Here's a topic for people to just discuss/ whine about upcoming exams, or offer hints for success if you have been fortunate enough to pass the exams...

I have a ton of tests coming up now... AP World exam is in six days, and I haven't studied for a single second.

talk about tests and homework. I'm doing alright in the IB and my exams are in september. WORSE my mocks are a month or so away and I've done nNO studying whatsoever. I dread the mocks,its so bad that my chem teacher said te mocks would be one of the most horrible experiences we'll have. HATE THE IB!!! :evil:

haha, I only got one exam left and it is a research paper for College Writing 2. After that my summer vacation starts.

School is almost out. . 6 more weeks !! D:
Well my major test doesn't end until next week. .
ugh. . .its a major pain to study >_<

u guys are so lucky I live in the southern hemisphere so my summer vacations are a loong way off. (waaaa!) I wish it was summer again.

Wait so your in the beginning of school still O.O
Wow. . i feel lucky now. ..

i still have like 3 months . You guys are really lucky ><

i honestly welcome tests rather than homework, i guess it's just because it matches more with my methods of studying, where i feel hw really just takes up my time

tests? im not the type to study. i rather watch tV than sleeping or reading. but when it comes to test, its like a game of luck. hihi.

I'm already done:)

Finals for me is next week. I am in art school so we don't have tests but projects instead. In a way, I think just taking a test is easier than projects.

haha thats nice. .
My teachers still make me do some major projects , homework and the tests too
>_<

Ehehehe! SUCKERS!!!! (sorry, spazzed for a sec)
I'm the luckiest one here, I guess!
I have vacation in 3 weeks! yayay

jay............. we go to the same school and we are not lucky
we have bigger tests than them --- the Final June Exam~~~~~~~~!
we have to take the exam for almost every course

next week i have 6 tests ( what fun -__-)

i have an AP Bio test coming up tomorrow..... ><
so i have a Barron's review book which is reali helpful. if anyone is taking an AP exam this week or next year, i suggest buying a review book and reading it over. it covers a lot of good material and has practice tests to help you out too.

My teachers don't like the Barron's review books, because you can actually pick out a ton of mistakes or misconceptions in it, especially in History. MY teacher recommends the Princeton reveiw for AP world.

hmm. that's interesting. maybe Barron's is only good for sciences because almost everyone in my school who takes ap bio or ap chem carries a Barron's book around. but i've also heard of Princeton review, so i hope that it helps you out!

Aaah, school -_- what a pain in the *** with the teachers i have, there's still one month of school, and my grades dropped a lot , especially in the scientific classes…

Slicre wrote:i honestly welcome tests rather than homework, i guess it's just because it matches more with my methods of studying, where i feel hw really just takes up my time

I way prefer tests over homework as well. Similar reasons but also because I love comparing how much I know and understand with other people. (Not to see that I'm better but because I want to know that I do know everything... still an ego reason I know...)

Anyway studying. The best thing to do is just to start early and be consistent. Preferably you should revise everything as you learn it but no one actually does that. If you don't start early but start sort of a medium amount of time before exams then just make really good notes and study your notes as you make them. If you really doing last minute study then find past exam papers and work through sample questions and use them to focus on the essential stuff you need to learn.

Also figure out the most effective way of studying for yourself. I'm a visual learner and when I remember my notes by remembering the format I wrote them out in and remember diagrams very easily. If your an audio person then read things aloud.