Here's a better way: *DONT* micromanage your entire exam with thinking how much time you're gonna spend on each question for every question, and just do the exam as normal, skipping the questions you're not prepared for

they legit told us this in school “If you can’t figure out the answer for a question, skip it.”

"quickly think about how much time you want to spend" me: spends 10 minutes thinking about how much time i want to spend

I'm maths I start from the back, going backwards until TIME reaches halfway (tackle the harder more marks questions) then I move to the front and start there till i finish (completing the easy low mark questions)

Skeletor needs to finish his exams faster

I usually do the first 10 or so questions. Then when I get bored with those or hit a hard question, I jump to the last question and work backwards from there until I reach the point where I left off. I have terrible memory so if it’s online and I go to do the next question and then I realize I’m done it’s a nice little surprise.

This is one advantage of exams here in the U.K. We tend to have very little multiple choice questions, but each question is worth a certain number of marks (e.g. 4 mark explain question). The rule that the exam boards and teachers follow on how much time to give you is 1 mark = 1 minute, so if your paper was worth 30 marks, then you’d get 30 minutes.

What if they are cumulative? Him: “well your not in luck” Lmao

Tips which has always helped me: • Don't waste your time on the questions you don't know the answer just skip it and leave for the later and when you're done you can look to those questions • Don't waste your time on helping others • When it's a maths exam so you should always start from the back for example if you have 20 questions so do the 20th question first because mostly they give the hard ones in last which consume a little more time and they are of more marks. I hope it helps! ;)

I look through the exam paper quickly to see what the questions are like, and do the easy questions first. While I’m doing the easy questions, in the back of my mind I’m thinking about how to tackle the more challenging questions later

I literally repeat the questions and answers in my head like a million times and then start thinking about movies. On average, I'm able to finish 60% of the test and guess on the rest

here's a tip: if all questions have the same marks, go from easiest to hardest, bc, for example, lets suppose an easy question takes you 3 minutes and a hard one takes 10, so if you only have an hour to do a test with 10 easy and 10 hard, going from easy to hard makes you 13/20, and hard to easy only 6/20

These videos are always so well done ✅

Another tip: When exam starts, DO NOT open your paper. You should flip to the back where you can find a blank page, and just scribble down everything you can remember and then just do the questions. Reason: If you start the exam just looking at the questions and answering them, your brain will not be able to remember the answer since a lot of knowledge is flowing through your brain, and if you scribbled down everything at the back first, then your brain won’t be filled with a lot of stuff since your wrote it all down, so you won’t suddenly stop and think of the answer to a question as you can just copy it from behind. P.S. This saved my History grade. *Disclaimer* I got this tip from FayeFilms, she’s a student in University of Melbourne.

I never run out of time during a test before. The trick in passing the exam without cramming for the test is to just listen and be attentive in class, generally just enjoy class. You might not get the highest score/grade because you don't put much effort studying but you won't be having trouble on exam and avoid failing too

Something that helped me with the last test I took was starting on the last or most amount of point question and once I got stuck and didn’t know what to do, I would go into the test and do two or three other, easier, problems. This helped give me time to think and some different problems to look back on without my mind just blankly staring at the paper. This especially helps if you didn’t study, which I didn’t do.

Here's some tips for y'all 1. First and foremost, Review before the exam (either one to two hours before the test or even last minute) 2. Try asking the teacher what is the pointers to review 3. On the test, answer the question you know first 4. When choosing an answer look for what is different from other or what is more familiar too you 5. Use the cancelation method (cancel the choises that is less likely to be the answer so you can narrow down the choices then use the 4th tip) 6. When reviewing, don't memorize the whole definition of a term. Memorize or made a connection to a certain keyword that is unique for that term

Me: Alright... so let me see.. I have 20 minutes... let's see how much time I should spe- oh damn it's already time..

Also don't spend ages staring and pondering at a question. Star it, move on and come back later. You'll be surprised how much comes back to you. You'll have a clearer mind and also be less stressed because you've pretty much finished the test and have plenty of time to spare filling in blank answers and correcting mistakes. Bonus Tip: at the start of any test, flip to the back and write down anything you on your short-term memory that you need to remember but could forget during the test. For example, in my maths test I flipped to the back and jotted down the CAST diagram, sinx + cosx = 1, sin2x/cos2x = tan2x and finally the formula for the volume of a cylinder. This made taking the test sooooooo much easier because I wasn't trying to remember those formulas throughout the whole test ad when I came to questions where I needed those formulas I spent no time pondering or trying to remember, I just quickly copied down the formula I needed and got to work, finishing those questions in seconds opposed to 5 minutes.

you have been a life saver. i have stopped procrastinating and gotten better at studying ever since i subbed to you.

