How much do you revise per day in the lead up to exams?

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How much do you revise per day in the lead up to exams?

Not what does your timetable say you should be revising per day, what are you actually spending per day on quality revision time? Take the poll and discuss below.

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Reply 1

Perky perks

..... whatever i can... with plenty of breaks :smile:

seems to work :smile:

Reply 2

Rahul.S

as much as i can......with the ps3 breakz =)

Reply 3

lets_bring_back_the_love

I used to revise for hours and then i failed my exams now i think im going to concentrate on decent revision and having a good social life too. :smile:

Reply 4

eugenius 8

as much as i can, cramming ftw :colondollar:

Reply 5

christopher

dont jut study for hours cause that way u wnt learn anythin u hav 2 take each section and break it in2 chunks that way u will be rvising and u will actualy remembr it

Reply 6

rocky123456789

cram in as much as I can, even nthough it doesnt all go in, it stops me panicking in the exam if i know i could not have done anymore without dying

Reply 7

Oprah

I take the week off before the exams and all the days before the exams and constantly read, write notes, practice questions etc. I did that in january and got 3 A's and im dumb, ive never got good grades before.

Reply 8

Oprah

Original post by christopher

dont jut study for hours cause that way u wnt learn anythin u hav 2 take each section and break it in2 chunks that way u will be rvising and u will actualy remembr it

That is a lovely thought and so true, but that doesnt work for me, my breaks... 10 minutes on this forum, turns into 2 hours and then its 8pm and im tired so i dont revise and just watch tv.
I have to do everything in 1 go, but it gets me A's so its fine.

None, I do BTEC.

I am doing 10 hours a day this week. Depending on how much I cover, next week may be 10hrs a day or 12hrs.

Edit: lol neg rep. Nothing wrong with revising like a king and walking away with the top grades :biggrin:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 11

anil10100

Original post by Rahul.S

as much as i can......with the ps3 breakz =)

Well you shouldn't be having that problem..

Reply 12

lets_bring_back_the_love

...did i offend someone?

Reply 13

ok_cub2008

4 hours per day max to be honest. For mathematical type courses, this is all that I find I am capable of doing become I become so tired from thinking. Any further work would have no benefit. Hasn't worked too bad for me so far :smile:

Reply 14

2ndClass

Original post by christopher

dont jut study for hours cause that way u wnt learn anythin u hav 2 take each section and break it in2 chunks that way u will be rvising and u will actualy remembr it

Is...this...English?

:s-smilie:

Reply 15

2ndClass

Personally I've been revising 8 hours a day, it's not a lot but I'm only 1st year uni so the exams aren't that important.

I will be revising much more from now on though. I really want the exams to be over.

Reply 16

Rational Paradox

6-10 hours, may as well work as much as possible rather than regret not doing enough

Reply 17

emma363

Right now probabley 2-3 hours, but when I've got exams in 2/3 days I revise literally all day (with several facebook breaks ofcourse!)

I work better under pressure... cram cram cram :biggrin:

Reply 18

Manitude

Never really counted it up before - I go more by content than time. I'll say that I'm going to do topics x/y/z this day and a/b/c the next or whatever. Generally speaking I do stick to it though sometimes I'll split up larger chapters and do more of the smaller ones in a day.

In the days immediately before an exam, perhaps 6 hours. Otherwise I'd say about 3 would be average, though I don't tend to revise intensively - very frequent breaks to check facebook and other internet stuff as well as chat to people online.
I take long lunch/dinner breaks too (usually an hour or so) and start late in the day (often an hour or two before lunchtime for most people)