HELP!!!

[Azure Phoenix]

this isn't really that important but i wanted to ask you guys if you know any good ways to relax just before exams, i just can't stop being nervous since i have my biology exam today in no less that 30 minutes and i just can't get my head straight...

...any suggestions?...please?

[EverPhoenix]

look over your notes. like, the easy stuff

if you know it, you feel good about yourself, and calm down a bit.
if you dont know it, you have every reason to be nervous

but i find either that, or loud music + being lazy is a nice distraction from exam stress

[Azure Phoenix]

done thee first, second one doesn't work because i'm convinced i'll forget half of it as soon as the exam starts and i've tried the third combined with chewing gum and playing with a ball, i'm still nervous as hell...

[EverPhoenix]

i dont know. im usually not that nervous before exams. if i am, depending on how far away the exam is, ill either study or chill out

if its close (hour or 2), i wont touch any material, as i wont be able to cram anything. i spend the time relaxing - not gaming, i might add, coz that tires you out

if theres a day or so, study for it. it is a good distraction, even if it is the subject

[Jason Tandro]

Rule of thumb: Relaxing before your exams is a wasted effort unless you don't give a shit about them.

Even a person who knows there stuff will still get nervous. So, knowing that you're gonna be nervous, just ride it out and know that it will all be over soon.

Yours truly is a complacent son of a bitch, so exams don't really bother me.

[EverPhoenix]

Jason Tandro wrote:

Rule of thumb: Relaxing before your exams is a wasted effort unless you don't give a shit about them.

well if its a hour before, id rather relax than look through notes and stress out about small details that i may or may not need to know

ive found it works for me

[Jason Tandro]

We're not talking about the physical act of relaxing, but rather the mental state of calmness and clarity. My mind runs a mile a minute and still goes nowhere. Probably explains why I got on these boards!

[Azure Phoenix]

Jason Tandro wrote:

We're not talking about the physical act of relaxing, but rather the mental state of calmness and clarity. My mind runs a mile a minute and still goes nowhere. Probably explains why I got on these boards!

same here (...sorta) except my mind runs a mile a minute in several different directions so i would like to know how to get my head straight... in the mental sense, not literally straight

[chicken]

if your exam is oral, its not that hard if you dont know that much... talking about ANYTHING is way easier than writing about anything... at written exams, you cannot dodge questions that good and cannot talk your way around a real answer ^^

trust me, there was a 4-day-seminar i attended called "how to talk about nothing" helped me out at my final exam at school ("matura")

[tay120n64]

Well, as someone who's mind also travels in multiple directions simultaneously, I find the best way to relax under stress is to distract myself completely. Personally, I like to play Solitare or Tetris. Or look at pictures of breasts. You know... whatever...

[Lenc]

Smoke Weed

[Flamez]

last exam I did, I did no prior study... I beat 86% of the people who took it, and it got me into uni