Chicken best to read the notes and absorb all the information and take breaks at certain times so you're relaxed, also have some water or a banana as the teachers always used to say at school that helps. Good luck.


I used to revise with the soaps on.

Aw you poor thing, you can only do your best. I would put it right out of your mind today, relax and enjoy the day. Knuckle down to it tomorrow, and good luck for Tuesday.  and lots of luck.

Try brainstorming also some of the crucial stuff you will need to know as a method to help you remember or use sticky notes.

i would do that heartache but i did not do much yesterday , what with all the moving back to uni and all.

thanx for the tips Darlo!

Make sure you have breakfast.
Revise in half hour segments with a 5-10 min break between.
Have a drink with you at all times (not beer)
Make sure you have food breaks too.
If you are tired stop and do something else, maybe have a small kip.
But don't forget your daily dose of CBB though!

thanx carpet!

Try using any online sites or Google also.

Try not to worry about it chicken, stressing about revision means nothing properly sinks in as everyone else has said breaks, water and food are your vitals.
What year are you in?

1st year Trixy!

Haha in that case my lovely chill out I know its hard to do 
What revision have you done so far?

just been reading books and lecture notes really , wrote down some key words and phrases aswell

Don't worry Chicken i'm sure you will be fine, break it all down into sections or spend a certain amount of time going over something before you go onto the next bit so it sticks up there or go back and look if you want to go over it again.

thanx guys! you have been really helpful

ok have you tried mind maps?
I normally stress like a mad person but this year I'm staying calm (its my 3rd year so I really need to do well) so I've made loads of notes on my lecture notes and extra reading and then read through them and from memory made a mind map. Its really helpful for proving what you do know.
Is your test essay based, multiple choice or short answer?

have not done a mind map yet! but i will try it

its 100 multiple choice questions , so i guess its not going to be so bad , i just want to do well really

Then remember, the right answer is on the page

For me the only way I could revise and actually absorb anything (rather than autopilot reading.... I'd read it... but not process it)... was to write/copy it out.   I wrote reams & reams of notes.

Then at the end of each bit... I would find some way of testing what I knew. 

The other really good way of testing what you do and do not know is to try to explain it to someone.   It doesn't have to be a real someone....  I used to try to explain the respiratory chain to my daughter who was then aged 2, in her highchair.

My daughter now uses this method herself... in her room... to an imaginary someone, she does it out loud, I think you have to.

Is very effective at highlighting stuff you need to look over again

oh... and....

((hug))

Hi Trix 

I hate mind maps... I know they work for some peeps... I just find doing the map a head hurty!

I like reading other peoples mind maps though.

i have done that ditty , talking to an imaginary somone , and it does work well

 I had to do one of them before for my Food Technology GCSE we had 60 minutes but we was done in half an hour lmao and it was normal lesson, lots of revision we had to do though with our big folder of coursework and revision book.


Some at College can be done on Computer depends really on the subject.

Can't really add much more to the others advice Chicken (it's 26 years since I last did any revision), but I found breaking down information into bullet points helped, drinking plenty of water and eating something like a banana gives energy.  Try not to spend all day revising, break it down into set periods of revision and never revise before going to bed.  I used to find music helped me to revise as well, in fact I can't hear Duran Duran's Rio album without thinking of school/college revision - that's how long ago it was!!  Try and stay calm as you go into your exam and take deep breaths, lavender oil on a hankie/tissue can also be calming.

Good luck, fingers crossed for you xx

excellent...  hopefully you realised you know more than you thought you did xxxx

(you are doing fine chicken...  it will be ok xx)

Hi Ditty
Mind maps are weird, I think you have to like the process to be able to use them. I just have to keep writing my notes again and again so I end up with so many copies of them before finally thinking lets prove what I know.
I also like the teaching someone thing- when I did GCSEs I taught my mum, this year is the first year I've done it again, talking to myself, but I spent this morning with my housemate doing past exams questions and we seem to have sorted quite a few things out.
Revision is stupid

You're exactly the same as me Trix....   mind maps make it difficult, millions of copies of notes, & explaining it or teaching it to someone!

Maybe its a science thing!

thanks for all the help guys!! am off to put all your ideas into practice! wish me luck!! back soon xx

That was the way I did it Ditty, I seemed to retain info so much better if I had written it down.

Chicken, there's lots of good advice in this thread, so I'm sending you a big hug and always remember, you can only do your best.

Have a hug then get of this forum and study,all the best for Tuesday.

Ooh I hated exams too.  Best advice I can give is not to panic. It's just an exam, and if it's your first year it probably won't count a great deal towards your final grade anyway. Don't revise anything on Tuesday morning or you'll just end up forgetting all the revision you've done beforehand. Good luck anyway, I'm sure you'll be fine. What are you studying?

I'm a little bit revision drunk- just had the funniest walk to the shop ever.

You've just said yourself what I was going to suggest


Although its 20 odd years since I last did an exam  I found this method really helpful. 



Use trigger words that will help you remember the bigger picture.


Good luck

A big  and all the very best for Tuesday Chicken

Preparation and being organised is everyting to me
Bullet points and key words distilled from ya large notes to jog ya memory
 .... and cheating, lol

Wot subject you doing?

Good Luck tomorrow Chicken

Lot of good advice here
Good luck Chicken!

If you can find some other person equally keen and doing the same course to discuss it with. That works well too, in my experience.

This won't be any use to you now chicken but may come in handy in the next few years - do you have a dictaphone?  I used to speak the important notes onto my dictaphone and pace around listening to it and repeating at the same time.

I currently doing this for my biology exam on Thursday   it does work   I pace around and try to pre-empt the dictaphone so that I know the most important bits have gone into my nogging