Exams: General Tips

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The following tips, originally posted at the Studentawards Forum, were contributed by students in our membership.

Best way to study I found was talking to the prof ahead of time and asking where to focus your studies. Saves you a lot of time memorizing stuff you won't be tested on. (Posted by: adilafzal)

1. Attend all classes instead of just studying a whole new topic on your own. This way you will reduce a lot of time understanding the facts and core knowledge you will need to get good marks. 2. Take notes during lectures, then go home and review them and drop down any questions you may have. 3. Go to tutorials if provided and needed. Since class sizes will be smaller than in lectures, you won't have to wait so long to ask the tutors any question you have. 4. Form study groups with your friends or someone who you can study with so you can exchange comments on the topic you're studying and ask each other questions and test each other. 5. Circling and high-lighting the important points in your notes/textbook if necessary. 6. During studying/reviewing, you may like to write the facts down in point form again or drawing mind maps, diagrams and illustrations is you're a visual learner. For people who learn better by listening, say them out loud if you can. 7. Try to aviod procrastination. Study at the U library if there are many distractions at your home or residence. 8. Don't study at the last minute. Try to review things constantly so that you won't have to relearn the things you might have forgotten at the start of the year. (Posted by: briannajchan)

Here are two very effective ways of studying that work for me: 1) Write it out, write it out, write it out! I write it and re-write it until I can write everything without looking. It can be messy and scribbly, as long as you are saying it in your head and writing it down. Sometimes I write something out about 15 times... if it is a chart this works especially well. 2) Study with a friend in your class... or with a friend not in your class! Studying with someone in your class is very effective because they can explain things to you that you may have missed and you can explain things to them too. It is a symbiotic relationship! Also, teaching someone something builds confidence with the material and is a GREAT WAY to remember stuff! (Posted by: emilyclairerose)

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