8).Past papers, past papers and more past papers
If you don’t plan to complete all the online past papers for your chosen subjects then, well, shame on you. The official online past paper pages which can be found on your exam board’s website are a BLESSING. Not only do they provide you with actual questions asked in actual exams, they provide you with the answer booklets and the examiner’s report too. The examiner’s report is especially useful as it is a direct insight into what examiners are happy with and what they’re damn well fed up of in student responses. While you should only look at the answer booklets after you’ve completed the past paper (in timed-conditions, may I add), the answer booklets can actually be a fact lover’s paradise. Print off the answer booklet and go through it with a highlighter, writing any facts and stats you didn’t know on one of those prettily-decorated flashcards we discussed (*cough*).
If you’re feeling especially motivated and complete all the past papers, sitting down and creating some exam questions of your own can be an incredibly enriching and often over-looked experience. This gets you thinking critically about your course and, ultimately, provides you with more questions to answer. YAYYYY!!!
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