"don't jump into the test without knowing what the questions are like" So do I steal the test before the test day?

"dont jump in without not knowing what the questions are" my teachers giving us a test based on 2 years ago while not giving us any context but just showing up and winging it: :((

Thanks for the content! Super useful for tests on open heart surgery.

Teacher: Skip all the questions you don’t understand. Me: Skips all the questions.

I already do this. I do the multiple choice questions first, then predict what time I will get done. I usually finish before the expected time. If so, I just relax and let myself think clearly about the response answers.

Whenever I time myself on a question, I get all stressed 😅

Everyone having actual strategizes for finishing their exams fast and I’m just over here doing the exam start to finish without stopping, checking, double checking, sketching my entire hand because I’m bored then triple checking it and still having time left over 😭

I always finish with about half the time remaining. That’s not because I aced the test, it’s because I aced everything I know and the stuff I don’t know I never get in the entire 1 hour I have to spare.

his teachers: watching the clock until the clock strikes the exact second when the test is over my teachers: not really caring how long it takes

Me spending a the whole exam time thinking how much time I am going to spend on each question

If you're provided the exam pattern, it's better to manage time before hand. Also practice previous question papers and analyse your weaknesses and strengths, and how much time you need to spend on specific question types.

Yesterday I had a test, and I fully messed up because I followed this technique, because as my test had 4 segments and I was weak at physics, I left it for last but I ended up getting a tough questions in botany as well as chemistry, but physics was a bit easy but still couldn't do it beacuse of time shortage At the end what I wanted to tell you guys is that , please don't just watch YT video and use that technique rather take some special time before your exam and just create your own strategy and follow it wisely

Me thinking about how much time I wanna take to complete the other sections is the whole exam lol

“multiple choice questions” y’all have that? 💀💀

Please make a video on how to concentrate. Apart from that your vids are great!

Quick tip: if you're ever doing this, DONT DO IT IN THE WRITING TIME All planning should be done in the reading time

Sir, I will give my boards this year. But there is a huge change of question patter because of the pandemic. (MCQs with 4option) We have to attept 50 questions out of 60, each carrying 0.8 marks in 90 Mins. It's very difficult for me to solve the question paper in time ( specialy for maths & physics) May I please gets some tips for this kind of question paper .

I will literally take a million years just to open the test paper😂😂😂

Always learned to read every question before hand. Some teachers would hide stuff in the test that made you go back to previous questions or answers could be told from the questions of others. Usually in language classes or science.

If you really wanna do your exam faster just read ahead ... 1. Start your exam (ofc) 2. Do the questions you know first. 3. And then if you can't really reach the topic of any question , just ask ur friends they will really help. 4.your exam is done .

At this rate imma spend 15 minutes spending time planning on how to spend time, and wasting time smh

Do you guys do all the easy questions and then do the hard ones last?

You answer 21 for the first question "what's 9+10" lol .

I did this for the PSAT and my finals, and it saved me a LOT of time (Couldn’t do it for my APCSP exam cuz it was online, but still passed)

How to save time: - Spend all your time worrying about the time

I actually used this method before hearing you mention it and it worked really well for writing and stuff

In my syllabus, the max amount of time you spend in 1 question is defined by the amount of marks that question has. For example, if its a 2 mark question, you know that you shouldn't spend more than 2 mins on it and that you have to write down 2 points. Simple, and gives you track of your time management.

i love he he is literally married to paper and uses it for everything 🤣🤣😂😂

thinking how much time you need to spend on each question then realizing the exam time is over right as you want to start

This works for the SAT. My rule of thumb is, if three or so minutes have passed and youre not making much process, guess and go onto the next question. Or skip it entirely and go back to it when youre done with the other questions.

And spend 20 minutes organizing out how much time you want to spend on each question :)

I just do them in this order: 1. Questions that I imidiatelly know the answer to 2. Questions that I know how to solve but look like they are gonna take some time (like I know the method but they involve some more complex calculations than one simple equation) 3. Questions that I kinda have idea where to start but I'm not that confident about them 4. Questions I have no idea how to tackle (hoping that something will come to my head while I work on the previous ones or I can just think about them for the remaining time and leave them unsolved in the worst case) Like some other peope here said. Micromanaging your time to the point where you try to calculate how much time you should leave for each question will just make you more lose time and cause a lot of unecessary stress. I never really tried to come up with any "test taking method" but what I described above is how I usually went about those and I know there are people who struggle with time management on tests so holefully it will help someone. I think the pro of this method is that it's pretty easy and fast to put the question in one of these 4 categories just by reading it

You would spend more time on micromanaging questions and the time you give yourself might be too much or too little, just skip hard questions. Sometimes teachers even recommend how much time you should spend on x part of the test.

