How to prepare for exams
Rereading feels productive and mostly measures familiarity. Answering questions from memory is harder, feels worse, and produces much more of the recall you need on the day.
What matters here
- List the topics and weight them by marks
- Turn each topic into questions
- Practise answering without notes
- Use past papers under time
- Schedule the weakest topics first
Working from the syllabus
The syllabus is the map. Mark each topic with its weight and your confidence, then spend time where low confidence meets high weight. That combination is where marks are actually available.
Questions over summaries
Write questions per topic and answer them closed-book. Where you cannot, you have found the gap. Summaries let you nod along; questions do not.
Timed practice
Past papers under exam conditions teach pacing, which is a separate skill from knowledge. Do at least one before the exam, even if it goes badly, because the timing surprise is better handled early.
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