Exam Day Survival Tips

Test – Talking

Part 3

Identify key words

This helps you focus on the main idea of challenging questions.

Rephrase difficult questions

To understand questions better, rewrite them in your own words be careful not to change the meaning

Organize your thoughts before your words

Take time to organize your responses to short- answer and essay questions. You’ll reduce the time you need to revise.

Write nearly

Be sure you don’t lose points on answers the teacher can’t read.

Use all the time you’ve given

If you finish early don’t leave. Use the extra time to proofread and review your answers

Choose the Right!!!

It’s Online, but Is It On

Target?

PART 3

Do-What?

Look at the site’s address. What follows the dot?

·         Dot –com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot –com include well-known and respects companies, but also private individuals.

·         Dot –org usually indicates a not-for-profit organization. Many dot- orgs present unbiased information, but others have political agendas, focus on debatable issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.

·         Dot –gov indicates a government website at the federal, state or local level. The federal government is a good source of statistics, and its sites are widely considered among the most reliable.

·         Dot-mil is used by sites that are part of the military.

·         Dot –edu usually indicates a university website.

While its published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with the university, whether a world-renowned scholar or a freshmen, can be given space on its sever. Professor sometimes put student course woke up on the Web, but that doesn’t mean they’re vouching for the information’s accuracy.

Choose the Right.

Selecting Your Courses

Part 3

Science

Science teachers you think analytically and apply theories to reality. Colleges want to see that you’ve taken at least three years of laboratory science classes. A good combination includes two semester of each of the following sciences:

·      Biology

·      Chemistry or physics

·      Earth/ space science

More competitive schools expect you to take four years of lab science courses. You can add two semesters in one of the following subjects:

·      Chemistry or physical (the science you didn’t already study)

·      Advanced biology

·      Advanced chemistry

·      Advanced physics

Choose the right!!