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Essential Final Exam Study Tips

The document provides tips for preparing for, taking, and after final exams. It recommends creating a study schedule that leaves time for breaks, using any study guides or review sessions offered by the professor, forming a study group if helpful, and determining if the exam is comprehensive or what type it will be. On exam day, it suggests eating, drinking water, and knowing what materials are allowed. During the exam, it advises reading the entire exam first for paper exams or keeping track of answers for Scantron exams, watching the time, and doing harder questions first or easier ones first based on individual strengths. After the exam, it says not to share exam content and to relax before the next exam.

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Essential Final Exam Study Tips

The document provides tips for preparing for, taking, and after final exams. It recommends creating a study schedule that leaves time for breaks, using any study guides or review sessions offered by the professor, forming a study group if helpful, and determining if the exam is comprehensive or what type it will be. On exam day, it suggests eating, drinking water, and knowing what materials are allowed. During the exam, it advises reading the entire exam first for paper exams or keeping track of answers for Scantron exams, watching the time, and doing harder questions first or easier ones first based on individual strengths. After the exam, it says not to share exam content and to relax before the next exam.

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Final Exam Study Tips

Finals can be stressful, even for the most prepared students. Here are some tips to help you succeed:

Preparing for the Final


 Find out what your entire final exam schedule is so that you’ll know how many finals you will
have on each day.
 Prepare a written schedule for yourself indicating when you will study for each test. Leave some
time in your schedule for exercise and relaxation, too.
 If the professor offers a study guide, use it.
 If the professor offers a review session for the exam, go to it.
 If you study well in groups, form a study group.
 Know if the final is comprehensive (covering everything since the beginning of the semester or
quarter).
 Find out what kind of exam it will be. You’d study differently for a multiple-choice (Scantron) final
than an essay one.
 If you have your previous exams available, scour the exams for things that you think will be on
the final. Flag your notes by highlighting or using Post-It notes.
 Don’t pull an all-nighter. (Our brains work best when well-rested and when we have ‘nibbled’ on
information over time.
 If the exam is an open-book exam, this does not mean that you don’t have to study at all. In fact,
one of the most challenging exams I ever took as an undergrad was an open-book essay exam.
Flag your textbook based on where you believe the questions will come from.

On the Day of the Final


 Eat a meal and drink water.
 Don’t overdo it with the caffeine.
 Know what to bring with you to the final. Do you need a blue book? A Scantron? (And if you need
a Scantron, which specific type do you need?) A pencil? A pen?
 Are food and drinks allowed in the classroom where your final will be? Sometimes, the rules are
different for exam days than other days.
 Even if you don’t usually wear a watch, take one with you to the final. It’s unlikely you will be
able to look at your cell phone to check the time during the final.

During the Final


 For a paper-based exam, read through the entire final exam before you start answering any
questions at all. This way, you will know what you’re facing.
 If you’re using a Scantron and you skip a question to finish later, make sure you’re answering
your questions next to the correct answers.
 Keep a close eye on the time you have allotted.
 Some students benefit from answering the most difficult questions first, while others do better
completing all the easier ones. Do what works for you.
After the Final

 Do not share with other students what was on the final exam. In most universities, this is a
violation of the honor code.
 Take a breath, relax, then forge ahead to the next final.

Adapted from: [Link]

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