Thanks for the great feedback. I guarantee these strategies work from first hand experience and from the results of other students so go for it with confidence.

Oh yeah… and please let me know how you go. I’d love you to let me know on my Facebook page (just click the link at the top right of this page).

I’m moving all my contact with students and future videos over to Facebook because most of my emails never reach my readers any more.

Great to hear from you…

Rob

I can’t say thank you enough. I have two exams to study for and I have only 18 days to study. Planning study time is one of my worst personality traits. I always leave it to the last minute and then it becomes this daunting task. I lead an extremely busy life and as a mature student everything else in my life comes first, much to my dismay. Your QA reflex strategy sounds incredibly sensible. I will implement it and let you know how I did. Solicitors accounts and drafting. HELP!

Thanks again!

How about that.

That’s some good advice right there.

Thanks!

Nope it was the left hand. I was sitting on the front seat of the taxi and they rammed me from the left hand side. I am a right hander so, I guess when I start to complain, I should really count my blessings!

Welcome back. Hope it wasn’t your writing arm. In fact you just reminded me… if you want to save lots of time studying using the Q&A Reflex then you don’t have to write out your answers all the time… just answer them out loud.

Hearing your answers as well as reading and writing them adds another mode of sensory input of information to your brain and can really help in the retrieval of that information in the exam.

It’s also a good idea to record all your questions and answers on an mp3 recorder and play them back to yourself while you’re exercising, walking or traveling to school or university.

It’s all just training for the big day guys!

Rob

I was involved in an accident – broken arm from a drunk driver.

But, I am still alive today and as long as there is life there is hope.

@Asamoah:
The study system is amazing isn’t it? It gives one the ferocity of focus to tackle big ugly exams head on! God bless Rob indeed. Have you read out the Think and Grow Rich book? And the Mind Mapping book? I sure hopes Rob does a video on mind mapping.

@Paolo:
What I find when it comes to the SATs (or any Thinking Skills/Critical Thinking exam for that matter) is to do as much questions as you possibly can go over. So, say if you have 4 weeks, then get about 280 questions per section – cause 10 questions a day per section can be easily absorbed into the brain.

I collect a list of questions that I copied and pasted over the internet. That is, key questions that I personally find I am not too sharp in, together with their explanations. I find it a joy to learn from example; to learn the question answer reflex. Do this for each type of question that comes. You develop a feel or tonal center for the question that comes.

And I believe that thinking skills and aptitude can certainly be developed – just develop the question answer reflex.

People, pray for my health! God bless you all!

Rob

Great question. The main point I’m trying to get across to everyone is to study using the skills that you’ll actually use in the exam itself… just like you would if you were learning anything else such as sport, a musical instrument, a language etc.

With regard to your question about college entrance exams, I assume you’re referring to the SAT. If critical thinking or trick questions are involved, you need to work on those skills. In fact here is a quote about studying for college entrance exams from the SAT Preparation Center…

“…offers practice questions and a test to reinforce your test-taking skills and help you be more comfortable when you take the SAT. This practice test will give you a good idea of what to expect on the actual test. On their site you can:

* Download and print an official SAT practice test.
* Receive a score and skills reports.
* Review explanations of answers to test questions.
* Review student-written essays with score explanations.”

This type of exam is not the usual type of exam because you’re not tested on material you’re supposed to learn and understand, but more on aptitude. The best thing you can do is test yourself on as many past examples as possible.

Rob

Pls. Help