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| Developing Studying Method |
 • Try to do as many practice exams as you can. If you get a question wrong during a practice exam try to find the answer out on your own using your own resources. Try not just take the right answer from the exam’s summary and accept it. By researching incorrect answers you’re helping yourself to remember that answer in the future. Apparently, some practice exams are better than others, but irrespective of that, the more questions you do, the better off you’ll be.
• Don’t guess at the right answer, when you’re doing the practice questions. What if you don’t know the answer? But this isn’t the real exam, so if you come across a question that you don’t know the answer to, leave it as unanswered. Of course, it will come back as a wrong answer, but at least you’ll be able to identify areas that you need to study more. In case you had guessed and got it right, you wouldn’t know that you’d have to go back and learn that topic more. Besides, you might not be so lucky during the exam.
• It’s natural, when you forget things. It’s an inseparable part of the way that we learn. Make a part of your study routine to have a review session every so often. It is good not to undertake to study any new material during this session – just use it to recap on the  information learned over the last few sessions. Consider it as taking one step back to go a further three forward.
• If things aren’t going to plan, don’t get frustrated. Frustration leads to stress and it certainly won’t help matters. If you are frustrated or stressed, take a small break and try to formulate a plan for dealing with the issue that’s causing the frustration. Staring at your books and getting more and more wound up is not the answer. Move on to another subject and come back to that one later, if necessary.
• Try to make studying a habit. Habits take a while to develop, and even longer to break.
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