Exam Day

[observer7]

If say you have an exam at 11.45am or 3pm, would you be revising the morning before the exam. Or would you not even look at your books on the day?

[REBORN]

I'd be passively reading.

[xdecay]

i wouldn't be touching anything. the day before each exams i plan to have a nice long relaxing day and go for a nice walk and not think about anything.

[paulsterio]

I'd wake up at around my normal time, have a nice breakfast, do something nice and easy such as a set of multiple choice questions, correct it to make sure i'm in the mood, then just do some passive reading or read the news, a bit of facebooking/msn that sorta stuff or something like that until it's time to go

[Readinya]

I'd wake up at around my normal time, have a nice breakfast, do something nice and easy such as a set of multiple choice questions, correct it to make sure i'm in the mood, then just do some passive reading or read the news, a bit of facebooking/msn that sorta stuff or something like that until it's time to go

All of the above answers are the ideal ways you SHOULD be spending your time. In reality, though, (for me anyway), i'd be freaking out so badly that i'd probably keep cramming information into my head. If it's not me freaking out, then it's my peers, who would ask any multitude of last-minute questions.

When this happens, I usually do help them, but around ~15 minutes before the exam, i tell them all to take a break/breathe/go to toilet/stop hyperventilating.

[Menang]

What do you guys recommend if I have all my exams in a row? (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)?

I can't exactly not study seriously for 4 straight days... can I?

[Readinya]

What do you guys recommend if I have all my exams in a row? (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)?

I can't exactly not study seriously for 4 straight days... can I?

People doing Methods and Spesh are in the exact same situation (exam on Tuesday-Friday). I guess in that case you'd have no choice but to study the night before... but in the morning, limit yourself to light revision and don't stress yourself out before the exam! Make sure that you don't opt for cramming stuff the night before; have brekkie/lunch that is healthy and gives off a slow release of energy, exercise a bit and joke with your friends.

[99.96]

I will try to avoid other people.
You always have friends speculating how hard the exam is going to be, how they this came across this super hard concept that could be on the exam and stuff...
I remember last year, someone came up to me and asked me right before the exam, hey man can you do this question? Turns out i couldn't do it, shattering my confidence right before the exam.

[paulsterio]

I will try to avoid other people.

I'll just spend some quality time with my friends who are younger or in uni
just avoid year 12 people!

[nacho]

I'd wake up at around my normal time, have a nice breakfast, do something nice and easy such as a set of multiple choice questions, correct it to make sure i'm in the mood, then just do some passive reading or read the news, a bit of facebooking/msn that sorta stuff or something like that until it's time to go

i agree with this, light study is always good, i personally probably wouldnt fb/msn cause i wouldnt feel it be justified
but i hate it when people say 'don't do any work at all the day before or on the day'
i did like 5 exams the day before accounting midyears and it worked wonders and during the day of the exam i memorised some definitions i thought were still 'iffy'
which i was thankful because it was on the exam

What do you guys recommend if I have all my exams in a row? (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)?

I can't exactly not study seriously for 4 straight days... can I?

u should definitely study all the days IMO.
not all out, just go over your 'weakest/iffy' areas, and disregard the rest.

i think on the day/day before
you should study, but not so much that it reduces cognitive ability and leaves you tired
go over your 'error log' if u have one, and 'iffy' areas only though

[Menang]

I'd wake up at around my normal time, have a nice breakfast, do something nice and easy such as a set of multiple choice questions, correct it to make sure i'm in the mood, then just do some passive reading or read the news, a bit of facebooking/msn that sorta stuff or something like that until it's time to go

i agree with this, light study is always good, i personally probably wouldnt fb/msn cause i wouldnt feel it be justified
but i hate it when people say 'don't do any work at all the day before or on the day'
i did like 5 exams the day before accounting midyears and it worked wonders and during the day of the exam i memorised some definitions i thought were still 'iffy'
which i was thankful because it was on the exam

What do you guys recommend if I have all my exams in a row? (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)?

I can't exactly not study seriously for 4 straight days... can I?

u should definitely study all the days IMO.
not all out, just go over your 'weakest/iffy' areas, and disregard the rest.

i think on the day/day before
you should study, but not so much that it reduces cognitive ability and leaves you tired
go over your 'error log' if u have one, and 'iffy' areas only though

Great suggestions guys.

My exams on Thursday and Friday are all in the 3-5:15pm session, so it's a little annoying, cause I imagine that I wouldn't want to do evening study... But I'll definitely go over weak spots maybe in the mornings of?

[nemolala]

well I have further 11:45 then psych later on at 3 pm...wouldn't want to do any maths in the morning.

[Special At Specialist]

The night of the exam I would sleep in heaps. Rather than the typical 12am to 6am sleeping schedule (6 hours) which usually makes me tired, I would sleep for an extremely long time like from 10pm to 12pm (14 hours) so that I feel nice and relaxed on the day of the exam. It seemed to work for my year 11 exams, so I'll try it in year 12 as well.

[nmonogamy]

study until u walk into the exam room thts what i did for pschy mid years.... i stayed up for 3 nights cramming living off coffee not reccommended ..scored an A in the exam... but if i slept maybe that could of been an A+

[iffets12345]

Also after the exam run away immediately. Don't stay around for all the shitty discussion about answers and what not. Go home and just keep your mind on track with the next exam. This is particularly true for exam 1 and 2 of maths exams imo.