Thursday, January 20, 2011

Helpful Strategies To Prepare For An Exam

By Stephanie G. Wiltse


A looming exam can be pretty hard for students. It stresses the students out that most of them are having a hard time coping and sleeping through the nights that lead to the long awaited examination. Handling the pressures of studying can be tough, here is how you can ease up on studying and cope with exam anxiety.

Study to be prepared. The worst possible time for you to study for your exams is hours away from the actual big test. Knowing that you have a test days ago is the key to help you prepare for that big test.

Visualize yourself as that confident person. Think about how confident you will be while answering the questions. This will take off all the anxiety that you will feel before the exam.

Get enough sleep and take some time to rest while you are studying. The brain can only handle too much information and overloading it will cause you to lose them.

Take care of other business before you take the test. This means dealing all other problems before you head out for the exam or else it will pop up in your mind while you are taking the test and can cause you your grades.

Prepare a study plan during the entire semester. Everything should be detailed like what topics you need to study first, what time you need to study, and some exercises you need to do to get a good grade.

Pace yourself when you are taking the test. Almost all exams have time limit so you need to have a good pace. Stick to one question for a couple of minutes and when you are not able to answer them go ahead and get to the next one.

Exams can bring about stress and anxiety. Do not let this wear your down. With the steps above, you can rise from the stress and be able to answer the exam thoroughly and end up having a good score.




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