How can students handle pre-exam stress?
Firstly, prepare for examinations from the start of the year. Being prepared is the best axiom against all anxieties. Continuous revision and re-working of sample papers is one way of keeping pace with the work being done in school. If you have been regular in studies over the year, you dont need to worry much. But leaving everything for the last minute will certainly result in a lot of stress as it is not possible to study a whole years syllabus in the last one month. If you have been remiss in your studies, do not expect miracles. Select some of the important topics that you missed out, and try to pick out the relevant points, take notes and spend some extra time on this. If you are sitting for a competitive entrance exam, get hold of a book of sample questions, as early in the year as possible, and work on every question. If you have any queries, check with your teacher for clarifications. Secondly, it is also essential that ones expectations should be realistic. Not everyone can ma
