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Exam Revision Progress

I swear, sometimes revision is the most exhausting phase in any high school year T-T

Please don't mind my messy notes, for some reason my brain cannot just process neat notes. It's like we're enemies but nevertheless, I managed to finish quite alot and tomorrow is another long day :")

Study Progress

(Just saying, my notes are not so aesthetic and they're kinda messy so xD)

An over-all (and first) update on my study progress today...

I revised about 7-8 lessons in Computer Science

Did a short revision of MCQs in Economics.

In general, it was an alright productive day and yeah.

Study Tip - 1

Well, the first study tip I'll be posting is definitely this, i don't think I've seen this before but it's something I've definitely scored better with.

Know your question paper format and marking schemes

First with question paper format, by that I mean, how your question paper is going to be... Like, how many MCQs? Number of explanatory questions? Total marks for each question and sections etc etc.

Marking scheme basically refer to how you'll gain marks in your answer sheets. Suppose you have a question for let's say, 3 marks. Then you should find out how much you need to write for those 3 marks, if it's three points or half a page etc etc.

Some things that definitely carry extra marks:

Definitions

Diagrams

Graphs/tables (if there are any)

Codings

Additional info like Criticism, Applications, Exceptions etc

Formulae

Examples !!!

I cannot highlight this enough because it shows you how you have to portray and answer each question. The more you write your contents, the higher chance there is to get extra marks

Where can you get your marking schemes and paper formats? The most accurate and precise way would either be your subject teachers or previous question papers or asking your seniors.