Beat the HEAT of Exam

Beat the Heat of the EXAM

EXAM is a word which is more then enough for every student to pull up their socks. In today’s competitive world students are giving one or another exam every day, be it a competitive exam, entrance exam, semester exam so and forth. Every student wants to excel in the exam and most of us want to be on the top. The desire to excel and desire to perform the best among the other increases the stress level of the students. Today, most of the students take coaching and take extra classes to get the better edge in the exam.

EXAM itself is not so difficult word; most of us make it so. Some time we get the peers pressure, family or our group pressure to excel or do well in the exam as compared to our other counterparts. This sense of competitiveness increases the level of exam stress. Stress is a very huge part of our school and college life, and it is something which we have to bear and face every day. As a students exam stress is the biggest inner fight. Some time stress may come as a shock, but the suggestion is that it should not take over every thing of our life. No matter you are preparing for the final or for very important entrance, you should always remember that you can still do well without feeling to die whole week. There are few tips for you with which you can beat the exam stress:

1. Avoid stressful people.

Stress is works as an infection. During the exam week always avoid to study with a super tensed and stresses friend. If she/he is complaining all the time and saying that she does not remember anything and she/he does not recollect whatever she has studied in the past days. His/her statements will only add more stress to you.

2. Eat healthy and exercise
During the exam time always try to eat health food. Take food which is low in calories and easy to digest. Skip the sugar or food which has high sugar contents. Eat fresh fruits, cereals and veggies to keep your blood pressure stable. If you are studying for long hours then add protein in your diet chart. Also, try to get some form of exercise. Play your favorite outdoor game or take a ten minutes walk in the morning or evening to stay fit.
3. Just say NO to wastage of time
Try to learn to say no to the people who want to take up your precious time. They may be your friend, your family members or your classmates who need to have a chit chat with you about their and your life, or ask you to join them in the party before the exam. If you say yes to them you will surely waste lot of time, which you can utilize in your studies. Resist that urge to go with them or have a long hour chit-chat with them. Say No to these kinds of distractions and be selfish for few days if you want to score good in your exam.

4. Force yourself to take short break after every long hour
Studying for long hour without taking breaks decrease your reading capacity and interest in the studies. For every hour or so take 10 to 15 mints break. Tune your favorite music or watch TV or sing song, do whatever you want to ease your study stress in these 10 to 15 minutes. This will help your brain to focus more and concentrate more when you again go for study.
5. Visualize it all going right.
Try to visualize that you are giving the exam, write down all the information in short just to give the mini exam. Getting all the answer right and focus on how to feel relax during the exam. If you imagine a happy ending and find your self relax at the end of it this will lead you to more happy and satisfied phase during the exam.

6. Go over past exams

Try to get the previous years paper and solve them. Try to solve the maximum number of paper this will gives you a picture of the real exam. This will give you an idea that what kind of question can be asked in the exam. What will the level of the exam, and what kind of question you can come up. If you are unable to solve a particular question you can ask your teacher or friends to help you out.

7. Understand, don't just memorise

With the topics like mathematics and science try to understand the concept rather then just learning them what we all do with other subjects. Question are now designed in a way that it required that you understand the concept rather then just memorizing it. Good exam performance depends on how well you understand a particular point or concept or you are able to answer anything on the concept rather then just recalling your studied question on that particular topic.
8. Your preparation will increase your confidence!
When the exam date countdown begins, then you need to improve your confidence. You have prepared as much as you can during the available time, now the time has come to do well on that day. Try to convince your self that you can do really well in the exam. This will increase your confidence and you will write all the answers with full confidence.