth, judging by her response

[Chippit]

There's another way?

[Mic]

My exams start in 2 and a half weeks. my approach this time is to study now and take my pc out of my room! Then try to do all my homework at school and use the midday to study.

here's a tip, give yourself an off day. I like to take fridays off and hang out with friends or play games.

[GeometriX]

Lies. This strategy got me through high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate.

Yeah, but you're an alien.

[Azimuth]

A viking alien, you ******.

[GeometriX]

Cramming slut.

[Azimuth]

Cramming slut viking.

[Kensei]

There's another way?

Yes, there is :)

I studied in advance so on the last night I just had to read through the notes I had made.
::clears throat::

That method got me through primary school, high school, undergraduate and postgraduate ^_^

[Chippit]

Wow.

I didn't (and still don't) make any sort of notes or summaries. My studying tends to be limited to paging aimlessly through the textbook until I get bored and do something else. And, as I recently realised, this is more for the knowledge that I actually did some preparation rather than preparation in itself.

EDIT

Also,

Cramming slut viking.

Corally cramming slut viking.

[onona]

-Procrastinate until you feel sick with worry. Then when you study, the work sticks like super-glue.

I disagree completely with this approach. Procrastinating makes you panic when you realize how much stuff you really have to remember. Rather study long before exams, so you have time near the end to revise topics you struggle with.

I prefer Domanskip's method. That got me through my education. Studying long before exams is for nerds.