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Silly mistakes in Exams
Hi......Have you ever had that feeling where in an exam you thought you got something right
and then when you went out you realised you made a very SILLY mistake
. well i keep thinking about the stupid mistake i made in my exam and i just cannot let it go
.I mean the question when i think about it now was sooooooooooo basic that anyone could have done it....BUT I COULDN'T during the exam.....that dumb mistake could cost me a whole grade and i just wanted to ask if you had the same feeling and how you got over it. I might just be a drama queen....but i just cant let it go....its affecting my other exams.thank you in advanced
and then when you went out you realised you made a very SILLY mistake . well i keep thinking about the stupid mistake i made in my exam and i just cannot let it go .I mean the question when i think about it now was sooooooooooo basic that anyone could have done it....BUT I COULDN'T during the exam.....that dumb mistake could cost me a whole grade and i just wanted to ask if you had the same feeling and how you got over it. I might just be a drama queen....but i just cant let it go....its affecting my other exams.thank you in advancedScroll to see replies
of course. 
I made such a DUMB mistake that made me gain a B instead of an A in maths.
the thing is, i ended up with weird figures but I didn't even realise at the time and carried on using the wrong figures. I still hate myself for it.
I made such a DUMB mistake that made me gain a B instead of an A in maths.the thing is, i ended up with weird figures but I didn't even realise at the time and carried on using the wrong figures. I still hate myself for it.
i always have that feeling after exams. i wake up in the middle of the night screaming "wft have i just done!". then i just end up regretting that and talking about it for the nxt couple of days. apparently, you are more prone to make silly mistakes on the first couple of questions as they tend to be the easiest and your brain wants to do then quickly. so yh, my advice would be to check and double check them.
Golden_legend2008
Hi......Have you ever had that feeling where in an exam you thought you got something right and then when you went out you realised you made a very SILLY mistake . well i keep thinking about the stupid mistake i made in my exam and i just cannot let it go .I mean the question when i think about it now was sooooooooooo basic that anyone could have done it....BUT I COULDN'T during the exam.....that dumb mistake could cost me a whole grade and i just wanted to ask if you had the same feeling and how you got over it. I might just be a drama queen....but i just cant let it go....its affecting my other exams.thank you in advanced
and then when you went out you realised you made a very SILLY mistake . well i keep thinking about the stupid mistake i made in my exam and i just cannot let it go .I mean the question when i think about it now was sooooooooooo basic that anyone could have done it....BUT I COULDN'T during the exam.....that dumb mistake could cost me a whole grade and i just wanted to ask if you had the same feeling and how you got over it. I might just be a drama queen....but i just cant let it go....its affecting my other exams.thank you in advancedYes, I think this happens to almost everyone at some point, but as easy as it is to say, you just have to let it go. I made a really stupid mistake in one of my Chemistry exams last year (worked out a concentration wrong and it dawned on me just as the invidulator said 'stop writing'!!) so I know how infuriating it is. I went on about it to my friends for ages afterwards until one of them finally told me to shut up which I needed and put in perspective. If the rest of the paper went well, there's no need to panic hugely. How many marks was the question worth? Was it just a one or 2 marker? Most importantly, don't let it affect your other exams - is one silly mistake, as you say, worth affecting your performance in other exams? No!
lol just did one today, tought i heard, theres three minutes left when he said thirty three minutes left, so i blitzed the final question in bullet points and sat their thinking, wow thats a long three minutes for hte next half an hour
Thanks for the quick response
The thing is i know that we should check and double check and read questions carefully but no matter what i do , after EVERY exam i can point out at least one silly mistake....its not normal...i hate myself for that.
ps. It was a maths exam and I realised afterwards i made a mistake on a 3 marker and also read the last question wrong even though it was straightforward....In chemistry I got a simple emperical formulae wrong.... I can go on....i need help lool
The thing is i know that we should check and double check and read questions carefully but no matter what i do , after EVERY exam i can point out at least one silly mistake....its not normal...i hate myself for that.
ps. It was a maths exam and I realised afterwards i made a mistake on a 3 marker and also read the last question wrong even though it was straightforward....In chemistry I got a simple emperical formulae wrong.... I can go on....i need help lool
**** happens. I think thats the funny thing about exams that all students go through at some point lol.
The last question on my Biology exam in January was "how would the control group be treated?" and I thought to myself, 'what? they're a control group, they wouldn't be treated at all'. Only I didn't write that down, because i thought it was wrong. I left it blank. O.o
Then I got out of the exam and realised it was a trick question.
Then I got out of the exam and realised it was a trick question.
I fell asleep in my exam on Monday
That wasnt the best idea.. But I had finished and checked it through a dozen times.
That wasnt the best idea.. But I had finished and checked it through a dozen times.
ive done that loads of times, dont worry in fact that has happened twice this week
Don't worry. In a History exam, I said that Stresemann was the one who saved Germany after the Wall Street Crash, although he was dead at the time. Never mind, it's only one mistake!
gman2k8
n-15n=55x40
I did some wierd method and didn't get the answer for my C1 exam. 5 min after coming out the exam I realise thee 2 numbers I needed to solve this equation were 55 and 40 right infront of me probably the easiest 3 marks in the whole paper.
I did some wierd method and didn't get the answer for my C1 exam. 5 min after coming out the exam I realise thee 2 numbers I needed to solve this equation were 55 and 40 right infront of me probably the easiest 3 marks in the whole paper.
n=137.5?
Yep pretty sure I made loads in my C3 on thursday which I'm sure will prevent me from getting an A unless the grade boundaries are really low I know what its like because I'm one of those people that will get really annoyed about things like that and won't be able to stop thinking about how stupid I've been! But what's done is done, no point dwelling on it, nothing you can do now , just focus on doing as well as you can in your other exams.
I know what its like because I'm one of those people that will get really annoyed about things like that and won't be able to stop thinking about how stupid I've been! But what's done is done, no point dwelling on it, nothing you can do now , just focus on doing as well as you can in your other exams.
we do all make mistakes...
i make more than most ^^
i make more than most ^^
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