How to Finish Your Exams Faster

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[@canter1ter]

Here's a better way: *DONT* micromanage your entire exam with thinking how much time you're gonna spend on each question for every question, and just do the exam as normal, skipping the questions you're not prepared for

[@zs1175]

Best method for me. Overcomplicating these things has always cost me marks.

[@IT4CH1]

Ye

[@krxzy_z]

Still doesnt help me with the last question im stuck on from the exam i took 10 years ago 😄

[@ahmadfaiz8259]

And instead of skipping questions you don’t know maybe you can draw a monkey so when your teacher marks the exam, he might be like ‘mmmmm ✨ Monkey ✨’ and maybe he might get mark?

[@izuizu7313]

and coming back when you have the time if you have under 5 mins for multiple questions (esp mcq) just bullshit em and hope you can salvage a few marks

[@thebacongodfather777]

they legit told us this in school “If you can’t figure out the answer for a question, skip it.”

[@zamfortv12]

well thats common logic

[@thebacongodfather777]

wOw gUyS 31 lIkEs- jk for clarification, this only happens in certain scenarios. most of the time, the teachers say to skip it and then *come back to it.*

[@MadGladiator-_]

Yes, and go back to it after you finished the other questions

[@aslan7924]

Yea and then you'd get in trouble for missing them and they'd question why you didn't do them.

[@thebacongodfather777]

@@aslan7924 sometimes we do timings in my school and its where we have to do stuff in a certain amount of time. we’re allowed to skip, though they count as errors.

[@emilyy6523]

"quickly think about how much time you want to spend" me: spends 10 minutes thinking about how much time i want to spend

[@unforgettxxle]

Lol

[@username_19388]

Genius

[@CWus-3]

Well that's why they said "quickly"

[@Sam-oo1uo]

@@CWus-3 You would still end up spending time reading the questions to see how much time to allocate. A better option is to go through each question in turn, if you know the answer, do it right away, if not, move on to the next question. Then go over those you weren't sure of at the end.

[@HMminion]

@Oggy But then I would have to spend 10 minutes thinking how much time I want to spend thinking how much time I want to spend thinking how much time I want to spend.

[@PizzaGamez_]

Skeletor needs to finish his exams faster

[@madhavmp8558]

So um,why aren't you fighting He-Man?

[@Sushmas888]

@@madhavmp8558 because he's dead as a duck

[@brandonchan5387]

@@Sushmas888 This needs context as to why the duck is dead: Why do ducks have wet feet? To stamp out fires. Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks.

[@Sushmas888]

@@brandonchan5387 the duck is dead coz the chan killed and ate it

[@MiddleEastNews.]

Until the next time I give more wise info folks!

[@dillonmcculley8224]

I'm maths I start from the back, going backwards until TIME reaches halfway (tackle the harder more marks questions) then I move to the front and start there till i finish (completing the easy low mark questions)

[@justsomebody1225]

That’s exactly what I currently do in school lol

[@DragnYT]

back to front is soooo much easier for me ngl

[@hermione9030]

samee!

[@dillonmcculley8224]

@@DragnYT Yh but I missed out the first few questions one time and they were rly easy

[@colecastus7992]

@Mr Fish that's weird- anyways sorry I'm not interested

[@meaghanobrien7045]

I usually do the first 10 or so questions. Then when I get bored with those or hit a hard question, I jump to the last question and work backwards from there until I reach the point where I left off. I have terrible memory so if it’s online and I go to do the next question and then I realize I’m done it’s a nice little surprise.

[@lalala-bt9um]

same lmao, one time I restated a bunch of questions and ended up not answering them because I thought I did them already/double checked them… I got a B-.

[@avanimoye1848]

omg finally someone who does the same thing as me. one time i did the first few questions of my worksheet and went to the back after i hit a hard question. my teacher asked me why so many questions were left blank but the ones at the end were answered. i didn’t know what to say haha

[@myaanderson1270]

I do the same thing, it a nice surprise when you work backwards on an online test and the next question is answered.

[@water5210]

lmao wish I could get bored in an exam

[@awesomekids7228]

OMG that's what I did today

[@tronus8586]

This is one advantage of exams here in the U.K. We tend to have very little multiple choice questions, but each question is worth a certain number of marks (e.g. 4 mark explain question). The rule that the exam boards and teachers follow on how much time to give you is 1 mark = 1 minute, so if your paper was worth 30 marks, then you’d get 30 minutes.

