03-18-2009, 10:13 AM
pick some tests that have a smaller scope>>
Up2Late's suggestion is a very good one. If you imagine everything you need to learn in piles- how big would the astronomy pile be? (uhhhh....answer: huge)
How big would the pile for US History before 1965 be? Not so huge. (clue: there is no new information being added to that pile!)
You didn't share what you were doing to study- or how long-but there were a lot of good suggestions here. Simply put, you need to hit the books a little harder. What that actually means differs for each of us.
One last suggestion: brain dumping
Brain dumping is when you have a handful of facts that you can barely hang on to - for me, it was a list of dates- anyway, you cram cram cram up until the second you walk into the test center door. Sign in, take a seat, and when you get to start (the pre-exam screens not the test) use official scrap paper and start dumping it all into notes that you write on the spot. At the end of the exam, you do have to turn in your paper. This is NOT BRINGING IN notes- this is brining in material in your brain. I did this almost every test- and sometimes, the test itself provides bits of facts you can add to your notes and use on another questions (less often - but sometimes)
All the best!
Up2Late's suggestion is a very good one. If you imagine everything you need to learn in piles- how big would the astronomy pile be? (uhhhh....answer: huge)
How big would the pile for US History before 1965 be? Not so huge. (clue: there is no new information being added to that pile!)
You didn't share what you were doing to study- or how long-but there were a lot of good suggestions here. Simply put, you need to hit the books a little harder. What that actually means differs for each of us.
One last suggestion: brain dumping
Brain dumping is when you have a handful of facts that you can barely hang on to - for me, it was a list of dates- anyway, you cram cram cram up until the second you walk into the test center door. Sign in, take a seat, and when you get to start (the pre-exam screens not the test) use official scrap paper and start dumping it all into notes that you write on the spot. At the end of the exam, you do have to turn in your paper. This is NOT BRINGING IN notes- this is brining in material in your brain. I did this almost every test- and sometimes, the test itself provides bits of facts you can add to your notes and use on another questions (less often - but sometimes)
All the best!
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