1. DO NOT PANIC
2. Try to finish your outlines at least 2 days before the exam so that
you have
adequate time to look over your outlines and study.
3. Make your own flash cards based on your outlines and cases you think
are important.
Flash cards can be helpful in testing yourself of the concepts.
4. Take practice exams if they are available. If your professors don't
have any, take other
professor's exams. Try to take at least one 1 day before the exam.
5. Plan out when you would study for which subject. Try to stick by the
plan.
6. If you have an open book/note exam, type out all the cases and
concepts in 2 pages. You probably
know all the material...but can't remember certain words. Don't waste
time by looking through
pages of things during the exam...have skeleton concept outline right in
front of you in easy to read font.
1. DO NOT PANIC
2. Sleep well...like 8 to 10 hours 2 DAYS BEFORE THE EXAM.
This advice was
from an old high school math teacher which worked well in my lifetime.
You want to sleep well
2 days before the exam because you probably can't sleep the night before
with all the adrenaline.
3. DO NOT EAT TOO MUCH BEFORE THE EXAM!!!!! You want all your
blood going toward your brain. Eating too much would make your body work on digestion.
4. Do not eat proteins before the exam. Proteins are harder to digest
than carbohydrates.
5. Do not drink too much coffee before the exam. Besides not wanting to
run to the restrooms while taking exam, you don't want to be too wired
for the exam.
6. Try to keep yourself healthy so you wouldn't get sick.
1. DO NOT PANIC
2. Make sure you have enough pens, pencils, whatever. The last thing you
want to do is get distracted by silly little things.
3. WARM UP YOUR BRAIN!!!! For everything we do in life, we need to
warm up. Taking an exam is no exception. You don't have to study right before the test. What I
mean is to at least read SOMETHING before going into the exam. If you
have an early morning exam,
read the cereal box, read funnies, read SOMETHING. Get your brain
functioning adequately before the exam.
4. Get to your exam sites early...like 10 to 15 minutes before the exam.
You don't want to worry
about missing an exam. If you can't get up early in the morning well,
ask one of your early-riser
friends to give you a call an hour before the exam.
5. Pick a spot that is comfortable for you in the exam room. I prefer to
sit way up front because
I hate looking at other people writing.
6. Take a watch that doesn't beep, make a lot of noise, etc. that you are
comfortable looking at.
Digital watches are probably the best.
7. DO NOT TRY TO REMEMBER THINGS RIGHT BEFORE THE EXAM!!!! Either
you know it or you don't
at that point. You will only freak yourself out by trying to remember 2
seconds before proctor
says go.
1. DO NOT PANIC
2. Do not discuss how you did on the exam or ask others how they did.
3. Forget about the exam you just took and study for the next one.
4. Treat yourself...but don't get completely wasted, unless it's after
your last exam.