[@potato_games1]

Mate but theres like no multiple choice unless ur doing foundation stuff ig

[@tronus8586]

@Dr.MemeDaddy it means before the exam even starts you already know how much time to spend on each question. For example, for The GCSE Edexcel B Geography course, there are three papers. For papers 1 and 2, there are 90 marks and 90 minutes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean 1 mark per minute because some questions take a few seconds to answer (short answer). That means, as long as you know your exam techniques well and how to answer the questions, you can do those short answer questions very quickly. This you should focus on the longest question, the 3 8-markers at the back which should take around 10-12 minutes each to do.

[@nehazite260]

Our schools do give more time like 2 mins for 1 mark questions, but my coaching teacher told me to follow this rule so that you never run out of time and can review answers.

[@Ec1ipse..]

I miss 1 mark = 1 min, A-levels just straight up ignore it.

[@tronus8586]

@@Ec1ipse..not so looking forward to sixth form anymore lmao

[@carlosserafin118]

I literally repeat the questions and answers in my head like a million times and then start thinking about movies. On average, I'm able to finish 60% of the test and guess on the rest

[@somebodyyoumayknow2280]

Maybe it's a concentration deficit thing?

[@JuliuSeizure]

Repeat the answers? Why not answer then go to the next question?

[@rfy1867]

U have adhd

[@carlosserafin118]

@@JuliuSeizure I mean like I repeat the answer choices in my head, I keep reading them but I still can't focus

[@florinag7799]

How long does your exams are held? If you have like an hour to answer and you manage to repeat the question and answers on your head for a million times then you must have the ability to process information like a super computer

[@abby-girly1652]

What if they are cumulative? Him: “well your not in luck” Lmao

[@j00h0n]

There are some though where they give the answer to one question in another problem’s question. I gotta love when the teachers don’t realize it

[@starsdoyoulikethem]

I look through the exam paper quickly to see what the questions are like, and do the easy questions first. While I’m doing the easy questions, in the back of my mind I’m thinking about how to tackle the more challenging questions later

[@hermione9030]

that's a good tactic as well!

[@kyngz8066]

@@hermione9030heyy Hermione remember me?

[@hermione9030]

@@kyngz8066 hai! i'm sorry but could you specify where you've seen me?

[@noobgamerlive2220]

Same! Exactly same!

[@SpaceWithSam]

These videos are always so well done ✅

[@Craftqueennnn]

Tips which has always helped me: • Don't waste your time on the questions you don't know the answer just skip it and leave for the later and when you're done you can look to those questions • Don't waste your time on helping others • When it's a maths exam so you should always start from the back for example if you have 20 questions so do the 20th question first because mostly they give the hard ones in last which consume a little more time and they are of more marks. I hope it helps! ;)

[@liuskking_alt]

nah it's not applicable for anyone to help people on exams or tests

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

here's a tip: if all questions have the same marks, go from easiest to hardest, bc, for example, lets suppose an easy question takes you 3 minutes and a hard one takes 10, so if you only have an hour to do a test with 10 easy and 10 hard, going from easy to hard makes you 13/20, and hard to easy only 6/20

[@florinag7799]

I never run out of time during a test before. The trick in passing the exam without cramming for the test is to just listen and be attentive in class, generally just enjoy class. You might not get the highest score/grade because you don't put much effort studying but you won't be having trouble on exam and avoid failing too

[@incognito1783]

Me: Alright... so let me see.. I have 20 minutes... let's see how much time I should spe- oh damn it's already time..

[@blazeury]

Another tip: When exam starts, DO NOT open your paper. You should flip to the back where you can find a blank page, and just scribble down everything you can remember and then just do the questions. Reason: If you start the exam just looking at the questions and answering them, your brain will not be able to remember the answer since a lot of knowledge is flowing through your brain, and if you scribbled down everything at the back first, then your brain won’t be filled with a lot of stuff since your wrote it all down, so you won’t suddenly stop and think of the answer to a question as you can just copy it from behind. P.S. This saved my History grade. *Disclaimer* I got this tip from FayeFilms, she’s a student in University of Melbourne.

[@drip2007]

idk how western exams are but in cbse you're not allowed to write on the question paper

[@blazeury]

@@drip2007 oh I’m Asian so it’s not western exams, also I’m pretty sure they mean what u write on the question paper won’t be graded? or u can’t write a single word at all on the question paper?

[@mithleshsharma2879]

​@@blazeury it's actually not allowed to even write or scribble or solve anything on the question paper except your name or ticking/crossing the questions you've attempted/left But I still note my answers on the paper at the last moment lol

[@lexifc9535]

Something that helped me with the last test I took was starting on the last or most amount of point question and once I got stuck and didn’t know what to do, I would go into the test and do two or three other, easier, problems. This helped give me time to think and some different problems to look back on without my mind just blankly staring at the paper. This especially helps if you didn’t study, which I didn’t do.

