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So you’ve swatted for hours, you are just about as ready as you’ll ever be and the big day is about to arrive. Let’s hope you are not only ready but prepared because there is direct correlation between academic achievement and flexibility of career choice.

Here are the top 10 exam tips for you to think about -

• Exam tip #1 – Stay in routine, maintain your usual diet, sleep pattern, and continue to eat nutritious but bland foods. The last thing you want is food poisoning or some illness that prevents you from taking the exam.
• Exam tip #2 – Aerobic exercise in any format blows the cobwebs away, so make sure you do a balanced amount without over exerting yourself.
• Exam tip #3 – When you turn the paper over, read and re read the questions and highlight the key activity words they want you to address. If they say evaluate and discuss then make sure you evaluate and discuss, by putting forward differing points of view. Highlight the key action words.
• Exam tip #4 – Map out a rough time plan to allocate to each section. The last thing you want is to ramble on too much and be cramped for time at the end. Likewise make sure your answers have a structure about them and use your neatest possible handwriting. Don't test the examiners patience with lazy handwriting.
• Exam tip #5 – Do the easy questions first. The ones you know the answers to. It builds confidence and sets the pace for your exam.
• Exam tip #6 – Each hour devote 30 seconds to stretching your upper body; arms, shoulders and neck.
• Exam tip #7 – Use all the time allowed. If others finish early and walk out, let them do so. If you finish early, go back and review your answers to ensure correctness.
• Exam tip #8 – For questions you don’t know the answer to, if they are multiple choice, then eliminate the two least obvious options and then use your best guess. If they are essay questions, then choose the question you know most about. If you are short of time simply construct your answer in bullet points rather than full narrative; this at least tells the examiner you have at least some clue about the answer.
• Exam tip #9 – When the exam is over, irrespective of how it went, let it go and turn your mind to the next subject. Try to avoid comparing answers with fellow students.

• Exam tip #10 – Make sure you get enough sleep the night before each exam. 

We leave you with Careernav's final comment - " Somewhere, some place, some time, you have to make a statement about who you are and what you believe in. When that time comes you simply have to do it."

Good luck in your exams from the Team at Careernav.