Fast and check more or slow?

[FlorianK]

For Exam 1 I currently need <30 min and for Exam 2 <90 min.
Is it better if I do them fast like I am currently doing or should I try to do the questions slower in order to avoid mistakes?

[InsaneMcFries]

A lot of people try to do them as fast as possible to have time to check, but I think it is best to find a pace that allows small time for checking, but making sure you don't make the mistakes in the first place. If you don't make mistakes, you don't have to check!

[djsandals]

I would say with anything it always pays to do things slower when you're learning something.  Given that you have a month until the exam you have time to work on your knowledge, and speed will come naturally afterwards.

[BubbleWrapMan]

If you can comfortably do exams with half an hour to spare you should slow down a bit, but not too much so that you have to rush at the end. Do you make many mistakes as it is? What scores have you been getting?

[FlorianK]

If you can comfortably do exams with half an hour to spare you should slow down a bit, but not too much so that you have to rush at the end. Do you make many mistakes as it is? What scores have you been getting?

Close to full-marks. But I normally don't check more than once.
How fast did you finished your exam?

[paulsterio]

Btw, remember that in the real exam you can't work anywhere near as fast.

For methods, I finished both exams with minutes to spare, even though I knew I could (at full speed) finish them both in about 75% of the time. It's a combination of nerves, being more careful in general...etc.

[BubbleWrapMan]

I didn't leave much time left in exam 2, probably around 5 mins or less (the point being I made sure did everything correctly the first time around, not that that's a piece of cake but you get what I mean). I can't remember how much time I had left in exam 1.

[Limista]

If you can comfortably do exams with half an hour to spare you should slow down a bit, but not too much so that you have to rush at the end. Do you make many mistakes as it is? What scores have you been getting?

Close to full-marks. But I normally don't check more than once.
How fast did you finished your exam?

@ FlorianK: even on company exams you've been getting close to full marks for exam 2? Which ones have you been doing - all the hard ones, VCAA ones or just a random mix of easy and hard?

[FlorianK]

If you can comfortably do exams with half an hour to spare you should slow down a bit, but not too much so that you have to rush at the end. Do you make many mistakes as it is? What scores have you been getting?

Close to full-marks. But I normally don't check more than once.
How fast did you finished your exam?

@ FlorianK: even on company exams you've been getting close to full marks for exam 2? Which ones have you been doing - all the hard ones, VCAA ones or just a random mix of easy and hard?

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[Jenny_2108]

If you can comfortably do exams with half an hour to spare you should slow down a bit, but not too much so that you have to rush at the end. Do you make many mistakes as it is? What scores have you been getting?

Close to full-marks. But I normally don't check more than once.
How fast did you finished your exam?

@ FlorianK: even on company exams you've been getting close to full marks for exam 2? Which ones have you been doing - all the hard ones, VCAA ones or just a random mix of easy and hard?

Heffernan/Insight/random/TSSM
Kilbaha is coming soon.

Good luck Florian! Hope you can get 50 for methods and AN can be proud of you

The more I do, the more I get worse. Quite disappointed about myself though