Holidays & Practice exams

[Romaboy]

Hi guys,

So holidays just started today and I have two weeks off and I was wondering, should I read over the next part of U3 Biology and learn whats left and start doing practice tests or is it too early for practice tests?

[emily_year11]

I'm doing 3/4 Psych at the moment and we've been given heaps of practice tests now so that we can finish off the unit faster and have more time for exam revision.
If you're willing to do the extra work for the study score you want, I guess it won't hurt to be prepared for it

[CaiTheHuman]

It would be a Good idea to read over U3 so you allow yourself more time for Bio Exam Revision . I reckon it's not too early for tests, we have 3 months from now till the exam and time flies so we have to milk the time we have efficiently.

At the moment I'm just revising for Bio and Further, since my further class is like still stuck on the core >.<.

[sam.utute]

Holidays are the best time to get started on practice exams. You can get a big head start over most of the state by putting in that little bit of extra effort.
Definitely a good idea to get ahead.

[LOLs99]

Yeah make sure you up to at least half of AoS 2 before attempting the exams.. no point starting if you are not up to date. The best time to do the prac exams are the second week of holidays while first week is for revision and reading thoroughly.

[observer7]

Make sure you know all of the content of the unit first. Then demolish prac tests

[InsaneMcFries]

I'm aiming to start my practice exams for Bio on the 12th of April, two months before the exam. I've managed to pick up 40 practice exams, so I'm spreading them out as much as I can to try and get them all done. I also have 8 days to make sure I know the course enough to learn what I do wrong.

[golden]

I don't know whether doing the exams super early is a good idea.
If you don't know the content enough it can destroy your confidence and motivation.

[InsaneMcFries]

I don't know whether doing the exams super early is a good idea.
If you don't know the content enough it can destroy your confidence and motivation.

If you leave them too late, then you can get stressed out. I have to spread out 40 practice exams.
You can't expect to ace your first practice exam, you have to take it as a learning experience and when your mark starts to improve, so will your motivation.

[Shenz0r]

Definitely do practice exams after you're finished the course.

It's a good idea to start up a logbook, one where you write all your mistakes and what you should've done instead.

I've started doing practice exams for Chemistry and my main problem with my first practice exam was that I'm not reading questions properly.

Kill the monster when it's small though, if you start now you have two months to perfect your exam technique.

[Genericname2365]

It's a good idea to start up a logbook, one where you write all your mistakes and what you should've done instead.

I think I'll give that a go, thanks.
I'm guessing at this early stage it's better not to do timed exams?

[InsaneMcFries]

I think I'll give that a go, thanks.
I'm guessing at this early stage it's better not to do timed exams?

I don't think that will matter. However, to start with I'm probably going to do the 2 hour TSFX 2006 exam just so I have a bit more breathing room. I think after each exam that I am going to spend some time writing notes and really learning what I get wrong.

[Shenz0r]

Right now I'd use practice exams to find out "which areas of the course I suck at and should revise more".

Timed exams can come when you're getting consistently getting around 85-90% on untimed exams.