How do you deal with exams?

Do you actually study? hope for the best in the last moment?

I have a biology test tomorrow and i havent study ( its 23 pm here ) why havent i study? because i already gave up, i know i wont get a good grade no matter what ( happend before that i studied alot and got a really bad grade anyway) I have the book open besides me but i know that no matter what i do it wont do any good :(

Funny because i almost always do last minute study ( like waking up at 5 am and study ) and get a good grade, but not in biology :(

So how do you deal with the classes you dislike? and exams?

Do you actually study? hope for the best in the last moment?

I have a biology test tomorrow and i havent study ( its 23 pm here ) why havent i study? because i already gave up, i know i wont get a good grade no matter what ( happend before that i studied alot and got a really bad grade anyway) I have the book open besides me but i know that no matter what i do it wont do any good :(

Funny because i almost always do last minute study ( like waking up at 5 am and study ) and get a good grade, but not in biology :(

So how do you deal with the ****s you dislike? and exams?

Solid_Tango

[QUOTE="Solid_Tango"]

Do you actually study? hope for the best in the last moment?

I have a biology test tomorrow and i havent study ( its 23 pm here ) why havent i study? because i already gave up, i know i wont get a good grade no matter what ( happend before that i studied alot and got a really bad grade anyway) I have the book open besides me but i know that no matter what i do it wont do any good :(

Funny because i almost always do last minute study ( like waking up at 5 am and study ) and get a good grade, but not in biology :(

So how do you deal with the ****s you dislike? and exams?

sherman-tank1

11 pm? Solid_Tango

I dont really worry too much about exams Im a good test taker surprisingly. I usually dont study but when I do its the night before the esam and the morning of. I found the best way to prepare is a good nights sleep, a good meal the day of, and to stay well hydrated :)

[QUOTE="CheapPerfume"]I usually wake up, go to class, and am surprised when it's test day. Then I look at this piece of paper handed to me, and ace it. I ace it so hard that the teacher feels the power of the lead of my number two mechanical pencil. I hand the paper back and light a smoke in the center of the desks filled with narrow minded sheep, busily scratching at their papers. A few whines of protest are heard from the lemmings about my smoking, but then I have sex with the professor. WINNING!Solid_Tango

If I'm really in a jam like that, I'll flip to the end of the chapeters and read the summaries they usually have. That way, I may be able to pick up a few answers that I read in the summary, and get the gist of the chapter. Then, based on that, I can make better educated guesses if it is a multiple choice test.

And, I'll also wake up a little early to study. I'm one of those people that could never pull an all-nighter. If I'm tired, I can't concentrate enough to study. So I'll just wake up early and I can learn very fast.

So read the summaries, and read the definitions, and that will probably help you a lot.

I pay attention during the classes so I only have to study for 1-2 hours the night before the test.

I rarely studied for exams.Allicrombie

If I'm really in a jam like that, I'll flip to the end of the chapeters and read the summaries they usually have. That way, I may be able to pick up a few answers that I read in the summary, and get the gist of the chapter. Then, based on that, I can make better educated guesses if it is a multiple choice test.

And, I'll also wake up a little early to study. I'm one of those people that could never pull an all-nighter. If I'm tired, I can't concentrate enough to study. So I'll just wake up early and I can learn very fast.

So read the summaries, and read the definitions, and that will probably help you a lot.

BMD004

I usually study during lunch, the only subjects I really have to worry about as far a studying are english and history, geomatry and chemistry tests are always really easy.

If I'm really in a jam like that, I'll flip to the end of the chapeters and read the summaries they usually have. That way, I may be able to pick up a few answers that I read in the summary, and get the gist of the chapter. Then, based on that, I can make better educated guesses if it is a multiple choice test.

And, I'll also wake up a little early to study. I'm one of those people that could never pull an all-nighter. If I'm tired, I can't concentrate enough to study. So I'll just wake up early and I can learn very fast.

So read the summaries, and read the definitions, and that will probably help you a lot.

in high school, i never studied. some courses were just laughable (gym had a final :lol: ). there were literature based courses where it really came down to "did i read the books or not?" most math classes had formulas given and it was high school so it was mostly self explanatory from there.

i went to a pretty tough college, so i had to study there. i generally just cleared up my schedule for the night before the test and took the time i needed.

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]I rarely studied for exams.BMD004

I usually study before I go to bed. Then study before the test starts. :D

I study alot.

It depends on the class. Some classes I just look skim through the book and look at what the professor went over in class. Others I tend to spend anywhere from 10-30 hours the week before studing to get a good grade.

Study the night before then b**** about it if I get a bad grade T_T

I need to change my habits.

I have an aural skills exam tuesday. If I dont practice Im totally f*cked.

Well, I plan my semesters to have balance of difficult and moderate/easy classes. This semester I have organic chemistry, biology, spanish and religion. I review my biology notes for about 2-3 hours a week, and like two days before the test I just re read them all over. I try to understand the concepts themselves it makes it easier. For organic, I mainly just work practice problems in the back of the textbook and study the mechanisms. I spend more time on organic than the other classes. Spanish isn't that difficult but during the week of exam I study like 2 hours starting about 2-3 days before the exam and do fine. The religion class is just a writing/discussion class, so there are no exams.

It's more helpful if you try to understand the concepts behind the work rather than root memorization, because that is just boring and you won't even remember it a week or so after the exam.

It depends on the exam but for most exams I study right before it and usually pass, but when it comes to math if I don't do the homework I basically fail the tests.

Do you actually study? hope for the best in the last moment?

I have a biology test tomorrow and i havent study ( its 23 pm here ) why havent i study? because i already gave up, i know i wont get a good grade no matter what ( happend before that i studied alot and got a really bad grade anyway) I have the book open besides me but i know that no matter what i do it wont do any good :(

Funny because i almost always do last minute study ( like waking up at 5 am and study ) and get a good grade, but not in biology :(

So how do you deal with the classes you dislike? and exams?

Solid_Tango

Am faceing the EXACT same problem here. Am just going to study everything a head of time in bio now. From now on once I get the noted in biology I will study them. I only got a 76 on today's biology test :cry:

I have a bio test tommorrow too, along with a vocab test, geometry quiz, and i might have to present a project for italian. We had a standardized test all week and now my all my teachers teachers want to give test tommorrow and i haven't studied yet. I'm also on vacation all weekend and have a lab report due monday so i don't know when i'll do that. lets just say i can't wait until next week.

I study by playing Trials HD for a few hours. I'm still in HS, so exams aren't hard and I assume they will get harder in college, in which case I will study.

Then again, I don't study for AP exams...

I study and do well. Study's practically my only obligation: I've got my university set and my parents give me the funds for rent, food, entertainment, etc. The least I could do is study my a** off, since that's the only type of "work" I've got to do.