I found studies that stated we shouldn’t study the day before our exam but actually relax and take a break from all the studying. What do you think?
For me, I have to otherwise I would forget, since I have a bad memory. I’ve had many instances where I’ve studied 2 days before and then take a day off from studying, and the next day, I’ve forgotten it.
If I try to study right before a test, I usually get anxious and can’t think clearly. However, it seems like most other people will study right up until the test begins.
I will sometimes study four days in advance until the very moment I’m given my test.
I am definitely a crammer. It works for me, for doing well on the test. It doesn’t, however, help me retain information long term. If the exam has a lot of information being covered, I try to study in advance as well, but I definitely study the day before and the day of. I would be more upset and nervous if I didn’t study right before, because I’d feel unprepared.
Study the day before! Study the day of! Study the day after!
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I study the day before. I’ll sometimes favor relaxation in favor of studying the day of depending on how much I know. But I always stop studying at least a couple hours before the exam or else I go into panic mode.
Depends on how much content the test covers. If it’s a final exam in an important class, and I’ve studied all week, I’ll spend the day before doing conceptual review rather than rote memorization.
I’ve found it’s really helpful to study the morning of an exam. Not like hard-core studying, but just skimming over all my notes and stuff right beforehand so everything is fresh in my mind.
I study until an hour before the test. Then I contemplate my life for an hour.
Of course I study the day before. Especially during finals week, when else will I have time to study? I cram stuff in literally until the moment I walk in the door to the test.
Depends on the type of exam and the duration of the studying. For example I think “don’t study the day before the test” is good advice for major standardized tests where preparation is long and extensive (e.g. SAT, MCAT, USMLE) but for a regular in class exam that I never started studying more than 1 week in advance (usually only a few days) I always studied the day before a test. Usually never looked at stuff the day of the exam though.
Switch what type of studying you do. I tended to study most intensely up to two days before, and then reviewed a study guide and tested myself the night before.
It is very very important to get a good night’s sleep the night before an exam, and studying should not interfere with that or with having a good nutritious dinner and breakfast the next day.
I think it depends on the individual. My dad, for example, never studied the day before. Instead, he would play cricket and go out to relax himself. I, on the other hand, can study until minutes before the test. I don’t think it helps me retain information, but it relaxes me (which is a little weird lol). I see no harm in studying the day before, though. I do suggest studying on a regular basis, not just cramming. Life savers for AP classes and big exams. I’m assuming that’s what’s expected in college. 
I usually do the bulk of my studying the day before the test. If I study too far in advance, I tend to forget small details.
I MUST study not only the day before but also the morning of to remember the material. I get up early on test days - as early as 4:00 depending on what time the class is, so I have several hours of study the same day. I also study for about 2 days the day before, but not as hard. I don’t study at all for tests or finals any days ahead more than three, because I remember nothing from that far in advance of the test.
I try and go into a test as calm and confident as I can…which means studying hard enough that the day before and of the test I don’t have to study. Never studied the day of/before for the SAT, ACT (only took each one time…oops) and APs.
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I just happen to have a really bad habit, but it’s worked very often. It’s about predicting what is going to be on the exam and making that the focus of studying. The rest is skimming a few problems and thinking up a likely plan attack to solve the problem…
It’s exhilarating when you run into a problem you’ve never actually done and pull it off on test day… Or something you studied really hard could either not be on the test or have some twist that stumps you for a really long time.
So sometimes it’s hard to get an idea of what to focus on and it would drive me crazy to hit every problem type. What ends up happening is waiting to the last day to get some problem solving practice in.