Bad marks in the mock exam before the exam?

Question

I booked my exam date and it's on this friday. I was pretty confident before the exam but after doing the mock exam yesterday, I feel down because I didn't get sufficient marks to pass the exam. I worked hard but stillI couldn't get good marks. I am so afraid about the exam. What can I do in the few coming days to somehow pass my exam? I feel so sad about this and so hard to concentrate too. Please help...Thanks!

Answer 1

Try to find the underlying meaning/theory of the questions you found difficult and learn those again. Then practice these questions (e.g. example exercises in the book, or the old exams). Repeat until you got them all right.

Answer 2

Well I did my GCSE maths mock in Dec 2007 and i was really dissapointed after finding out i had achieved a dark dismal F however i have my second maths exam today and the other day my maths teacher said am looking like i could achieve a D if not a C yours grade always goes up 1 or more than what it was in the mock. just remeber revise the topics you were a little poor on last time at least you will know more than you did last time and dont panic as soon as you panic about one question the same feeling follows for the others stay calm.

Answer 3

Look at what you found difficult on the mock exam, it's usually one subject or type of question that people struggle with.  When you have an idea of whch things you werent so good at, you can as your parents or a friend to write you similar questions to practice and see which things you need to revise.

Answer 4

Hi Nelie,

Bummer re the mocks, but try to look at it as an opportunity to learn for the main event.

A useful question to ask yourself is where and how exactly did I lose the marks? e.g. did you answer the questions that were asked, did you give them what they were looking for? how long did you spend on each question? Did you answer all parts of each question you attempted, etc?

Here's a few pointers for the exam itself, take em on board if ya like, ignore otherwise:

1. Know exactly how many questions you have and how long you can afford to give them. e.g. if you have to answer 5 questions in three hours that's 36 mins per Q, so if you started at 12.00 noon, you should be heading into q 2 around 12.30 (leaving a few extra minutes from each Q to do a quick check-over at the end). You shouldnt still be on Q1 at 12.45!! Memorise the times at which you should move on to the next question, that way you'll have got to every one by the time the exam ends.

2. Useful to read over the entire paper for about 5 mins at the start and decide what you're going to answer (if you have a choice of Q's.) CHECK ALWAYS FOR COMPULSORY QUESTIONS!!

3.  Make sure you attempt the right number of questions, even if you are not sure you're right.  If e.g. 5Q's are required and you only attempt 4 you can only be marked out of 4, i.e. you automatically lose 20%, so even if there's a a question you have to do but dont know the answer, put something down, have a go at it.

4.  Make sure you do every section of every Q (something I missed a few times!!), if the Q has three parts, answer all three parts, dont leave any of them blank, attempt even if you're not sure of the answer.

5. Say you finish all your questions and there's still 30 minutes to go until the exam finishes. DO NOT HAND THE PAPER UP UNTIL THE EXAM FINISHES!! hang on to it, read over the questions and your answers, you never know, you might easily recall something else that might be worth a few more marks. Once the paper's handed up you lose the opportunity to grab a few more marks, hold on till the last second, you'll be amazed how much extra you can remember in those last few minutes.

Here's a few for studying in the meantime.

1. If you're trying to memorise stuff, write it out. This is far more effective than just reading. Also, if possible paraphrase and reduce stuff to bullet points. (effectiveness varys from subject to subject). try to squeeze as much as possible onto single pages.

2. Know how much there is to know: sounds weird but what I mean is say for e.g. on subject X there are seven things I need to know about it. In the exam, the Q comes up and I put down 5 things I remember. But because I counted them I now know there are at least 2 more bits I havent added, which makes it easier to recall them, and prevents me from not realising I havent answered the Q fully.

3.  Practice questions. get you hands on old papers and work the answers out. This is particularly important if the subject is e.g. maths, engineering, chemistry accountancy, where working an answer out or calculating it is required. Practice practice practice.

4. Last bit!! believe in yourself, picture yourself kicking *** in the exam and you will!! the very best of luck!!

Answer 5

Well try not too worry to much, maybe you could set up a revision time table but making sure you have enough breaks and give yourself a rest.

I'm not sure what exam your doing but when i did my mock exam for IT (higher) i got a E grade, i was really upset and wondered where i had gone so wrong but then in the real thong i got A*. i just kept revising and gave myself non revision days when i d do something really fun.

hope this helps and try not to worry too much

Answer 6

Study,

dont take any caffine before the exam (itll make u twitchy and wierd)

your body consintraits best when it is a little bit streesed

hoped this helped

Answer 7

study study study and then you will be rewarded