Exam Preparation

What strategies are you using to prepare for your exams? Reading your notes? Teaching someone else the content? Flashcards? Practicing problems? Rewriting (or typing) your notes? Each of these are potentially good strategies. It is important to remember that there are lots of options that can be utilized when studying and that you may need to try different ways until you find one that works effectively for you. (Plus, how you study may be different for the different subjects.) One other very effective study technique is to use your old tests. The past tests cover the content that the teachers believe are the most essential material and so it is only logical to assume that since the teachers feel this was the most important information that it is also likely to be the same basic information that will be covered on your exam.

In addition, it is also important to remember that taking exams can be draining - physically as well as mentally. You don't usually have to take two hour tests... let alone 3 of them in one day. If you start losing focus it is important to mentally check yourself and work to sustain the attention and effort that is required for each exam. When you have the breaks between exams, be sure to make the most of them so that you are refreshed and ready for the next final.