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ur fear, you need to ask yourself how bad do you want to pass this exam. If you really need to pass it then your anxiety would automatically turn into a burning desire to succeed. Set fire to those boats behind you, so you have no other choice but to conquer. Look at that upcoming exam straight in the eyes as you hold your sword and shield.</p><p id="5ba1">“If I perish I perish, but I am going to give my all in this.” And you will find out that, that exam you feared so much isn’t as dreadful as you thought.</p><h1 id="3211">3) Write down your goals</h1><p id="51b5">Do you want an A or B on your English result? Write your answer down. What score would you like to get on your maths exam? Write it down. Writing down what you want your results to look like, helps give you something to work towards. If you want an A, you work towards achieving that. If you want to score 300 over 400 then you work towards that. Writing out my goals and sticking them to places where I could see them every day has worked for me most of the time.</p><p id="2597">Aim for an A, if you can’t reach it then you’d always have B to land on.</p><h1 id="6096">4) Extra classes or tutorials</h1><p id="eb49">Pay for tutorials, it helps. If you don’t understand a course or subject very well then pay someone to teach you. With a tutor, you should be able to ask as many questions relating to the subject as you like. Lesson Tutors could also help tell you questions that could probably come out in the exams.</p><h1 id="fe95">5) Read-only what is on the syllabus or course outline.</h1><p id="4c93">Get your course outline, you need it. Don’t allow the long course outline to scare you rather let your course outline serve as a checklist for topics you need to cover before the exams.</p><h1 id="e8b5">6) Create a study timetable.</h1><p id="759b">How long are you capable of studying every day? 5 hours? 6, 7, 8? Perhaps It all depends on the exam you are preparing for. My study time in school was always 6 hours a day consistently, excluding the 4 hours in c

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lasses and 2 hours in tutorials. That six-hour was divided into two. Three hours in the daytime and three hours at night.</p><p id="52e3">If you can read 6 hours straight, then go for it. If not you could divide your time the way I did mine.</p><h1 id="756c">7) Study with someone.</h1><p id="b270">There’s always this motivation that comes when you see other students studying really hard. It will make you feel like you need to put in just as much effort as they do. If you don’t want to go to the library or crowded places to study. Make a friend with someone who is very serious with his/her studies. Agree on the time and place you could study together. I made a friend who isn’t even doing the same courses as me. We’d meet every day in a less crowded classroom and study.</p><p id="c24f">The only thing he could help me with was maths which most of the time I needed help in. Apart from that, we’ll sit down quietly with our faces to our books.</p><h1 id="e955">8) Solve past questions and time yourself.</h1><p id="b7eb">Timing is very important when you are writing an exam. As you solve questions from past questions, try to allocate time to the questions you are about to solve and try to solve those questions in a short amount of time.</p><p id="0e93">Practicing this would help you answer exam questions quickly at a limited time.</p><p id="16f6"><b><i>The bonus point I promised…</i></b></p><h1 id="22da">9) Take care of yourself.</h1><p id="148e">You should take good care of yourself before an exam. Learn to make good meals, sleep well, drink enough fluid, exercise, and eat good fruits. Trying to study with an empty stomach or forgetting to drink enough water is not ideal when preparing for exams.</p><p id="36cc">It’s like a car moving without oil in its engine and air in its tires. If you are a driver then you’ll understand what I am talking about.

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8 Smart Ways To Pass an Exam Without Studying too hard.

And a bonus tip at the end.

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Let me say the obvious truth. Most of us don’t enjoy preparing for exams. We find it boring, stressful, frustrating, and pretty much annoying. But in other to move forward in our academy pursuits we have no choice but to take them. That’s all thanks to the man who invented exams. Henry Fischel. But in other to have a less stressful and frustrating time preparing for exams, you have to apply smart methods to do so.

Below is a list of ways to help you pass an exam without studying too hard.

1) Never wait until the last week to study.

Unless you are this cartoon network character named Dexter, studying a week before exams are going to be very stressful. If you have 12 weeks to exams, then start preparing for it immediately. When you do so, while everyone is busy pulling an all-nighter in the library, you are relaxing in the comfort of your bed, revising all you had studied since the semester started.

2) Turn your anxiety into a burning desire to succeed.

“These exams are very difficult…” “No one I know has passed these exams…” “This is my 4th time writing this exam and I don’t think I could pass it again…” Ok. Hold up, Jessica. Now take a deep breath… Now exhale.

Yes, no exam is easy.

But do you know what’s worse? Not preparing very well for it. Those exams you claim are difficult, a lot of people do come out with good results. According to my father, those people don’t have two heads.

In order to get over your fear, you need to ask yourself how bad do you want to pass this exam. If you really need to pass it then your anxiety would automatically turn into a burning desire to succeed. Set fire to those boats behind you, so you have no other choice but to conquer. Look at that upcoming exam straight in the eyes as you hold your sword and shield.

“If I perish I perish, but I am going to give my all in this.” And you will find out that, that exam you feared so much isn’t as dreadful as you thought.

3) Write down your goals

Do you want an A or B on your English result? Write your answer down. What score would you like to get on your maths exam? Write it down. Writing down what you want your results to look like, helps give you something to work towards. If you want an A, you work towards achieving that. If you want to score 300 over 400 then you work towards that. Writing out my goals and sticking them to places where I could see them every day has worked for me most of the time.

Aim for an A, if you can’t reach it then you’d always have B to land on.

4) Extra classes or tutorials

Pay for tutorials, it helps. If you don’t understand a course or subject very well then pay someone to teach you. With a tutor, you should be able to ask as many questions relating to the subject as you like. Lesson Tutors could also help tell you questions that could probably come out in the exams.

5) Read-only what is on the syllabus or course outline.

Get your course outline, you need it. Don’t allow the long course outline to scare you rather let your course outline serve as a checklist for topics you need to cover before the exams.

6) Create a study timetable.

How long are you capable of studying every day? 5 hours? 6, 7, 8? Perhaps It all depends on the exam you are preparing for. My study time in school was always 6 hours a day consistently, excluding the 4 hours in classes and 2 hours in tutorials. That six-hour was divided into two. Three hours in the daytime and three hours at night.

If you can read 6 hours straight, then go for it. If not you could divide your time the way I did mine.

7) Study with someone.

There’s always this motivation that comes when you see other students studying really hard. It will make you feel like you need to put in just as much effort as they do. If you don’t want to go to the library or crowded places to study. Make a friend with someone who is very serious with his/her studies. Agree on the time and place you could study together. I made a friend who isn’t even doing the same courses as me. We’d meet every day in a less crowded classroom and study.

The only thing he could help me with was maths which most of the time I needed help in. Apart from that, we’ll sit down quietly with our faces to our books.

8) Solve past questions and time yourself.

Timing is very important when you are writing an exam. As you solve questions from past questions, try to allocate time to the questions you are about to solve and try to solve those questions in a short amount of time.

Practicing this would help you answer exam questions quickly at a limited time.

The bonus point I promised…

9) Take care of yourself.

You should take good care of yourself before an exam. Learn to make good meals, sleep well, drink enough fluid, exercise, and eat good fruits. Trying to study with an empty stomach or forgetting to drink enough water is not ideal when preparing for exams.

It’s like a car moving without oil in its engine and air in its tires. If you are a driver then you’ll understand what I am talking about. Did you enjoy reading? Then click HERE to have access to more interesting stuff.

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