[@mikeblayvard2662]

Thanks for the content! Super useful for tests on open heart surgery.

[@gamer2264]

"don't jump into the test without knowing what the questions are like" So do I steal the test before the test day?

[@aadhyarastogi833]

💀💀💀

[@gamer2264]

@@aadhyarastogi833 nah... But like he dead ass didn't specify.

[@RapinatorOhYeah]

Here's some tips for y'all 1. First and foremost, Review before the exam (either one to two hours before the test or even last minute) 2. Try asking the teacher what is the pointers to review 3. On the test, answer the question you know first 4. When choosing an answer look for what is different from other or what is more familiar too you 5. Use the cancelation method (cancel the choises that is less likely to be the answer so you can narrow down the choices then use the 4th tip) 6. When reviewing, don't memorize the whole definition of a term. Memorize or made a connection to a certain keyword that is unique for that term

[@kaurk800]

"dont jump in without not knowing what the questions are" my teachers giving us a test based on 2 years ago while not giving us any context but just showing up and winging it: :((

[@2icyy4u47]

you have been a life saver. i have stopped procrastinating and gotten better at studying ever since i subbed to you.

[@Midnight_Star1021]

Everyone having actual strategizes for finishing their exams fast and I’m just over here doing the exam start to finish without stopping, checking, double checking, sketching my entire hand because I’m bored then triple checking it and still having time left over 😭

[@Iwillmakeitoutofhere]

Teacher: Skip all the questions you don’t understand. Me: Skips all the questions.

[@rosewalls8776]

Also don't spend ages staring and pondering at a question. Star it, move on and come back later. You'll be surprised how much comes back to you. You'll have a clearer mind and also be less stressed because you've pretty much finished the test and have plenty of time to spare filling in blank answers and correcting mistakes. Bonus Tip: at the start of any test, flip to the back and write down anything you on your short-term memory that you need to remember but could forget during the test. For example, in my maths test I flipped to the back and jotted down the CAST diagram, sinx + cosx = 1, sin2x/cos2x = tan2x and finally the formula for the volume of a cylinder. This made taking the test sooooooo much easier because I wasn't trying to remember those formulas throughout the whole test ad when I came to questions where I needed those formulas I spent no time pondering or trying to remember, I just quickly copied down the formula I needed and got to work, finishing those questions in seconds opposed to 5 minutes.

[@NerdyMystic09]

Volume of a cylinder is basically just base x height, right? (base being the circumference of the circle / πr^2).

[@rosewalls8776]

@@NerdyMystic09 yes, if you count the base as being πr^2 then the volume would be base x height.

[@sprinkitty]

Whenever I time myself on a question, I get all stressed 😅

[@peeper2070]

I always finish with about half the time remaining. That’s not because I aced the test, it’s because I aced everything I know and the stuff I don’t know I never get in the entire 1 hour I have to spare.

[@_nevaeh_7879]

I’m gonna spend my time doing the opposite because all of my tests are in pre-algebra

[@robloxgamer5165]

I already do this. I do the multiple choice questions first, then predict what time I will get done. I usually finish before the expected time. If so, I just relax and let myself think clearly about the response answers.

[@owenmiller6068]

his teachers: watching the clock until the clock strikes the exact second when the test is over my teachers: not really caring how long it takes

[@amisupposedtotwerk7405]

Same

[@Mxshy_]

This is gonna help a lot ty

[@P3RSl4N]

you shouldve posted this last week 😭😤

[@alexi5273]

Me spending a the whole exam time thinking how much time I am going to spend on each question

[@drsharkemelon1815]

Me thinking about how much time I wanna take to complete the other sections is the whole exam lol

[@RealEntity]

thinking how much time you need to spend on each question then realizing the exam time is over right as you want to start

[@redcell9636]

Always learned to read every question before hand. Some teachers would hide stuff in the test that made you go back to previous questions or answers could be told from the questions of others. Usually in language classes or science.

[@gyarufangirl2680]

“multiple choice questions” y’all have that? 💀💀

[@qalbi-s_Ahnfy2095]

😂

[@vl4ke]

yall dont have that?

