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The event that you have been preparing for all that time, pegging away at textbooks and prep materials, is over. You have taken most of the exams and submitted the final papers. Although it seems that the worst days are over, the post-exam stress and anxiety might hit you hard. While you are now anxiously waiting for the results, you are often under higher pressure than before an exam took place.

Read more > “What to Do After an Exam: Manage Post-Exam Stress and Anxiety, Sell Textbooks and Plan your Future”

This year has completely changed our lives, including the examination format. As has been discussed round and about, this year’s AP exams are taken at home in an online form. Well, you probably know the details about online college exams. SAT and ACT, while postponed, might take place as at-home exams in the end. GMAT and LSAT have online proctored options this summer too.

Read more > “How to Prepare for At-Home Online College Exams in 2021?”

I’m pretty sure that we’re all familiar with the phenomenon called ‘cramming’. It’s a skill that almost every student has come to possess from years and years of getting used to leaving tasks until the last minute. Although it’s known that cramming won’t probably land you an A, it surely might prevent an F (and what more could one possibly ask for?)

Cramming is a last-minute study technique that students have depended on for decades, and although it has proven to have a beneficial outcome for some, it might have its consequences. Cramming is pretty much trying to memorize a large amount of information in a short period of time. We usually do it the night before a test, exam, or during revision week.

Read more > “Does Cramming Really Work?”

The exam session is slowly creeping up on us… It’s that time of the year again when all our hard work from the semester will be put to the test. Our thoughts are preoccupied, preventing us from getting a good night’s sleep. We have so much to read but so little time! Any slip-up, and there might be consequences! But hey, don’t let that bum you out. We’ve taken our time to list out some tips on how to mentally prepare for an exam. Check them out.

Read more > “How to Mentally Prepare for an Exam”