Important Tips You Should Know Before Any Exams (WAEC, JAMB, NECO)

Writing an Examination whether JAMB, WAEC, NECO or NABTEB is always a time of being sober and studious. Hence, the need for students to be well informed on how to study properly and efficiently for the best results. The following tips might be helpful.

1. Plan Ahead of Time: It is always advisable to plan ahead of time to avoid stress during the exam period. But wait assuming you are about to sit for an exam tomorrow as you'reading this article, never mind, just keep reading, ideas here would be the most useful for you. Ensure you have a study plan and stick to it.

2. Take the Few things You Need (and eliminate distraction): The brain loves concentration. Unfortunately, this is what some people lack. You can practice this by eliminating COMPLETELY any potential distraction like mobile phones, T.V, or any other leisure devices from you. There will be time for that later. Also, do not go with bulky materials to your study. Only go with what is strictly necessary like your notebooks, textbook, dictionary or any other thing you might need. It will automatically make your brain feel light enough to study. If you would need to use the Internet, you may need to promise yourself that you would not divert into any other site other than the research site.

3. Always Be With A Book: Don't Just let the book stick with you, read it all the time. This simple action alone has immense benefits. You will learn a lot of things doing this than at your study table. Now here's it: Anytime you study something in an unusual place you would tend to remember it better than studying it at a conventional spot like your study room. Imagine reading your biology notebook while in the toilet. That definition of a complex term, you tend to remember better in the exam hall because you learnt it in an unusual way.

4. Try Different Study Techniques (and adopt what worked best): Many people always follow the conventional advice that looks like this: Adopt your learning style . In my opinion, the term learning style has been overemphasized, it is simply what conditions that suit us when we study. But you can never know it until you try different study techniques and methods. Each style is unique, has its own advantages and disadvantages. So it is advisable you know when to adopt the right approach for different circumstances.

5. Take Tons of Practice Exam Papers: This is perhaps the most useful advice i can give to you. It is what actually helped me score A's in most of my exams. It actually boosted my chances of performing well in any exams. Have a collection of them and study at least a a portion of it every night until the exams. It holds about 30% of your likelihood of performing brilliantly in the exams.

6. Avoid Excess Socializing: Relate with friends but don't always socialise to the extent of becoming a party freak or a drunken teen. After your success in the examination, you can always do that for all day-long but for the sake of your exams and academics in general, i would advice you quit partying excessively!

7. Go In There With Confidence: If you've applied the above techniques. Believe in yourself and go in there and ace that damn exams and i see success by your corner.