10 points to help with prelims!
For a lot of students in Scotland, January is the month of 'prelims.' These are mock exams which are often undertaken when two thirds of the course has been completed. I often found prelims to be worse than actual exams because; 1) there is no 'study leave', you still have to go to school as normal. There is no time off like you do for real exams. 2) prelims are ALWAYS known to be much harder than exams. It is basically just a sneaky way of getting students to 'up their game'. If they get their grades back and they haven't done as well as they have might have expected, they are spurred on to work harder for their final exam. 3) Prelims are also just after the Christmas break. Who even made that a rule? So cruel! Studying for prelims over Christmas break shouldn't be 'a thing'. So I've made up a 'wee' list of advice for those sitting prelims this month. 1.) Be prepared. 'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' We a...