Tips For Finals By: Aubry Mewborn

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As finals for South Gwinnett slowly approach and we get ready for the second semester, here are some tips for you to finish your finals on time, and get the grades that exceed expectations.

1. Read over the questions before reading the text

When you read over the questions before reading the text it helps you answer the questions as you read the text, instead of after the fact. Answering questions after reading the text requires you to go back to the text for each question, which wastes time. When you answer the questions as you go, it helps you answer the questions quicker and more efficient.

2. Read over the text twice.

Most people when they read complicated texts tend to read it once, and don't gather a full understanding or gist of the text. Reading it twice will help with the understanding of the text, so you can better answer the questions.

3. Read all the answer choices

When test-takers are going through the answer choices, and the first one seems right, they will choose that answer, and disregard reading the rest of the answer choices. This could keep them from getting the right answer because the better answer could be choice C or D.

4. Don’t stay on a question, that you don’t understand. Skip it and come back.

When you take too long on a question and you have a limited time to do your test, you prevent yourself from answering all the questions and getting a worse grade. If stuck on a question, skip it and come back to it, after you finish and complete the rest of your test.

5. If time is coming to an end, guess on the remaining questions.

If time is winding down, don’t waste time trying to take your time in answering, just put random answers for the remaining questions you have not finished. This increases your chances of getting a better grade. For instance, if there are 25 questions, and you have only answered 20, and you have 1 minute left. Guessing on the remaining 5 will give you a chance at getting a 100. But if you only answer 20, and you take your time on the last five, and don’t get to them, you only have a chance of getting a maximum score of 80.