Exams are extremely stressful events in everyone’s life, and the only way to deal with them satisfactorily is to be well prepared. Motivation is an important factor that would help you to study well for your exams. This is not an art or a big technique. It is as simple as your need to feed yourself every day.
Scoring a high mark in the UTME is not as difficult as most students think. It all depends on your ability to prepare well and heed to simple instructions. These tips will guide you o
n how to prepare well and achieve success in your forthcoming UTME.
Utilize the Early Morning Hours:
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it. ~Richard Whately
It has been scientifically proven that our brains work at their best during the early morning hours. The freshness that you feel in the morning can be found nowhere in the rest of the day. During the mornings, you can study the subject which you feel is complicated, because the grasping power of the brain will be more during this time. The point is, once you gain confidence in a difficult subject, you can easily go on with other subjects and excel without much stress.
NOTE: Don’t try resting on your down comforter or trying to study beside someone who is having a good sleep in the early morning. Undesirable psychological effects can overtake you.
Avoid Exam Anxiety:
One of the main reasons why students fail their UTME is because of FEAR! They’re not really afraid of the exam itself, what they are actually afraid of is FAILURE! They’re afraid of the consequences that await them if they fail the exam.
As a candidate, if you really want to pass the UTME, then you must overcome your fear! Look at the UTME exam as a roadblock between you and 10 million Naira, remove that entity of fear in you and push that roadblock out of your way to glory!
Study Regularly/Everyday:
Research has shown that about 60% of Nigerian students don’t read which has been one of the major reasons why the Nigerian education sector has continued to dwindle.
The brain can give out information ONLY when you input data in it, so the more you read the more knowledge you get and that improves your chances of passing exam. As a candidate, study hard and prepare well for your exam. Forget all the luxuries and focus more on inputting data into your brain! Spend at least four hours of your day reading, read according to JAMB syllabus and focus more on areas where questions are most likely to come from. If possible, enroll in a tutorial centre, such as the one organized by Dominant Link Computer Academy, Oron
Associate Yourself with Good and Hardworking People:
It is true that friends play a significant role in shaping your career. When you associate yourself with bad and irresponsible people who care the least about their education, it is likely that they may rub you off. The positive waves from good and hardworking friends will motivate you to study well.
Attempt Past Questions Regularly:
It’s always good to know the area and mode at which questions are being set. Get past questions of the same exam type and try to answer them. Get familiar with the question pattern. Every past question has a 3/5 chance of not only being repeated but also exposing you to more areas of study. Doing this will help you a lot.
Work More On Your Question-Answering Speed:
You don’t have all day to answer a question! JAMB gives you limited time to answer a question; therefore it is essential for you to work on your question-answering speed. On average, you have about 45 seconds to spend on a question. Spending more than 60 seconds would slow you down and leave you lagging behind. Don’t delay yourself on a question, if you can’t get the answer to a question immediately, skip it and move on to the next question. You can always go back to the ones you couldn’t answer immediately.
Choosing the Right Option in the Multiple Choice Questions:
This is where students fall into JAMB’s trap. The UTME is one of the most tactical exams in Nigeria. It’s is very tricky yet easy. The answers are somehow lookalikes. You have four options A, B, C and D, that always look all correct. The real answer is staring at you but you could be blind to see it! What do you do in this kind of situation?
If you’ve really prepared (by reading a lot) then it becomes easy for you. In this kind of situation, the first thing to do is to eliminate! Eliminate the incorrect answers and leave yourself with the ones that are most likely to be correct. After that, look carefully at the options once more and try to relate them to the question that was asked. You’d definitely find one that corresponds to the question, pick that one as your answer!
DON’T procrastinate over the choice of course of study.
Keep away your mobile phones and other gadgets while you are studying; except for research purposes, but then you need a lot of discipline to avoid being distracted by them. They consume all your time without your knowledge.
DON’T get intimidated if your friends are running ahead of you.
DON’T miss your tutorial classes, and
DON’T let anyone say that you cannot do it.
That’s the much we can take, dear JAMB-UTME candidates. We hope you found this useful. While you wish you all good luck in your forthcoming exam, we urge you to be VERY PRAYERFUL
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