handwriting

Use a biro, it won't smudge and get as illegible as a liquid gel pen

Hmm

I write badly when I write fast but I've always seen biros to work best.


I wouldn't worry about handwriting tbh as examiners are skilled at reading some horrific penmanship

If your handwriting is small make sure your pen is relatively narrow, eg most biros. Definitely something which dries quickly too to prevent (or at least significantly reduce smudging).
Try and space your words out so it's at least clear where different ones end. Other than that just try and be as careful with timing as you can, obviously you'll still be getting stressed towards the end but try and minimise it as much as you can. They're pretty good at deciphering what people have written but obviously there are some limits!

Okay, thanks haha
I'm just praying my examiner isn't an old person or someone with sight issues or both. One of my teachers can read nearly everything but she couldn't read my exam so I got dropped down two grades because she couldn't mark some questions :/

Okay, thanks haha
I'm just praying my examiner isn't an old person or someone with sight issues or both. One of my teachers can read nearly everything but she couldn't read my exam so I got dropped down two grades because she couldn't mark some questions :/

hii usually if your handwriting seems to be illegible or hard to read during exams you can be provided with a laptop to type instead, you’ll have to talk to a teacher or the exam office about it though

In that case you have to literally change your writing. Practise changing how you form your letters to make them clearer and do a lot of random writing at home to get into the habit of switching so that it soon becomes permanent. And also practise writing them clearly at speed, it's the only real way. The last thing you want to do is lose loads of marks because the examiner couldn't read it, or annoy the hell out of them because they're really straining to decipher your hieroglyphs.

omg I was literally panicking about this earlier!!!! My teacher always said 'improve your handwriting' and sometimes my grades would be good but sometimes it wouldn't so I'm literally overthinking just like you :,)))

Yeah I agree try and space it out a bit. Also, if you had time you could try change your handwriting a bit so that some letters are individual letters and not joined up. It might make it easier to read. The other thing is (sorry if I don’t explain it well and it only works for longer words) try make the start of the word clear but tail off towards the end. I found that as long as the start of the word is pretty clear the examiner can guess what it is and how it fits in the sentence so the last few letters or so (depending on the word length) can be as scribbled as you want. It saves a bit of time!