Revision for Oxbridge exams

Hi Oxbridge peeps,
was wondering how much revision you will be doing for end of year exams (realise final year is a bit different!) How important is it really?

Reply 1

Helenia

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Haz

Hi Oxbridge peeps,
was wondering how much revision you will be doing for end of year exams (realise final year is a bit different!) How important is it really?

Well, if I fail my 2nd MB exams I have to resit in September. If I fail them then, I'm out. If I screw up tripos exams, I can't redo them, that's my final grade for that bit of the course. I think a lot of the pressure is self-inflicted, but I do feel like I have a lot to live up to.

Reply 2

MadNatSci

12

Haz

Hi Oxbridge peeps,
was wondering how much revision you will be doing for end of year exams (realise final year is a bit different!) How important is it really?

I'll be doing as much as I can, because I'm crap at half my subject and will be in trouble with my tutors if I get a 2:2 or less this year. Plus I'll kick myself because I'm sure I'm capable of more than that. It doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things but it matters to me! So I'm trying really hard... just wish my bloody friends would leave me alone :frown:

Reply 3

smaug

1

Do you get many of those annoying kind of people who want to create the impression that they hardly do any revision thus are always up for going out?
IMO they're usually either the 24/7 types who dont seem to waste a minute of their time so they get loads of work done anyway, or theyre the intensive 15 hour day last minute marathon types. I imagine you might get an unpleasantly large number of these sorts at Cam?

Reply 4

Tricky Ricky

How do you guys motivate yourselves?

Reply 5

shiny

12

I just finished an exam! Only 6 more to go!

Reply 6

hildabeast

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shiny

I just finished an exam! Only 6 more to go!

Jeez!!! It wasn't a very long exam was it???
My shortest are 3hrs.
Good Luck with scary finals!!! :eek:

Reply 7

shiny

12

hildabeast

Jeez!!! It wasn't a very long exam was it???
My shortest are 3hrs.
Good Luck with scary finals!!! :eek:

No, only 8 x 1.5 hour ones (one of my papers is coursework only so - I only have 7). Got another one in a few hours!

Good luck!!

OK, now I am depressed because that exam did not go well! :confused:

Reply 10

blissy

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shiny

OK, now I am depressed because that exam did not go well! :confused:

Mine were awful too. :frown:

Reply 11

Kalypso

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blissy

Mine were awful too. :frown:

mine will be. There is not enough time in the world for me to get all the relevant bits into my head :frown:

Reply 12

shiny

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Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just have a temporary brain transplant? I can't do exams. Nice dissertation or project - yes. Exams - no.

Reply 13

Tifa

smaug

Do you get many of those annoying kind of people who want to create the impression that they hardly do any revision thus are always up for going out?
IMO they're usually either the 24/7 types who dont seem to waste a minute of their time so they get loads of work done anyway, or theyre the intensive 15 hour day last minute marathon types. I imagine you might get an unpleasantly large number of these sorts at Cam?