How many days, weeks or months should you start revising for an exam to get 90%?

Question

I am in my final year at University and want to know how many days, weeks, or months i should start revising before my exam to get a minimum of 90%! Thanks

Answer 1

Revise material as soon as you learn it....be constantly revising and drumming it in! And hey.....don't AIM for 90 %.....AIM for 100%! Be the best you can be! Set your sights high.
Remember...."If it's meant to be, it's up to me" Good Luck with your finals and Merry Christmas! xx

Answer 2

That's like asking 'how long's a piece of string?'! It depends how intelligent you are, how well you understand your subject, how much work you've done along the way and how much you've got to learn. In fact I find it quite surprising that you've managed to get to and through university without knowing the answer! :-)

To be really successful you need to revise all the time, recapping at home the work you've done during the day and then learning each block of work as it finishes. The more you understand the work as you go the less alien it will seem when you go back to it for the exams.

Don't forget the saying "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!" In other words split up your work into manageable chunks. Before the exams write down all the main sections you have to know, and then within those the sub headings for each one. That way you'll have a good oversight of your work and you can decide how long to spend on each topic. Tackle your least favourite and those you find difficult first. It will be such a relief to feel you have got to grips with them. You can also come back to them afterwards if you need to and it will all make much better sense! Good luck!

Answer 3

You should be revising right from the beginning of your course. Ideally, you should be revising everything you learn as you go along, so that nearer to the examination you only need to give your work a quick overlook. That is if you "confidently" want to get 90%...you could still potentially get 90% otherwise, but the later you start the slimmer you chances get. Getting a top mark such as 90%+ is not necessarily associated with how long you revise but how you revise it. Some people get top marks with flying colours when revising the night before the examination, but in most instances that would not be recommended.

Answer 4

hi,

it really depends on how you learn best and what course your doing! i study french and need to be constantly revising but then again it's easier said than done! i always have good intentions but never stick to them. you should really make a revision plan and stick to it and you'll find it a lot easier and less stressful when the exam date comes. id say if you've got exams after xmas start revising now, maybe 1 hr every day with wkends and xmas day off!

hope that helps! :-)

Answer 5

if you have developed photographic memory of the contents of a text/notes then one day before that is, less than/ about 16 hrs should be sufficient.but if you have to study a question, understand, analyse, apply your knowledge, then any amount of revision i feel will not help you.
that basically differs/decides the style of preparation for likes of history, law, geography, grammar,surgery etc on one hand and mathematics, statistics, chemistry,medicine, psychology on the other.
well that has been my experience.bye the way don't jump to conclusion that i have studied all the above subjects. by the way it took me nearly 30 min. to type out this answer, and would not have taken stenographer more than a minute had i dictated this.

Answer 6

i found the best way to revise is as follows:
20 to 30 mins revision
15 mins break
20 to 30 mins recap on 1st 20 to 30mins
15 mins break
20 to 30 mins new stuff
15 mins break
20 to 30 mins recap on last 40 to 60mins
and so on

keeps you fresh n drums it in

using this technique and breaking down what u need to know into little bites like this worked wonders for me i got 100% in a mathes final once doing this.
how long before well anything over a week n it starts to go again so i'd say keep it within say 7 to 10 days of the exam depending on the amount you need to cover and regularly recap as you go along to keep it fresh in your mind

hope it helps

Answer 7

You don’t need to exercise for hours on end. Short, sharp sets of exercise will produce better results if you work hard. Get a skipping rope, skip for two moments, do push ups for 1 minute, skip for two minutes, rest for starters minute. Then change the push up to something else like sit ups and do the set again. Repeat it five times and it’s a quick, effective workout that will get better results than a long run or swim.

Answer 8

You don’t need to exercise for long periods of time. Short, sharp sets of exercise will produce better results should you work hard. Get a bypassing rope, skip for two minutes, do push ups for about a minute, skip for two minutes, rest for example minute. Then change the push approximately something else like sit ups and also do the set again. Repeat it five times and it’s a rapid, effective workout that will get better results than a long operate or swim.

Answer 9

Ask for your entrée to get served on a bed of greens rather than bed of pasta or mashed oranges.

Answer 10

Walk to your co-worker's desk to chat instead of instant messaging.