7 Best Ways To Prepare For Semester Exams

Semester exams is one of the sure challenge every university students face at the end of every semester. It is the best way to test how far a

student has gone in the terms of academics. Semester exams is a great challenge for each students, especially for those that know the reasons why they are in school because it is through this exams that their grade point average (GPA) is been calculated.

Semesterexams is a great burden to students that it makes them to get more serious with their studies. During this period, a lot of things do happen, students used to stop all their extra curricula activities in other for them to prepare very well for it. Also during this period, some students lack food stuffs and they starve themselves because they don’t have time to look for something to eat, many of them feel sick which is normally called “Exam Fever” but I believe that the cause of it is   stress. Another reason why a student might feel sick is because that student did not start preparing for the exams on time, so during this time, he/she is trying to cope. It might also be that the student was overburdened after hearing and experiencing how the semester exams used to be.

Above all, a student who have the idea of what he/she is going to face during the period exams normally have a way of preparing. He do not normally face any difficulty during the period of exams. He/she always prepare ahead of the exams. He makes all the necessary plans to make sure that nothings comes up.

But it is quit unfortunate that after much preparations, some students still felt heart break due to their poor performance when the result comes out. They felt disappointed because what they saw in their result didn’t correspond in any way with the kind of effort they put during the exams. But according to my research and what I have noticed recently, I have come to conclusion that the reason for the poor result might be that the method they used in preparing for the exams was not that enough to lead them. They need to use a new method which will definitely work well if they can merge it with the previous one.

In this post, am going to share some of the ways of preparing for the semester exams. I always make use of some methods here.  I did a lot of research about this post, therefore, I will be including some points that I gathered during that research work.

7       Best Ways To Prepare For Semester Exams

1. Attend classes

This is first step in preparing for your semester exams. Attending classes is a kind of laying foundations for the semester exam. It is very important. It is during this classes that lecturer say many things and teach many things that is going to come out in the exams. Some people have the mindset that even if they didn’t attend classes, that they can still read on their own. I doubt you because there are some certain topics that need a candid explanations.

So, attending classes is very important if you really want to smile after each exam.

2. Start reading on time

This is another great point in the sense that many student form the habit of delaying their reading until when the exams is near. When you start reading on time, there is high possibility of assimilating the important things more, than waiting for two weeks to the exams.

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3. Read each materials/notes given by the lecture up to two or more times

When you start reading on time, there is a high possibility that you are going to cover the notes/materials given by the lecturer more than two times. 

It is very important to be going to library in other for you to be getting more knowledge on a particular topic. But when it is remaining two weeks to the exams, concentrate more on the notes, materials and what you jotted from your studies because it is from there that question are likely to come from.

4. Increase your studying period

This particular point is very necessary because you can’t use the same period of time you used to study during the normal school time to study during the exam time. Let assume that you always study for three hours (3 hours) during the normal school period, during the exam period, you have to increase it for about six hours (6 hours), though it depends.

The point am trying to make here is that you need to increase your studying period.

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5. Review the assignment questions

Some students usually neglect this particular point. They forget to check back the questions given to them as an assignment. Many lecturers like repeating some of their assignment questions during the exams.

So, it is important that you look at those assignment questions and study them before going into the exam hall.

6. Also consider the questions the lecturer like repeating anytime he/she come to class

Some lecturers are fond of asking some questions to the students anytime they come to class. A good student will take note of those question and study them carefully.

So, think about those questions he/she always repeat anytime he comes to class.

7. Last but not the least, always eat before reading

This point is very important in other for you to maintain your balance and good health. Am aware that during the exam period, students normally lack food stuff, some don’t even have time to cook any food but always have it in mind that you can only write your exams when you have a good health.

Always put food as number one in your plan anytime because you can’t understand what you are studying without food. 

Even if you don’t have time to cook food that require time, cook the fast one like indomie.  During the exam period, I always make sure that I don’t lack provisions, indomie and eggs. Food is very necessary.

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