[@gyarufangirl2680]

@@vl4ke no cuz its dumb why would u even add that to a test 😭

[@vl4ke]

@@gyarufangirl2680 youre only saying that cuz you dont have it 💀

[@maheeppanwar4756]

​@@gyarufangirl2680It's dumb that you won't add that to a test

[@searchingforaname592]

Sir, I will give my boards this year. But there is a huge change of question patter because of the pandemic. (MCQs with 4option) We have to attept 50 questions out of 60, each carrying 0.8 marks in 90 Mins. It's very difficult for me to solve the question paper in time ( specialy for maths & physics) May I please gets some tips for this kind of question paper .

[@january.angell]

pretty sure this person is American so idk if they know much abt India exams

[@Sabeera_Fatima]

@@january.angell Yeah lol

[@Sam-oo1uo]

Try timed practice papers. The more you practice, the quicker you'll get.

[@amaanakhtar4115]

If you're provided the exam pattern, it's better to manage time before hand. Also practice previous question papers and analyse your weaknesses and strengths, and how much time you need to spend on specific question types.

[@Arqade_technocrafts23]

Minutea Writing Stole Time Already😂😂

[@tobiramasenju2547]

I will literally take a million years just to open the test paper😂😂😂

[@HydraDragonYT]

At this rate imma spend 15 minutes spending time planning on how to spend time, and wasting time smh

[@Pixel_Ninjitsu]

Please make a video on how to concentrate. Apart from that your vids are great!

[@whydoistillexist5033]

I just do some of the drawing tasks if there are any- then questions with a small space to write in and then just the rest

[@jonathanthomas3868]

Do you guys do all the easy questions and then do the hard ones last?

[@zerocents4658]

yeah but I usually get invested into doing one hard question I found then realize I wasted my time

[@nantae1047]

@@zerocents4658 yeah u just waist your time trying to figure out the hard ones 😢

[@hermione9030]

i usually just go from last to first, that is, i go from hard to easy since that way i wouldn't have to worry thinking about what i'm gonna do for the hard questions coz i'm already facing it y'know. and honestly, it works out pretty well. but do keep in mind that it is necessary for you to kind of make a quick time allotment or you'll end up wasting much of your time on just one question. that happened to me quite recently actually. i was writing my english exam and i was following my usual technique (last to first) but i spent too much time on just one question (it's not bcoz i didn't know the answer or sumthin, it's bcoz i had lots of points to write that i just ended up taking too much time on that) which messed it up for all the other questions. i was able to complete all the hard questions but it was the one mark questions where i lagged. eventually, i had to leave a whole lot of one mark questions since time was running out. oh and also, *read* your paper first. and if you can, just try to note down the answers in your mind.

[@jonathanthomas3868]

@@hermione9030 I guess it really depends on the subject/test. Multiple choice tests, even if they are stimulus based are usually where you know the answer immediately or you don't and hard questions are usually far between and it won't be a huge deal if you get a few wrong. Math is one that is usually best done linear, because questions are usually grouped, however if you don't know a particular concept its best to do it last. Your strategy is great for English, but it depends on how it is grouped

[@hermione9030]

@@jonathanthomas3868 mhm

[@natecoolol4434]

your channel helps me a lot thank you some much pls continue i love you

[@aryanpathak4989]

Yesterday I had a test, and I fully messed up because I followed this technique, because as my test had 4 segments and I was weak at physics, I left it for last but I ended up getting a tough questions in botany as well as chemistry, but physics was a bit easy but still couldn't do it beacuse of time shortage At the end what I wanted to tell you guys is that , please don't just watch YT video and use that technique rather take some special time before your exam and just create your own strategy and follow it wisely

[@drip2007]

how did this mess you up? dont you have a reading period before starting? the vid said to do the questions that are easier first and the ones that are harder later

[@PokeHunter13]

And spend 20 minutes organizing out how much time you want to spend on each question :)

[@redribbon2]

My school tells us to skip questions we can't answer- do they not tell everyone this or do y'all just not listen??

[@minasaad5793]

i love he he is literally married to paper and uses it for everything 🤣🤣😂😂

[@Chuuyassock]

I actually used this method before hearing you mention it and it worked really well for writing and stuff

[@mridula.2427]

You answer 21 for the first question "what's 9+10" lol .

[@mo8t185]

I have end of term exam next week and also a STEM FAIR project due next week! I'm so stressed 😭

[@Imran_FBD]

The most important thing to keep in mind in exams.

[@goomyye4998]

Yoooo, thanks this helped me out!

