Home » Education » College & Universities » College Life

Revision tips for students - how to pass exams

0 Comments
- What do you think?
- Suggest a revision t…

2 Like

Like 2

Pin It

Ranked #12,472 in Education, #276,804 overall

Don't flunk your exams, follow these simple tips

Exams - every student's worst enemy!

As a medical student I've had to do my fair share of exams and here are my top tips for effective revision. I hope you find these useful!

Feel free to suggest your own revision tips via our guestbook!

Looking for free online first aid training or a first aid powerpoint?

Contents at a Glance

1) Revision...not learning for the first...
2) Organise your revision resources
3) The 'little and often' principle
4) Be healthy (or at least try to)
Exams stress you out?
What do you think?

1) Revision...not learning for the first time!

The word "Revision" implies that you've already learnt the material! There's nothing worse than revising for an imminent exam and trying to learn new material.

Try to keep up with lectures / tutorials / coursework to minimise the amount of "learning" you have to do around exam time. There should be no surprises during your revision!

I know this is easier said than done, especially for first year. As long as you keep up with the bulk of the material then you should be fine, I'm sure the odd lecture missed here and there won't make much of a difference ;-)

2) Organise your revision resources

You don't want to waste time hunting for missing lecture notes or that awesome website which you found last semester!

Keep on top of your notes, whether it be by files / boxes / plastic wallets...whatever you desire. Also keep a record of useful websites / YouTube videos for revision, these can come incredibly handy around revision time.

3) The 'little and often' principle

Start your revision early and do small chunks at a time. You'll remember the information much better this way rather than if you go on a 24hr caffeine fueled revision binge before the exam!

Take regular small breaks and break up your work into bite-size chunks. Remember to allocate time to test yourself on what you've learnt.

Starting early will also help keep your stress levels down before the exam period.

4) Be healthy (or at least try to)

Eating well and regular exercise will help you deal with the stresses and strains of revision and exams. I'd suggest factoring regular exercise into your revision breaks, I find it definitely helps with concentration.

Some of my friends have managed to integrate revision and exercise, they tell me listening to Podcasts whilst running is an awesome revision tool. I'm not so convinced but I guess you never know until you've tried!