How to Attempt Exams Like a Pro!

When Thomas Alva Edison Sir quoted,” A single sheet of paper can’t decide my future.”, all the students took it very smoothly to their hearts. But in reality, exams are a necessity and all the students should take them with utmost dedication and effort. Apparently, every student knows how dreadful exams are, but here we are explaining to you the right way to attempt your exams like a scholar.

The fear of failure is undoubtedly bad, but the fear of exams is even worse. There were days when the name of exam schedules used to make students sick to the stomach and even get a raise in their body temperatures. Not just that, researches have proved that there is a sudden change of appetite during the season of exams in students to cope up with the stress. 

In this article, we are going to give you the major tips to kill the exam fear and perform in your assessments like never before.

1. Quality Over Quantity.

Your examination answer sheet shouldn't be just a compilation of your memorizing mechanics. Duh! NO. The educational curriculum is so advanced now, that answers with conceptual clarity, facts, and examples are given much priority over the ones which are simply written in a bookish language, with dull words and vibe.

Do NOT just focus on filling several numbers of sheets, instead focus on being PRESENTABLE with your ideas, answers, and concepts. If you need to talk about 5 things in an answer, then design your answer interestingly. Add facts, data, tables, flowcharts, quotes, examples, and more, to amp up the content of your answer sheet. Quoting one of our faculty, " going for a diagrammatic representation, augments your response".

2. Word Limit is a Tricky Game

Two curses named Overwriting and Underwriting can actually destroy your good grades, even when you have learned every inch of your curriculum. Sounds scary, right? Writing more than what is asked, and writing less than what the examiner seeks, is definitely going to take you far away from your goals of scoring well. Focus on the prescribed word limit, frame answers in the simplest way, and see how your answer sheet attracts remarkable grades.

We know you must be thinking, that Okay! Underwriting seems logical, but HOW Overwriting an answer in an examination will dull your scorecard?

We will tell you HOW!

Let's assume you have to answer a 15 Marks Question. Instead of properly structuring and presenting your answer, you have been endlessly writing about the same on 28 sides of the answer sheet. But here's the issue, in order to nail that 15 Marker, you have wasted your precious time, in which you had to write answers for another 60 Marks.

Also, bulking your answer sheet with vague and wholesome answers gives the checker a sense that you do not know much about the core concepts, and are just trying to beat around the bush. HORROR!

So, you see? Too much of something is never good. Try to strike a healthy balance. Conceptual Clarity Works the Best.

3. Be Stress-Free with Advance Preparation

 Creating a stress-free vibe for the upcoming exams and viva is something very crucial for a student to achieve promising results. It might sound very strange, but listening to good music and meditating twice a day helps amp up learning and eventually increases the chances of scoring well in the examinations.

Before writing the exam, one should create a mindset to be confident of his or her preparations, and then the student should begin his or her work. Quoting our faculty "Approach your Preparation well in Advance". Also, distance yourself from the innate tendency to memorize. Learn proper, with facts, conceptual clarity, and examples. Works like charm!

Another thing to take care of is food. No, we are not digressing. Food is important.

Fill your bellies with light and fibrous foods instead of oily junk food during examination times. Trust us, fatigue is NOT your best friend at all. Significant Results surely is! Pick your priority and stand for it!

In this article, we talked about some habits which will help in attempting the exams of any stream in a better way. Not just that, these tricks actually help in future career opportunities as well. Once, as a student you build such habits, your achievements will start lining up and your trophy corner won’t stop getting filled. So when your date sheet is revealed, don’t panic. Rather, close your eyes, embrace the energy in you, and eventually attempt your exams in the best way possible.

All The Best, CHAMPS! Go, Make us Proud!