Experience
Newcastle

During your exam

So you’ve found your room and your seat now you’re ready to show this exam who’s boss!

Reading time is like a little gift wrapped up and tied with a bow – if you’ve got it use it wisely! Read over each question (make sure you look at every page back and front) and then split up your time. How long you should be spending on each question to make sure you answer everything?

It’s easy to get caught up writing away on a question you know everything about – be strict with your time allocation to avoid this from happening. You don’t want to walk away with one question answered amazingly well and the rest not started.

Don’t worry if you come across a question you don’t know the answer to. Brainstorm some key points or key words and then move on.

If time is running faster than you’re writing try speeding through your remaining questions and summarising your intended answers in point form – who knows you might pick up an extra point or two.

Allow yourself a bit of time at the end to make sure you’ve filled in your answer sheet correctly and read over what you’ve done.