How to pass difficult courses in an examination.


How to Pass Difficult Courses in an Examination

Examination, as the name implies, seeks to scrutinize competency. It does not take into cognizance how prepared the takers are. It just goes straight to its job of determining if its takers merit its “pass” decision or plain fall short of its expectation. But be not beguiled, examinations are of different grades and have varying difficulty levels. The bone to be cracked now is how to pass the most difficult ones. Here are some tips in this regard:
1. 
     Give to the course its due wage in time
They are known for their high difficulty level and low pass rate at first attempt. The list is numerous, bar examinations, finance and accounting certification test and the list can go on and on. A paltry two hours or three hours a day would not deliver the needed pass grade. For a difficult examination, be generous with apportioning time to study for it. The right thing to do is to spend less time with less challenging courses and more time with more challenging courses. Draft that time table with the most difficult course having the lion’s share of time.
2. 
     Read and practice frequently
There is no room for play or fun when it is time to study. Absolute discipline in adhering to scheduled study time is very paramount if difficult courses must be passed. Read and ensure reading is done even when the course work seems strange and unyielding to the understanding. Just keep on reading it. Read it today, tomorrow and the next. Never stop reading it. The reason being, the continued act of reading makes it possible for the brain to open up, comprehend and assimilate the difficult course. There are some examinations that require takers to be very familiar and at home with the techniques used to solve problems in them. Practicing frequently is the key to unlock the “pass grade”.
3.  
    Texts and likely questions
Get as many texts and practice questions as possible. Exposing the brain to varied and diverse ways in which questions are framed gives room for spontaneity in the brain’s ability to churn out answers to tricky questions. Read the views of different authors on the course and have a library full of practice questions – likely and past.
4.  
    Attend classes
Make it a priority to attend classes and take tutorials on difficult courses. In the absence of a formal class, group study with others that are writing the same examination is advisable. Downplay the “I can do it on my own” attitude. Attending classes reduces personal study time geometrically and increases understanding exponentially.
5. 
     Seek strongholds out
Many people have been taking the examination. Some have failed once or severally. Others have passed on their first try. Ask questions and find out the differences and similarities between these two groups. Valuable information can be garnered from these two groups. Get armed with information (correct and accurate). Seek out strongholds of failure trends and take them down!
6.
      Simulate the stress

One of the most damning causes of failure is the failure to simulate the stress condition of a difficult examination before it is written in reality. There is no mercy, sit down on a chair, get those questions out and answer them in the time frame usually given for the real test. A lot of benefits in terms of composure, speed and accuracy can be got if in simulating the stress condition, a much lower time than the actual time given for the test is used.

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