Conundrum of Exams

Writing an exam has always been a pain for me(just like millions of others...). I have hated exams through out my life. I have some how managed to come this far but I still cannot escape the pain. However, if exams are not there, people like me would never learn. The fear of failing in the exam, I am sure is making me learn a lot.

Now I know that I cannot escape exams, the next thing left is how can I do best in my exams.

What happened so far? I was very clear before the course started. I had to study every day and make sure that I am following everything. Plain and simple. Now two days before the exams, I realize that what ever I did, didn't work.

It pains but it is true. I have worked really hard all these days but in a very in-efficient manner. Sacrificed a lot of things to efficiently use the time. I think I succeeded in the time part but failed in the rest.

The Plan: (Strategizing exam preperation as suggested by my Marketing professor Scott Ward)

The goal of what I am doin is to learn and to be more knowledgeble than I was before I came here. Strategy is to do this MBA. One objective is to pass the exam. The tactics are

1. Ask Questions with professors, TAs(Paying loads of money for this course, why not maximze the benefit)
2. Network with friends
3. Use Library
4. Make sure there is no backlog at least weekly if not daily
5. Rate myself, how I have done every week and make adjustments for the next week.

Hopefully, I have learnt a few lessons in the term1 already.....