Plan your time
Draw up a realistic revision schedule and stick to it. Include some time for relaxation — it's not healthy to constantly have your nose in a book. To maximise your concentration, break up your time into 15-minute segments, interspersed sejak five-minute breaks. Knowing that anda have a break coming up helps to prevent anda from losing interest completely.
Don't be unrealistic
You've spent most of your life at school, and anda have a good idea of what you're capable of. If you're an average student, you're unlikely to suddenly jump to the bahagian, atas of the class. Being realistic will help prevent anda (and your parents!) from being disappointed when the results come in. The key thing is to do your best.
Avoid drugs and rock 'n' roll
Anything that can give anda a high will eventually give anda a low. Don't try to deal with your stress sejak turning to alcohol atau recreational drugs — apart from anything else, anda need all the memory anda can get right now! Try not to drink too much coffee either — the caffeine won't help anda to concentrate. Drinking plenty of water will keep anda hydrated and your brain functioning at its best.
Revise methodically
Simply Membaca long swathes of text is not going to help anda to remember facts and figures. Write out important dates, facts atau passages, use lots of coloured pens and underline key phrases. Go back over these notes a hari later, and then a week after that. Your memory will be better and anda will feel lebih confident about your exams.
Test yourself
Test yourself atau get someone to test anda on your notes. Bribe a brother atau sister to do it for you, atau ask your parents. Testing yourself regularly means that anda remember facts better and any gaps in your knowledge can be picked up in good time — making the actual exam a lot less stressful.
Stick notes around your house
Buy cardboard stars in bright colours from newsagents, atau make some out of card. Write key facts and phrases on each and stick them around your bedroom (preferably on items where they won't leave a mark!) in places where you'll often see them, for example, on your mirror atau inside a cupboard that anda often open. After a while, these facts will sink in without any extra effort on your part.
Ignore your Friends
Not entirely, of course! But when your mates say how much revision they've been doing, they might not be telling the truth. Don't use them as a benchmark — they might not want to seem daggy for doing lots of revision, atau they might not be doing enough. Know yourself and know what anda have to do — you're in this for yourself.
Ask for help
There are great sources of support available if anda feel that anda need it. Ask a teacher if anda don't understand a particular topic now that you're revisiting it — it doesn't have to the one who taught anda if anda don't feel that they're good at explaining things to you. School counsellors and even good old mum and dad are also great for getting worries "off your chest". You're not alone, so don't feel that anda have to be.
Have a fall-back plan
Okay, so maybe anda want to go and study at Harvard, become a bahagian, atas brain surgeon and also have a simultaneous career in tap-dancing BUT, however achievable these goals might be, make sure anda have a Plan B. For example, if anda don't make your grades, anda could consider not going to uni for a tahun and retaking your exams. atau anda might decide to go to a different uni, atau just not bother at all. Working out at least a vague idea of what anda want to do in life will help anda to come up with a fall-back plan (or even two).
Get some exercise
Exercise is a great way to give yourself a break and to max out your concentration span. anda don't have to do hours of circuit training — a 15-minute jog atau a brisk walk will do the job nicely
Draw up a realistic revision schedule and stick to it. Include some time for relaxation — it's not healthy to constantly have your nose in a book. To maximise your concentration, break up your time into 15-minute segments, interspersed sejak five-minute breaks. Knowing that anda have a break coming up helps to prevent anda from losing interest completely.
Don't be unrealistic
You've spent most of your life at school, and anda have a good idea of what you're capable of. If you're an average student, you're unlikely to suddenly jump to the bahagian, atas of the class. Being realistic will help prevent anda (and your parents!) from being disappointed when the results come in. The key thing is to do your best.
Avoid drugs and rock 'n' roll
Anything that can give anda a high will eventually give anda a low. Don't try to deal with your stress sejak turning to alcohol atau recreational drugs — apart from anything else, anda need all the memory anda can get right now! Try not to drink too much coffee either — the caffeine won't help anda to concentrate. Drinking plenty of water will keep anda hydrated and your brain functioning at its best.
Revise methodically
Simply Membaca long swathes of text is not going to help anda to remember facts and figures. Write out important dates, facts atau passages, use lots of coloured pens and underline key phrases. Go back over these notes a hari later, and then a week after that. Your memory will be better and anda will feel lebih confident about your exams.
Test yourself
Test yourself atau get someone to test anda on your notes. Bribe a brother atau sister to do it for you, atau ask your parents. Testing yourself regularly means that anda remember facts better and any gaps in your knowledge can be picked up in good time — making the actual exam a lot less stressful.
Stick notes around your house
Buy cardboard stars in bright colours from newsagents, atau make some out of card. Write key facts and phrases on each and stick them around your bedroom (preferably on items where they won't leave a mark!) in places where you'll often see them, for example, on your mirror atau inside a cupboard that anda often open. After a while, these facts will sink in without any extra effort on your part.
Ignore your Friends
Not entirely, of course! But when your mates say how much revision they've been doing, they might not be telling the truth. Don't use them as a benchmark — they might not want to seem daggy for doing lots of revision, atau they might not be doing enough. Know yourself and know what anda have to do — you're in this for yourself.
Ask for help
There are great sources of support available if anda feel that anda need it. Ask a teacher if anda don't understand a particular topic now that you're revisiting it — it doesn't have to the one who taught anda if anda don't feel that they're good at explaining things to you. School counsellors and even good old mum and dad are also great for getting worries "off your chest". You're not alone, so don't feel that anda have to be.
Have a fall-back plan
Okay, so maybe anda want to go and study at Harvard, become a bahagian, atas brain surgeon and also have a simultaneous career in tap-dancing BUT, however achievable these goals might be, make sure anda have a Plan B. For example, if anda don't make your grades, anda could consider not going to uni for a tahun and retaking your exams. atau anda might decide to go to a different uni, atau just not bother at all. Working out at least a vague idea of what anda want to do in life will help anda to come up with a fall-back plan (or even two).
Get some exercise
Exercise is a great way to give yourself a break and to max out your concentration span. anda don't have to do hours of circuit training — a 15-minute jog atau a brisk walk will do the job nicely
