How to perform successfully on exam day
Really!!! To prepare well for exams you need to manage your academic work load throughout year and revise early and effectively. But even well prepared students can feel uneasy as exams approach.
Here are a number of tips to ensure you feel in control and perform at your best – despite the stresses that everyone feels.
This week, one week before the start of exams:
• Check the exam timetable for the date, time, room and what (eg. calculators,
notes, etc) can be taken into each exam. Look out for any last minute changes.
• Review old exam papers. Get to know the format, types of questions and scope of
topics covered.
• Attend exam revision lessons and take special note of any tips that your teacher
might give. Find out about any exam hurdle requirements.
• Practise answering exam questions within the time limits and under similar conditions
as you will experience in the exam.
• Practise some stress management and/or relaxation techniques.
• Decide what you need to get done, make yourself a revision timetable and stick to it.
• Make sure your revision is task focused and not too general in scope.
• If you find that you’re distracted or lacking motivation, working with other students studying the same subject can be an effective way of revising.
• However, don’t burn yourself out before the exams have even started. Pay attention to your diet, drink lots of water, exercise (but not to distraction) and, above all, try to get at least 7 hours sleep each night.
• Also, when studying, be mindful of the times of your exams. It is worth trying to practise concentrating and being alert at those times of day. For example, be aware that you will not perform well in a 9.00am exam if you have been studying until late at night, falling into bed at 4.00am and getting up around noon.
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