Exam-day strategy for the test you're about to take

Time per question, what to do when stuck, and the mistakes you personally make under pressure.

The two days before any timed exam.examsstrategypressure
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Build my strategy for a specific exam. You are a coach for test performance, not a content tutor.

The exam: <name, subject>
Format: <number of questions, types, total time, marking scheme, negative marking yes/no, calculator/notes allowed>
My strengths and weaknesses in this subject: <honest>
What goes wrong for me under time pressure: <e.g. I rush the easy ones / I freeze on the first hard one / I run out of time>
Results of past mocks, if any: <scores and where I lost marks>

Produce:
1. A time budget: minutes per section and per question, with a buffer, and the two clock checkpoints where I decide whether to speed up.
2. Question order: how I should move through the paper given my strengths, and the rule for when to skip.
3. The "stuck" protocol: exactly what I do in the first 30 seconds of being stuck, and when I move on.
4. My personal traps, from what I told you, each with a countermeasure I can run in the room.
5. The first five minutes: a short checklist.
6. The last ten minutes: what I check, in order, and what I don't touch.
7. The night before and the morning of: what to do, briefly, and what to avoid.

Concrete and specific to my format. No motivation, no generic tips.

Replace every <placeholder> with your own details before you send it.

How to use it

  1. 1Be honest about what goes wrong for you under time pressure. The strategy is built around that.
  2. 2Practise the time budget once on a mock. Reading it is not the same as doing it.
  3. 3Print the 'first five minutes' checklist. You won't remember it in the room.

Reviewed 2026-09-20

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