Ok, so I woke up pretty late today because I have been staying up late and getting up kind of early to do work and revise for exams. Just trying to get as much done as I can so I can go into my exams feeling confident. But I feel so much better for sleeping in.
With the exams coming up, only a few weeks away, I'm getting pretty nervous, as I usually do around exam times, but I have made up a revision timetable to help me get the most out of the time I have left. It is 3 weeks yesterday to my first exam and I am pretty confident I will be able to stick to my timetable because it isn't too over loaded with stuff.
If you are making a revision timetable then you have to incorporate breaks into your day so you don't get too overloaded that your brain shuts down. Taking regular breaks can also make you remember more because you have time to reflect on what you've just read. If you have the presentation from the lecture then this will make it so much easier to revise from, because if your notes aren't quite up to date then you will at least have the lecture slides. If not then your notes are the best thing, with the core text book and maybe some books out the library if your lecturer told you about any during the lecture that may help with your work. Also if you have a recording of the lecture then this will help because it means if you miss anything in your notes, or the lecture slides are for those lecturers who just talk and don't write much on the slides, then at least you have them talking.
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| My Revision Timetable |
Ok, so above is my timetable, as you can see I have made it so I do an hour of work, and an hour relaxation time. There are 2 days where I will do past exam papers for the written exam, as this will give me an idea of how long the exam will take me as well as give me practice for it. It literally took me about 5 minutes to create this, it was so easy and I'll be able to stick to it because I have breaks during the day and it isn't too crowded. The thing that I always tried to do was over crowd my timetable because I thought it would make me get the most amount of revision done that I could, but I never stuck to it. One day I decided to create a timetable that had breaks and the revision slots would only be for an hour at a time, and I realised how much better this was for me.
Yours will probably look slightly different to mine because you may work better later in the day, I haven't put in anything after 8pm because I work better in the morning. Overall if you stick to your revision timetable, which I know will be hard but give it a try, then you will hopefully see a difference into how much work you do.
If you have any tips and tricks that you want me to share then either leave a comment or email me at the usual sandra.spencelayh.92@gmail.com
Good luck with revision, just the last few weeks now and you can relax over the summer :)
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