How to pass an exam

Passing an examination isn’t really as difficult a most people blow it up to be. Like everything else, there’s an easy semantics behind the ordeal and it doesn’t include losing six hours of precious sleep or killing a week’s worth of recreation, nor does it entail you to spend whooping amount of your parents’ hard earned money on tutorials and useless review text books, it does however require tremendous amount of discipline on your part if you want to pull an A plus without breaking much of a sweat.

Here are some sure fired proven ways on how to survive any examination.
Rule of thumb: Thou shall not cram; Cramming is a common mistake among students. When you cram you tend to stock in all the information in one go and end up retaining virtually nothing at all. Remember that our brain is only capable of digesting seven minutes worth of unadulterated facts per hour—that’s our attention span. So forcing yourself to study a 100 page textbook in three hours would just render your efforts useless.

Rule number two: Get enough sleep; Yes you hear it right, sleep! Your body needs to be in top shape to refresh all that brain cells. Studies has proven that people who lost so much sleep before an examination has a higher probability of getting lower scores than those who didn’t review at all but slept well.

Rule number three: Avoid Strabucks; because caffeine will not help stimulate your brain. It may prevent your from sleeping, but it will not keep you from being drowsy, and the latter will prevent you from retaining any information you might have wanted to. If you get sleepy, get an apple instead, and if that still doesn’t work, break a sweat!

Rule number four: Take short-cuts; Like it or not, you will only retain information you deem important and interesting, unfortunately there is no way you can get across information over load. So SUMMARIZE and HIGHLIGHT important facts, then make a framework out of them.
Rule number five: Don’t just memorize, emphasize!; You will learn that you will be able to comprehend and retain information faster if you actually read it thoroughly than just reading through it.

Rule number six; Turn on your I-pod; Studies show that music helps the brain work, especially classical instrumental music. However, different strokes work for different folks so why don’t you try trying out which genre works best for you when you’re trying to study.

Rule number seven; Have study breaks; You’re not a machine, and even if you are, you will still need a few minutes off the hook to cool down and refresh.

Rule number eight; Study alone; study groups wont work unless you’re in a library. You’ll probably just end up chatting your precious study hours away with your friends.

These are just some of the few quintessential tips made to boost your grades. But the really clincher is this, the moment class starts, pay actual attention and take down notes, be genuinely interested in your lessons and you’ll never have to review for a test again. Students who actually get the best grades don’t study as much as the average student because they have fun digesting their lessons. So secret is to find interesting ways to enjoy your class, it might save a lot of reviewing trouble in the long run.