This is gonna help a lot ty

Bro I've been doing this since 3rd grade and it kind of explains how I don't fear tests as much as other. It reduces my stress answering the easiest and working off of them in tests. 10/10 do recommend 100% effective

One more tip ! This is something many students have to tackle, they think that they are bad at what ever subject it is, so they dont have the mood to do it, instead, they count how many pages they have left, it consumes alot of time, so something i do is, just keep on doing and skip the hard ones ! Tackle easier ones will give u more time for hard ones!!

you shouldve posted this last week 😭😤

“If you don’t know a question, skip it come back to it after you’re done with your exam.” My teacher before any exams or tests

I have few tips if for doing test. If your test consist of essays and multiple choices, ALWAYS WORKS ON THE ESSAYS FIRST. Especially if the Essay is 2/3 of yer entire score. After that, work on the easiest ones to the hardest of the test. If your test is only an essay, read the questions first, and answer the ones that are familiar first before moving to the hardest one. This helps stimulate your brain to remember the subject you are studying. Also, usually the answer to the hard question connects to the answer for the short question. If it's only a multiple choice, go from easiest to hardest. Do not micromanage how long you are going to work on a question. It would put a pressure on you and makes working on it longer. Try to scale it down again which one is simpler to work amongst the harder questions. If there's an analysis multiple choice, then work on those first because they usually took longer than normal multiple choices. That's all I guess? (EDIT : spelling mistakes)

Its all fun until you have to answer 50 question in 20 minute

Actually sometimes the answer for the first question is in the second question... FAX

I’m gonna spend my time doing the opposite because all of my tests are in pre-algebra

Me watching this after my maths exam : I couldn't even do such an easy thing. Damn it.

Minutea Writing Stole Time Already😂😂

My strategy is: 1. Just start going through the test and answer the questions quickly but not so quickly so you mess up. 2. If you see any questions you don’t understand, put a star next to the question and skip it. 3. Go back to the questions you starred and see if you can figure out how to solve them. If you can’t figure them out after a couple minutes of thinking, just move on. 5. Check your work, starting with the hardest questions first and going to the easiest. 6. If you still have any starred questions left, try to answer them. 7. Keep repeating steps 5 and 6 until you only have 5 minutes left. If you have any starred questions, just put in a random answer or some BS work and hope your teacher will give you partial credit (unless they don’t give partial credit). If not, just keep checking

0f-3f=(you can’t do that so) 0f+3f=3f+3f=6f , so now you can do it 6f-3f=3f. My dad taught me this, all you gotta do, if u can’t do an equation like this, you gotta double that number. 5f-4f=1f or 4f-5f=? 4f+4f=8f so now: 8f-5f= 3f, now this helps a lot with me

My teacher says.. When I was younger this boy would always finish a test before me but he would always get everything wrong and I was always the last to finish but I got everything right so don’t compare your understanding and learning speed to your classmates

This guy literally gives good tips less than a minute while my teachers takes like an hour and I still don't remember em

Best ideas -Dont micromanage while doing the test, just do the exam using the best of your ability so you dont waste time If you are feeling stressed, take a deep breath every 2 seconds before continuing Make sure to eat foods that boost memory like for eg: almonds in the morning Skip questions if you have not wrote anything down for it for 5 minutes and come back to it at the end of your exam Always plan before writing big or if a question contains a lot of marks If there is a big marker question that requires work and time, do that first then do the other easy bits to garner more marks

I was watching this show, and it’s stated this to be the most effective manner of answering questions (multiple choice or true/false): 1. Answer the questions you know the answer to. 2. On the questions after, put the opposite (if the first question was true, then the second one is more likely to be false. And vice versa) 3. For any remainders, put true (true/false questions are more likely to be true than false). 1. If multiple choice, put the answers you know. 2. If the multiple choice answers are in a list (like A ) or are grouped together (A, B, C) then B go for the ones on the edges, as the C examiners are more likely to put them on the edges than the middle. A technique I learned in GCSE English: If you’re not sure on written questions, just write as much as possible relating to the topic. Just absolutely bullshit as much as possible and you might strike a couple nuggets of gold that the examiners will accept. Let me know if these work! ^^

Fortunately, exams are mostly equally time consuming in most tests I do so I just manage the time for each equally

“Know what the questions are” Me that makes every easy question to an calculus lesson in every test:

Another trick: DO NOT write any random answers just because you want your teacher to think that you are really fast and productive they will be really happy in the beginning but after checking your answers they will be not happy at all. So take ur time wisely and pass.