[@kiranagarwal4731]

In our school we get reading time so we forcibly had to read it

[@moonkrafts]

ty for tips :D

[@carlosmorgadosilva3517]

Fortunately, exams are mostly equally time consuming in most tests I do so I just manage the time for each equally

[@newtonnate4261]

I did this for the PSAT and my finals, and it saved me a LOT of time (Couldn’t do it for my APCSP exam cuz it was online, but still passed)

[@NotAgnor]

How to save time: - Spend all your time worrying about the time

[@Ryan_Gz]

Yeah this happens to me every single time

[@sirultim8643]

You would spend more time on micromanaging questions and the time you give yourself might be too much or too little, just skip hard questions. Sometimes teachers even recommend how much time you should spend on x part of the test.

[@unitedstatesofamerica1176]

“Know what the questions are” Me that makes every easy question to an calculus lesson in every test:

[@sunilrotti3365]

thats what i do every exam but still get late

[@loleee7184]

Actually sometimes the answer for the first question is in the second question... FAX

[@shreyjain3197]

Quick tip: if you're ever doing this, DONT DO IT IN THE WRITING TIME All planning should be done in the reading time

[@af2954]

the planning will literally take 20 min. which will make me run out of time. im good lmao

[@hznvfx5136]

I needed this

[@thomas-lyndonevans1187]

This method is so good. I used it for my a levels

[@PepGuardiola4805]

“If you don’t know a question, skip it come back to it after you’re done with your exam.” My teacher before any exams or tests

[@gracalee8453]

Don't leave any gaps and if it disturb you us the elimination method

[@kartiksonawane6093]

Time runs out when we decided to how much time to give to each question 😂

[@miaalvarez4106]

A way for me is i usually start at the bottom/ the last questions because they usually put the latest tackled.questions there ,that saves up my time.

[@Flamuski]

Here we have sections for questions and we have freedom to start with any. We can opt to do the sections in any order but need to do the questions in the section orderly. It's a nice system.

[@nxbiira]

I usually answer all of the very easy questions first, so I have more time to answer the difficult ones.

[@Darklight0028]

Thank you! I needed this tip for my test!

[@traiver6685]

In my syllabus, the max amount of time you spend in 1 question is defined by the amount of marks that question has. For example, if its a 2 mark question, you know that you shouldn't spend more than 2 mins on it and that you have to write down 2 points. Simple, and gives you track of your time management.

[@koolkeed1528]

I have a test tomorrow can’t wait to try this out

[@dazaiosamu777]

KZbin shows this right after my exam*

[@spacean5]

The time would run out when I am reading the exam question and deciding if it is a easy or a hard one 💀

[@ruruissleepingnow]

Our teachers always told us to just solve what we know then spend the rest of the exam thinking about the hard questions

[@hunar_kirat]

Legends watching this 1 day before exam😅

[@helpmeget100subs]

Thanks for the quick vid. ill still have time to finish before class ends

[@Shadow__X]

If the different questions/tasks have their value in points next to them, I always go for the ones with the most points

[@chandanamishrainfy]

Nice I found this the day after exams ended

[@syedabdullahzafar9829]

This is 'Too Easy' 🔥

[@muddy7927]

This guy literally gives good tips less than a minute while my teachers takes like an hour and I still don't remember em

[@mabeldies2936]

This man is making me anxious on going to college

[@nooby2002]

lmao i have too much time for tests, sometimes i just think very hard and take so much time on 1 question so i won’t feel bored

[@jaidathompson3478]

i tried this in high school but haven’t the easy questions sprinkled in with hard ones gave me a boost of hope of passing. without that hope i get frustrated and burnt out.

[@sangamraskoti4500]

Asain: *Laughs*

[@LilCPlays]

Really helpful :)

[@ezygoat]

My accounting teacher told us this today.

[@ddzigoto]

ok can you make a video about middle school, just please!! please tell me (and some other middle schoolers) some tips!!

[@thecheetah3758]

Me watching this after my maths exam : I couldn't even do such an easy thing. Damn it.

[@kszvn]

Same here, i missed 5 mark questions because i spent my time writing a page for a 1 marker

[@thecheetah3758]

@@kszvn I also wasted most of the time writing 1 mark questions. And now I am feeling helpless.

[@Lili-qd1rb]

Oh don't forget to leave some time to revise!

[@arianrolex6456]

Read thru the questions when you are asked to check the paper lol

[@SUNNY-2011]

I swear this happened with me today on a writing test , it was the last class!

[@melxsdqq]

Ive started to did that and it helped a lot,wayyy before i saw this vid

[@I_love.kiyokos]

Our teacher always told us to do t/f or tick questions at last cause you can just choose whatever with no time left and maybey still get points