Ritika Dhameja provides tips for preparing for exams, including calculating your self-study time, creating a study schedule using a formula, preparing study sheets two weeks before the exam, getting a good night's sleep before the exam, eating a healthy breakfast on exam day, and using effective study tools. She recommends allotting study hours based on subject difficulty, making study sheets to review concepts, and checking your exam answersheet before submitting it.

1. How to prepare for Exams
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2. Introduction
• Exam week can be difficult, stressful & even
overwhelming.
• You may feel helpless and hopeless, as though
there is nothing you can do.
• After a semester of too many classes and too
much work, you think you'll have to stay up all
night studying to pass your final exams.
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3. Does this happen to you?
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4. Ways to overcome Exam Anxiety
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5. Calculate Your Self Study Time
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Sr No Activity Hours/ Week Total hrs/wk
1 No. of hours of sleep each night 8 X 7 56
2 No. of grooming hours per day 2 X 7 14
3 No. of hours of meal/snack per day 3 X 7 21
4 Total travel time per day 0.5 X 7 3.5
5 No. of hours for T.V/playing per day 2 X 7 14
6 No. of hours per week for functions 3 3
7 No. of hours per week for shopping 2 2
8 No. of hours per day for tuition 1 X 7 7
9 No. of hours per week for school 6 X 6 36
Total 156.5
Subtract Total from 168 168 - 156.5 11.5
Total Hours for self study 11.5

6. Study Hour Formula
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Level of difficulty No. of subjects
(A)
No. of hours
(B)
Total
(A X B)
Easy
Average
Difficult
Total

7. How to use Study Hour Formula?
• Step 1: Write down all your subjects on a piece of paper
• Step 2: Then write easy/ medium or difficult to study in front of each subject on
the basis of how you find these subjects to study
• Step 3: Count the no. of easy subjects, no. of medium subjects and no. of difficult
subjects
• Step 4: Now use the previous formula. Eg: say you have 2 subjects that you find
easy then write 2 in front of easy in (A) column
• Step 5: Now allot time i.e. no. of hours to study these subjects. For eg: you may
require less time to study easy subjects and more hours to study difficult
subjects.
• Step 6: Fill out Column (A) and (B)
• Step 7: Multiply (A) * (B)
• Step 8: Add the Total column and write the answer in the red box
• Step 9: This red box is THE TOTAL NO. OF HOURS YOU NEED TO STUDY ALL THE
SUBJECTS before your exam.
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8. Prepare a Timetable for your Self Study
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9. Two Weeks Before the Exam
• Step 1: Make up a set of study sheets for each class.
• Step 2: Each set of study sheets should summarize the
reading, your class notes, and any handouts.
• Step 3: For the next two weeks, read through your study
sheets three times each day.
• Step 4: Understand the concept & try to memorize the
information.
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10. The Night Before the Exam
• Read your study sheets as usual.
• Go to bed early and get a good night's sleep.
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11. The Day of the Exam
• Set your alarm and get up early.
• Eat a good breakfast, including simple sugars (fruit juice), complex
carbohydrates (cereal or toast), and protein (milk, eggs, cheese).
This will help your blood sugar stay at a stable level, and since your
brain runs on sugar, you don't want to have an empty tank.
• Caffeine has been shown to increase alertness and performance.
• Allow plenty of time to reach your school for the exam.
• Carry a bottle of water so you don't get dehydrated during the
exam period.
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12. Last 10 minutes of the exam
• Check if you have attempted all or the required
number of questions
• Check your answersheet & correct
spelling/grammatical errors if any
• If you still have some time left then draw a line
between two answers to separate them which
further makes your answersheet
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13. Effective Study Tools:
• To learn more on how to study properly check out the
link below:
• Effective Study Tools:
http://www.slideshare.net/ritikadhameja/effective-study-
tools
• Various study tools can be used by students to help them
understand their study potential/ pattern /style and use
these effectively to procure a positive outcome of their
studies
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