It's funny what exams and deadlines do to the average student's mind. Even if you know that you can resit the exam and the mantra of 'you can only do your best' is repeated to you over and over again, somehow it never really sinks in. Because, what if your best isn't good enough to get the grade that you want?
I have a sociology exam coming up on Thursday and this morning I felt alright about it. I'd revised most of the necessary things that are likely to be on the exam and I just needed to consolidate and revise a few more things and I' be fine for the exam. Then my first lesson this morning was Sociology and we did a few short response practice questions and I didn't get full marks on them (like I usually do) and I had a complete blank over one of the questions which panicked me a bit. And then I just got worn down with the prospect of how much I actually know in order to be prepared for this exam.
I usually end these blog posts with a bit of a resolution to my problem but I don't really have one for this. In saying that though, I have half a day's study leave tomorrow which I'm REALLY looking forward to strangely enough. I have my whole afternoon of revision planned out and it's going to be great.
How does everyone else mentally prepare themselves for exams?
In other news there was a dog in the college library earlier. Take that as you will.
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Exams are so stressful so I just over prepare. I cut out any social interactions and do review questions, look over all my notes and past tests.
ReplyDeleteTo prepare mentally, I tell myself I can never study enough but also that I am going to ace the exam cause good feelings make it better.
Luckily, I am a good student and test very well so I feel like I did pretty near awesome on all my exams.