@@bobbyshmurdashat1344 I believe in Europe (Netherlands for me) you mostly get open questions for everything. So you also need to fill in how you got the answer.
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PRO TIP: I personally eliminate 2 answers then play eeny meeny miny moe. I did this on my AP human geo finial yesterday and got a 92% with no other studying.
Jacob Lopez I would take it, you can only gain from it. There’s basically nothing to lose, exposing yourself to AP can help you out for the rest of high school. My piece of advice ✌️
In MY high school you need to study if you want to pass 'cause multiple choice is only 50% of the exam type. They're really gonna test your knowledge like a multiple choice arranged in a matching type format (listed a-z, aa-zz, aaa-zzz) with LITERALLY multiple choices (there can be 10 answers in one question and if you got 1 wrong answer then you're wrong already even if the other choices you picked on the same number are right, but if you answered only 5 choices out of 10 and they're all correct, then you're gonna get half the points for that particular number). What's worse is they do NOT indicate how many possible answers are there on a particular item (so you really need to use your comprehension and study everything). Again, that's only a portion of the exam. They also loved torturing us with diagrams, long-ass enumerations (that you need to memorize), and comprehensive essay questions. BUT in subjects like trigonometry, there were NO multiple choice type. We had to sit there and answer like 30 problem solving with solutions (15 questions easy, 10 moderate, 5 superduper hard questions). It's tough but it's all worth it 'cause when we took college entrance exams (which are all multiple choice questions of course), we didn't have a hard time answering (I remember the LOWEST in our class was on the 89th percentile, and there were like 7 of them who got the highest 99+ percentile and I was on the 98th). It's all worth it especially when you go to college. Now I'm in my first year on med school. 😁
Bonus tip! Some multiple choice questions are worded so that the answer will complete the question's sentence. In these cases, one trick that can potentially help you narrow down your options is to look for answers that make the sentence grammatically correct. Here's an example. Charles Lindbergh was an: A) Truck driver B) Aviator C) Surgeon D) Ninja Only "Aviator" makes the sentence grammatically correct. This won't always happen, but it's something to look for.
One tip that I learned from one of my teachers is that when all else fails, pick the longest answer. It makes sense, because in order to explain something correctly, one usually utilizes more words. Kinda like this :)
I have a tip: When you have multiple choice questions, always cover the answers when reading the question, so then an idea pops into your mind. Then, uncover the answer choices and see which one suits your answer. Then look to see if any answer choice is better than that. Then realize that your answer was wrong in the first place. Sad.
Not always. Sometimes my 2nd guess saved me from choosing the wrong answer. Though, usually when my second guess contradicts my first guess it'll be wrong.
Good tip- If 2 answers are exact opposites there's a high chance it's one of those. EX. A) John did it B) John did not do it C) bob did it D) sally did not do it. Answer is either A or B
But then, it's important to remember that sometimes you need to choose the BEST answer, not just one of the RIGHT answers. If John wasn't even in the room where and when "it" happened, but sally was a witness and didn't do it either, D might actually be the correct answer. Of course, this is an example that has entirely absolutes for answers, which makes it a lot more likely that A or B is correct than if the possible answers are all statements that may be SORT OF true, which you're most likely to see on a history test.
Great video! Here are five more that have always worked for me... 6.) When reading each question, cover the answer choices and come up with the answer yourself. Then look to see if you can find that answer in the options. Looking and then choosing only makes you vulnerable to fall into a trap of thinking the wrong way because your mind automatically tries to find a way the answer you are looking at could be correct, which may distract you and easily pacify your urge to think clearly before selecting your answer. 7.) Review each page's answers before moving on because the questions are still fresh in your mind. 8.) Look at the pattern of answer choices on each page. Pick the letter for each question unanswered that balances out your answer choices. 9.) If you are stuck on a question, look for one of the answer options in the next question. It is often there! 10.) When narrowing down your answers, use logic to determine what might be true based on what you already know about that subject or even other subjects. For ex, if asked about a machinery part that you do not know, consider the name of the part and its literal definition and apply that knowledge to the answer process.
