My professors also always say not to worry about forming a “pretty” sentence – they know that we are on a time crunch, as long as it gets the point across they could care less about the grammar.
a. Don’t look back over your outline after your exam — I made that mistake after an exam, and for over a month was convinced I had bit the dust. Turns out I received CALI for that; I guess I just didn’t remember what was on the exam accurately enough to compare with my outline.
b. Talk to your classmates some, but remember they’re in the same position you are.- It helped me to put that exam behind me and move on to the next one. However, so because they may have seen something differently than you did doesn’t mean it was right.
c. Don’t focus on grammar/eloquence as much. That one really got me in trouble on one of my exams last year. I forgot to take my OCD medication and was so focused on writing the “perfect” sentence that I ran out of time and the analyzing part was very weak.
d. Don’t do what everyone tells you that you “should” be doing – it may not work for you. I personally do not make my outline until exam time, because that way I am paying attention to old material in detail closer to the exam, rather than just skimming it on an outline I already made. That is what works best for me, but not for others. Just find you niche’ and don’t question it.
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My professors also always say not to worry about forming a “pretty” sentence – they know that we are on a time crunch, as long as it gets the point across they could care less about the grammar.
very very true, isn’t as easy to do if they don’t provide an old sample exam that someone actually took/they graded; but usually if you ask they will.
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a. Don’t look back over your outline after your exam — I made that mistake after an exam, and for over a month was convinced I had bit the dust. Turns out I received CALI for that; I guess I just didn’t remember what was on the exam accurately enough to compare with my outline.
b. Talk to your classmates some, but remember they’re in the same position you are.- It helped me to put that exam behind me and move on to the next one. However, so because they may have seen something differently than you did doesn’t mean it was right.
c. Don’t focus on grammar/eloquence as much. That one really got me in trouble on one of my exams last year. I forgot to take my OCD medication and was so focused on writing the “perfect” sentence that I ran out of time and the analyzing part was very weak.
d. Don’t do what everyone tells you that you “should” be doing – it may not work for you. I personally do not make my outline until exam time, because that way I am paying attention to old material in detail closer to the exam, rather than just skimming it on an outline I already made. That is what works best for me, but not for others. Just find you niche’ and don’t question it.
🙂 GOOD LUCK ON EXAMS.