Ignoring the parts I blocked out for privacy reasons, I got my Exam time table today 😩 I have 12 exams all together 4 practical Music exams, 2 drama practical exams and 6 other written exams 🙃🙃

- Monday 29th January 2018 -

part 1: introduction

hi everyone! im bella, and i thought i'd make a series of posts about the process of studying and taking a series of exams, be it GCSEs, A Levels, IB, or whatever it is you're taking! exciting, right?

so, chances are, if you're still reading this, you’ll be taking some exams in the near-ish future. 

well, you're in luck (wink wink) because here i am, in your dashboard, an angel sent from heaven. (just kidding, this isnt actually going to save your life, but it might still be a bit useful, and if not, then maybe its nice to see that other people are in the same position as you are!)

 a lil bit about me: i'm in my first year of the IBDP (international baccalaureate diploma programme), and i have internal/mock exams coming up soon!! i thought i'd take the opportunity of this period of revision (3 ish weeks), in which i am not completely freaking out over my real, actual exams (which will take place next year, 2018) aka my fate and my future, and share my process with you guys! (who knows, maybe next year, i'll be so stressed and i'll look back on these posts and i'll find them useful/comforting)

 so first piece of advice, MAKE AN EXAM TIMETABLE!

here's mine (yes, i know, i only have 6 exams, but thats because, as i said before, theyre mock exams. plus, in most of these slots, im doing more than one paper (contrary to the misinformation on the timetable oops))

what i did to make mine was basically edit the one that was given to my whole year with everyone's exams on it: i just deleted exams that i wasnt taking and kept all of my exams. 

but another way to do it, if your school hasn’t given you an exam timetable, is what i did last year for my GCSEs, and it worked really well. 

(i don’t have photos because i think i just ripped it up after my exams were over. lol.)

but basically, print out a monthly calendar from the interwebz (you can easily find one if you just google it or look here).

then, pretty self explanatory, just write in the exams you have! you'll want to include: the time the exam starts, how long it is, what paper it is (e.g. paper 1 - non calculator), and optional: any other useful information, if you have space for it (e.g. what you need for the exam, where the exam will take place, etc)

make sure you put this calendar/plan somewhere easily accessible, e.g. on the wall in your room, in your planner/ bullet journal, etc. 

yeah. so this is the first thing i would do if i had a series of exams coming up, because it just breaks everything down, and its great to visualise when you have a day/afternoon off or whatever, so that you can plan ahead!

 the next post in this series will be about planning your actual revision :)

until next time! x

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