Every student wants to pass their exams. You study, you prepare, you show up on exam day ā and still the results don’t reflect your effort. More often than not, the problem is not how much you studied. It is the mistakes you made in the exam hall that cost you marks.
Here are the 10 most common exam mistakes students make and exactly how to avoid them.
Mistake 1: Not Reading the Instructions
This sounds obvious but it is one of the most costly mistakes students make. Every exam paper has instructions at the top of each section. Ignoring them means you could answer the wrong number of questions, use the wrong format or miss important details about how marks are awarded.
The fix: Spend the first two minutes of every exam reading all instructions carefully before writing a single word.
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