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If you are doing chemistry tests in the UK, the multiple choice questions, which are worth 1 or 2 marks, take more than 3 minutes. This is more time consuming so doing the 5 mark questions at the start is better

for maths, i start with the highest scoring ones first and then move to the lower easy ones for english, i start with literature first, then grammar and last for the reading section if the subject is a mix of theory and numericals, i finish the theory part first and then the numericals

I usually answer all of the very easy questions first, so I have more time to answer the difficult ones.

Legends watching this 1 day before exam😅

The most important thing to keep in mind in exams.

This method is so good. I used it for my a levels

Our teachers always told us to just solve what we know then spend the rest of the exam thinking about the hard questions

I'll also suggest writing down things you may forget such as formulas, word definitions, certain facts and the like.

A) make darn sure if you skip a question, you skip it on the scantron/ answer page. If you are 1 off on all the answers, you failed. I have seen it happen. B) if you are struggling on the answer, reread the question slowly. You may have skipped the word not, except, or some clue to help you. C) If you have a test that only counts The ones you try, then skip the ones you don't know. Just realize, it may change the weight of the answers points. 100 questions, 1 point right or wrong. 25 questions answered are 4 points each. 10 questions are 10 points each. By the way, tests only show you where you are weakest so you know where you need to focus. If you are multiplying and you miss all the 7 times tables, focus on reviewing the 7 times tables. You are not stupid, you just don't get the concept. If you are lazy, that is your choice to be uneducated, but to have to pay for education later is way more expensive.

Me every time I take a test: what did we just learn?

Just do the easier one first no need to waste time calculating the time it would took you for x or y question. Every single second is precious

I have end of term exam next week and also a STEM FAIR project due next week! I'm so stressed 😭

This is especially useful if you didn't study; answer what you do know first, then spend the rest of the time trying to reason out hard questions and going for half-points if possible.

Tip: start by writing some informations about the exams, example : If its math, write the formulas on the back. And skip the questions or use 1 min on it, if still dont know, Skip..

My school tells us to skip questions we can't answer- do they not tell everyone this or do y'all just not listen??

Time is never the problem, the problem is that I sleep right after my exam is completed and I get 95 even when I know I could've gotten 100.

bro even though am in sixth grade ur still so helpful. i went from getting 97.6 to 99.4 on my report card

i tried this in high school but haven’t the easy questions sprinkled in with hard ones gave me a boost of hope of passing. without that hope i get frustrated and burnt out.

Here we have sections for questions and we have freedom to start with any. We can opt to do the sections in any order but need to do the questions in the section orderly. It's a nice system.

A little tip for the people who got cumulative tests: try an educated guess, move on to the next question, and so on so forth until u reach the end. Then go back and answer those questions again. This isn’t a guarantee but it is helpful.

I tend to solve those questions which have heavy weightage and then solve questions with low weightage. This way I don't goof up in bigger and important answers and make silly mistakes due to lack of time and anxiety about the remaining time and one mark questions are much more easy to remember and write so anxiety doesn't affect on them.

In our school, they let us review our question paper for 15 minutes before we are handed our answer sheets so we can start writing. So during these 15 minutes, you are to think about how and which questions you'll solve, which ones you'll skip, or to recall things because sometimes we think we know the answer but forget it as soon as we write the first word (does this happens to anyone else too). Helps us save alot of time and we are able to finish them on time, except me that is. Because I study so much that I know too much and then I write too much and the next thing you know time's up.

That's what I do. Do the easiest ones first. Even if you run out of time for the test, at least you answered something.

"Go with the easiest multiple choice questions" Me with math tests: Wait, you have multiple choice?

I actually already do this lol, I realized this trick was necessary when I realized that some questions are far easier than others and that I could rearrange the order I did them in

I did a scholarship exam for my school many weeks ago and they gave us 75 questions in 45minutes, for context, I’m considered smart and I had asked people that have or have not gotten the scholarship before and all they said was, make sure you finish all the questions, I thought it was weird but I did, best decision ever made. (And yes I got the scholarship)