"Remember: 'pick the best answer, not necessarily the right answer.'"
"Don't let any day go to waste. Solve some questions or do some previous year questions."
"Give all your mock tests like they are your main paper and take your main paper like it's a mock test."
"Honestly, I would definitely say that exam reports were probably behind Mr. Brough the most useful things for me."
"The difficulty level will remain the same, just focus on performing your best."
"Prepare accordingly and you can still achieve your desired score."
"Stay focused on time management, especially in reading and listening sections."
"Be calm and confident during the exam - time is more valuable than chasing extra points."
"Prioritize your time by going through and making sure you get the easy and medium questions absolutely right."
"Stay calm. Anything could happen during the exam. The first thing you need to do is to remember to stay calm and critically and logically analyze the situation."
"You have to achieve the mock test autopilot by the final week of your preparation."
"You won't need sophisticated vocabulary like that in part one of IELTS speaking because the examiner will ask you pretty simple questions."
"Choose a question that isn't necessarily the easiest one to answer but is the question you feel you're going to be able to give the most sophisticated answer to."
"You are gonna score more marks if your points are contextually relevant."
"Always look for the little easy questions when you're running out of time."
"Strategy number one: take eight to twelve full practice exams... to get better at your strategies, to get better at the timing, to get better at the skills, to get better at the question types..."
"In the first 15 minutes of every single exam I did at GCSE, I wouldn't write anything for the first 15 minutes. I'd spend the first 15 minutes of each exam planning out all of my answers."
"I like to take a first pass on the exam and answer all of the easy questions first, the ones that I can answer without even thinking."
"It's complete speculation as to how these grades work but what we know is that it is possible for you to take all of the multiple choice section and not answer any of the performance-based questions and still pass this exam."
"...when you have a paper that is one hour 30 minutes you want to have 45 minutes per each unit just so that you can cover everything if you don't complete that part in the 45 minutes then move on it's always better to answer questions than to leave them blank."
"The key to succeeding on the FRQ section of the exam is getting really comfortable and really familiar with the format."
"There's no right way and wrong way. There's your way, and this is how you're gonna pass the exam."
"Don't leave questions blank, even if you have no clue, put something in there which might at least bank you one mark."
"If you do one mock, you have an amazing boost of confidence to go to the exam."
"Here's a great piece of advice for you and anybody else who works in a specialty area remember you are going in to take a primary care exam so when you go in to take this exam take off your specialty hat like the ER hat and put on your primary care hat all right."
"It's better to go into the exam knowing 80 or 70 percent of the content really, really well, and the rest somewhat."
"Easy questions should be easy and you should do them quickly to give you more time on the harder questions."
"Dissecting passages is probably about 80% of the battle when you address passage-based questions."
"If you get to a question and you go, 'Gosh, this is going to take me a lot of time,' skip it and come back to it."
"Remember, you've got question two which is the language question, question three which is a structure question, and question number four which is a mix of both."
"Learn how you're scored; the more that you understand the scoring, the more you can perform in a way that the examiners will be happy with."
"Understand why every single answer is wrong."
"What I care about is what you actually see on the test, how it's worded on the test, and how you should answer it on the test."
"Time is an essential commodity in the UCAT, so any extra time you can get from answering a question quicker will pay dividends in the long end."
"If you do fail an exam, honestly, it is okay. You just need to actually just break it down, understand where you went wrong."
"If you find yourself in that mental state where you're trying to word everything perfectly, you're going to run out of time on this exam."
"Once that clicked for me, the exam was a breeze."
"Success in the exam basically works on how well you can utilize your phrases and words that you've memorized throughout the year."
"In the exam, you'll spend less time thinking about what you're going to write and actually just write it, which is amazing."
"Remember, every question is worth the same amount, so move along so that you get as many as possible."
"Definitely, definitely, definitely do not leave any blank."
"Going into the exam knowing that you're going to leave points on the floor is actually very liberating."
"How to take intelligent guesses is what is going to take you across the line."
"Anticipate the answer by covering up physically the answer choices and seeing if you can hone in on a correct answer before looking at all of the distractors."
"You have more than enough break time, so when you leave just take your time, you're okay, you have the time, so relax and use it."
"Take long breaks; that was the key, I think, that made the difference in my second exam attempt."
"The way I'm going to show you is by far the easiest and quickest, the safest for the exam."
"You've got to be really on the ball here and make sure you answer the question you're asked."
"For pyramids, cones, and spheres, the best thing you can do in the exam is to slow down and think logically about things."
"Bag, borrow, steal—okay, don't steal—but get your hands on as many mock tests as you can. This will really help you out."
"IELTS test preparation won't necessarily improve your English language skills, but it will help you know what to expect and what to do in each step of the test."
"Decide on your exam strategy before you walk into the exam on exam day."
"The secret to using any stimulus in the exam is making it work for your draft compositions."
"Never leave an answer blank in any part of the OET exam."
"If you spend a minute a mark, you've got 10 minutes to check at the end."
"Knowing what the examiner is looking for based on the mark schemes is actually more helpful than doing past papers."
"When you're doing an exam, start with the questions that value the most marks first."
"If you don't immediately know what to do after knowing what the question is and what your resources in the documentation are, then flag it and move on."
"Allocate more time to the questions that have more marks."
"For the TOEFL listening or the TOEFL overall, you want to invest about 20 hours to master the exam so you can perform well."
"That's very, very practical and is full of suggestions about how learners can prepare."
"It's really going to give you a sense of comfort and confidence to know when to guess and move on."
"It's manageable, and if you have those times memorized when you're looking at the timer, it gives you a sense of real comfort because you know where you are."
"Don't panic, you just need to underline all the key information and work out exactly what the question's asking you."
"The most important thing about this exam is the idea of response to task, i.e., answering the question that underpins everything else."
"If we take this step before writing any answer plan, we should minimize any chances of making mistakes."