How to Face Your Exams Successfully?

Is your exam knocking at the door? Exams look very horrifying and scary? Don’t worry. I have some practical tips for you on ‘how to prepare well for the exams’.

How to prepare well for the exams?

Get your exam timetable and mentally prepare yourself to face your exams. You may find CIE exams timetable for May-June 2015 in the following link : <http://www.cie.org.uk/cambridge-for/exams-officers/cambridge-exams-officers-guide/phase-1-preparation/timetabling-exams/exam-timetables/>and then go to Administrative Zone 5lKeep giving yourself mock exams periodically so that it becomes a habit. This will help you to find out the area where you are weak and for good Time management. Time management is an important part of writing an exam. You may find CIE past papers and their answers from www.xtremepapers.com,www.xtremepapers.com ,http://justpastpapers.com/, http://maxpapers.com/

Check out where you have lost marks in the preparatory/mock exams, and why.

As the exam date approaches, do not give up your extra-curricular activities completely - just keep reducing them. Take breaks from studies and do activities that you enjoy which will refresh your mind and body.

Reduce your sleep hours slightly, but never drastically. Reducing sleep time in a 24 hour cycle by about 20-25% should be the maximum. If you reduce your sleep further, it will have an adverse effect.

Strictly maintain food habits. Never postpone breakfast, lunch or dinner just because you are deeply involved in studies. As far as possible avoid tea and coffee. Don’t neglect your personal hygiene as well.

If you feel the tension of the exam or exam stress as the exam dates approach, keep talking to one or two trusted persons (parents/teachers/preferably elders) about how you feel, what your symptoms are, what you fear is the worst that can happen, and how you are coping with it. Writing a diary also helps some of us.

As the exam date approaches, try to do revision rather than reading a few chapters in detail. (The following revision websites may help you:www.s-cool.co.uk, www.tutor2u.net ,www.tutor2u.net, www.revisionworld.com

What do you do on the day of your exam?

Don’t stay awake the previous night. Give yourself sufficient sleep.

Don’t skip any of your usual activities such as bath, breakfast etc.

Check all your belongings, pens, ID card/ Hall Ticket, instrument box, spare pen, and whatever else is required for the exam.

Try to reach the venue of the exam well in advance.

On reaching the exam site, run through a quick revision of the main topics or the Mind Map. Don’t try to do detailed reading.

When you get the question paper, read it carefully and slowly (if necessary, more than once), and make out a time schedule. Attempt easy questions first, but make sure that you will write the correct question number as it is on the question paper.

See if your handwriting is legible and clear. Try to add appropriate diagrams and equations to get a high score.

Keep track of the time. Finish writing a few minutes before the final bell, and run through what you have written. You may find a crucial point missing here and there, and you can add it.

Come out of the examination hall, and do not discuss answers with your friends particularly if you have other exams to take in the remaining days. Take a short break, get some fresh air or entertainment and then get down to studying for the next subject.

All the very best for your exams!