HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN EXAM

Mid Terms, Final Assessment, and GPA Scores can be daunting times for college
students, but is that how you want to remember your college days, as a series of falling
grades? Aren’t you interested to know there is a way to enjoy success after success with
every exam? What if I told you that you could walk into every exam room with the one
proven way to pass that exam, would you like to know my secret? Loop News reported in
2018 that only 60% of students successfully achieved a full certificate of completion; it
also said students are struggling academically due to socio-economic challenges,
poverty, and lack of a strong family structure. The Minister of Education also encouraged
students to focus on their problematic areas, of which three are spoken about in this
essay. Critical exam preparation is possible with proven methods to give high success
ratings by obtaining the right content to memorize, practicing the disciplines of the study,
and building the confidence you need to face the exam.

Firstly, let us explore how content in both mind and body are major factors in your
preparation. Finding the relevant study material is a given; you cannot expect to pass an
Engineering exam by studying Business principles. So, for your studies, having obtained
the course outline, be guided by its objectives and source the recommended textbooks.
Devising a study plan ensures the study material is broken down into easily assimilated
bits of data. Likewise, the lesson study will flow when topics are arranged in a manner
that builds on principles of the previous one. Your diet is also a content you need to take
control of as there are good habits to encourage and bad ones to curb. It is not uncommon
to see college students snacking on sweets like chocolates, cookies, and sodas, but does
that diet provide the necessary nutrients your body and mind need? You have your
textbooks, your lesson plan and the proper diet going for you, now let us put them all to
work and practice.

 “Practice makes perfect,” is the next counsel offered to anyone wanting to

succeed at anything, but did you know that past papers, study groups, and
using the jargon are tools in practicing when preparing for an exam? Past
papers are the best way to recognize very early how much you have learned
in the subject matter. They also help guide your study based on how
questions are structured for that lesson, getting you accustomed to
responding appropriately. Joining a study group is another good tool in
practicing, because you get to listen to other’s point of views and
explanations; gather pieces of information that you have missed; and test
your preparedness to answer (amateur yet pertinent) questions not
composed by the rigid examination board. Overall, study groups, once
properly managed, can be useful in your preparations as it further exposes
you to the right content and context of your studies. Using the topic’s jargon
are good practice once used rightly so. Speaking the language helps to
marinate the principles in your system, the rules are better adhered to when
 revisited repeatedly, and facts are easily remembered when you use their
evidence in your daily life. You’ve done practice exams, revised with your
buddies, and began speaking the language, and you are pumped with
confidence.

Lastly, your mindset towards the exams is crucial to fulfilling the points as
mentioned earlier, in addition to teaching others, taking breaks and thinking right. Training
to teach the subject matter is a major confidence builder, so grab a whiteboard with
markers and assemble your students. Teaching can also be in the form of assisting a
colleague on a one to one basis, answering their questions, correcting their explanations
and guiding them to the right source for study. Take a break, relax, control that stress
level, breathe, do anything that takes your mind off studying. You see, persistent studying
can be time-wasting when your brain is saturated, you could be reading but not absorbing
anything, so have a cookie, I mean a carrot. Getting your mind right is a powerful thing to
do as it will secrete juices in your system that sharpens your senses. Having the right
approach by killing all doubts with facts, ticking all your checkboxes, and smiling both
inside and out is the overcomer's spirit. So now with your head high and all your facts
straight, let’s proceed to the exam room, you’re ready, I guarantee that.

You need that certificate, so taking all the necessary steps is in your best interest
right now before it is too late by grabbing the right study materials, setting up a lesson
plan, and feeling assured you’d pass. Revise the lesson points from your text and
systematically abide by the study guide along with following a balanced diet. Go over
exercises, share the information with your colleagues, and use the terms in the subject
matter. Conduct mini-class sessions, take breaks to rebuild your energy to refocus, even
help a comrade personally in their struggles. There you’ve got the recipe for success, why
not put it to the test and get you all the certificates you can hold.