{"id":329,"date":"2022-05-09T06:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T06:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/?p=329"},"modified":"2022-05-09T06:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T06:12:25","slug":"keep-calm-and-ace-that-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/keep-calm-and-ace-that-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep calm and ace that test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As another year comes to a close we prepare for the ever\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background);color: var(--global--color-primary);font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);font-size: var(--global--font-size-base)\">dreadful and horrifying exam<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-330 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/H3-251x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/H3-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/H3-768x916.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/H3.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/> season *scary music*. It gives us shivers down our spine and makes the hair on the back of our neck stand up like kids saying good morning to teachers. Yet, my dear reader, fret not for I am here to guide you on this perilous journey with these 5 simple and easy tips and tricks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enough Study Time<\/strong>\u2026 remember to give yourself enough study time beforehand. Ensure that you start preparing many days ahead because it would be mad as a hatter to try to cram all <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-331 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/H5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"119\" \/>that knowledge at the very end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organize<\/strong>\u2026in the days leading up to your exams become the exact embodiment of Marie Kondo, the renowned Japanese Consultant who organizes even specks of dust. Get all the sticky notes, tags and files you can find and begin organizing your notes into proper sections starting with the most important. This will help you navigate through them easily when preparing for exams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old is Gold<\/strong>\u2026a generic saying yet absolutely true. Find old papers from the previous years and use them to understand the format of the paper. You can also time yourself while practicing to allocate a particular amount of time for each section of the exam.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-333 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/exam-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brainy Foods<\/strong>\u2026though junk food is indeed a heavenly treat because who wants to replace Flaming hot Cheetos with a bland glass of milk? yet the foods you choose maintain your brain\u2019s health and in turn help you study. Go for nutritious foods like fish, eggs, milk, yogurt, almonds and berries. Also make sure to drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dial it back<\/b>\u2026we don\u2019t like to overdo things, right? Anything beyond its required amount is quite gauche. Just like that it would be wise to study but not so much that your mind goes berserk. Try to take breaks, a recommended routine would be to study an hour with full concentration and take a break for 10 minutes and repeat. P.S. during breaks avoid social media as that is definitely a downward spiral (quite difficult to log out of Instagram) instead walk around, stretch your legs and have a little snack. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-334 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/h66-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/h66-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/h66-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/h66-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2022\/05\/h66.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As another year comes to a close we prepare for the ever\u00a0dreadful and horrifying exam season *scary music*. It gives&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/keep-calm-and-ace-that-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keep calm and ace that test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[116,118,42,117,119],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outstanding-results","tag-exams","tag-preparation","tag-students","tag-study","tag-studying","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/358\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}