Making stupid mistakes in exams? Please tell me I'm not alone

All the time! Or reading the question wrong multiple times. Or assuming an answer is wrong, and crossing it out, only to find out it's right when it's too late.. Really annoying




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And asking yourself how did I do that?

Nope you're certainly not alone
I can still pinpoint 3 or 4 awfully silly mistakes I made in AS Chemistry that cost me an A, in part at least.
Just today in Biology, I completely missed the part that said to answer in continuous prose and went on to bullet point my answers to two questions.
And missing the part where it says round to a certain number of significant figures
Yep the list goes on!

I had a biology exam today, and had to draw a motor neuron and draw an arrow of thedirection of the impulse.. Did a perfect diagram but completely forgot the arrow under pressure! I can complete
y relate to the rounding.. Happens to me all the time

Yep I'd be at Cambridge right now if it weren't for the bloody rounding... well, maybe not but you get what I mean.
Are you doing AQA Unit 5 (BIOL5), by any chance?

I am! I'm guessing you've done it

Nah, I'm just an all round super duper student and read ahead a little! Looks like quite an interesting unit though, that is compared to the nightmare that is Unit 4

Yeah OP..
But I have managed to reduce this by doing large amounts of past papers vigorously and continuously.

Dedication Right there don't even get me started..

I know I'm just brilliant.....maybe not haha. Yeah BIOL4 isn't worth thinking about at 25 past midnight!
Best of luck with your A-levels

And asking yourself how did I do that?