When should I start revising for my exams?
You should really start revising for exams from the very beginning of your course. I don’t know how many people in fact do that, but as you go through your course you should look at past examination papers to do with the topic that you’re studying at that time. You should be keeping notes and trying to shorten them, so that they’ll be easy to go over later on. Most people don’t start revising at that stage, but surely don’t leave it too late.
How long before my exams should I work out a revision timetable?
You should have an idea about your revision timetable right from the very beginning. Most courses are for two years, and surely the last year of the course, when your examinations are coming up, you should work out a programme of how long you have, what you’ve got to cover in that time, and how you’re going to cover it. Some people make a very complicated programme.
It really depends on the person. I wasn’t of that sort; I didn’t like to make an elaborate programme. Sometime students spend so much time making out the programme, and coloring it in, et cetera, that they don’t in fact get down to studying. So, in terms of your revision timetable, you should do what suits yourself, but do make a programme. It doesn’t matter how lacking in information it is, as long as the crucial parts are there; of dates, what you’ve got to do, and the time in which you’ve got to attain it.