For all my Social exams, we had a source booklet, and a question booklet. I ALWAYS read the question first, then hopped into the source, then hopped back to the question and answers. Reading the question first will help you pick up what you need while reading the source. (Or looking at the image) Another little humorous thing I did last year during finals was that as soon as I started to feel hopeless, I did a tally of all the questions i felt confident in, and made a percentage. If my percentage is already quite high, I know that I can relax about getting an answer wrong. Probably not a good strategy
These were all the tips in this video 👇 1 read all the questions before actually working them out one by one You can also answer all of the hard question 1st 2 if you are on a hard question and cannot work it out go on to an easier question and work that and come back bc your brain will still be working out that question in the background 3 reread each question twice before answering it so you don’t misread anything and not realize any mistakes 4 check all your answers after you finish the PAGE not the whole test so your not intimidated by the number of questions you have to check 5 if there is a question that you just can’t remember the answer to but it’s at the tip of your thumb and you know it but you just can’t remember what the answer was, then just remember the room you were in when you learnt that and you are more likely to remember the answer or conversation Your welcome. Hope this helped!🥰
These are all great! I'm also a big believer in the 'falsification' method. Look for answers that are wrong and work backwards as opposed to looking for answers that are right (this helps control for confirmation bias). Each elimination only helps your chances. Taking 1/4 away means an outright guess jumps from 25% likely to 33% likely. If you falsify down to 1/2 you've got yourself to 50/50.
Pro- tip: Mostly the answers for last 10 questions are either A or B. Teachers do know that you’re more likely to make mistake under intense time pressure and you go with your most comfortable options i.e C or D.
Actually the answers are usually 'D' and 'B'. Also, "true" IS more likely to be the correct answer. When in doubt, choose the *longest* answer. (Makes sense, teacher types ALL of those words to make it a wrong answer..?)
A tip that I personally use: when reading the answers, read d first and then make your way to a rather than going in order of the alphabet. My logic behind this is that if the creator of the test puts the answers in a certain order to take advantage of the way our brains work, you can bypass their technique.
Another tip. Multiple choice actually sometimes helps you remember the short written answers. Or name of something. And also if you are not sure about a multiple choice questions always go with your gut feeling or your first extinct.
Thomas Frank didn't expect a reply from you Thomas. I wanna say a massive thank you for all the study tips, it really helps students like myself and other students. Appreciate your time making these videos.
I like how some tests do this: 1- is the character a male or a female? A- male B- female 2- did she have a cat? Questions that get answered in the next question XD
Thanks! I checked out some of your videos last night - your editing is fantastic as well. Are you doing all of those animations yourself? It looks like you're using the Puppet features in After Effects, which I still need to learn...
Haha - I had a teacher in 7th grade who did something similar. He also gave us a test that said "Read all directions first," which was followed by a ton of different tasks and problems. The last one was "Don't do any of the problems on this sheet; just turn it in blank with your name." I failed that one :P
If you doubt of yourself is because you don't know the answer, so it's your fault anyway. Patterns only help you pass without knowing anything, I don't see why people complain.
What's the answer? a)10 b)36 c)16 d)29 It's "c"! You can see that the numbers contain of two digits. And then you just have to look for digits that are the same. If a number has digits that other dont have, it's not the answer. And then you just find the number with both digits matching each other numbers
I thought this comment was just a troll, but after looking at the answer's explanation I can say that this tip works for *almost* all types of mental ability and concept based tests. For fact-based subjects like History, however, this trick may not work. In short, you have to try to narrow down your choices based on what you already know about the given choices and then finding links between the answers.
My physics proffesor is horrible! Almost everyone fails every time. I mean this one girl got a 7% with a curve... he's horrible! Everyone has to guess on his exams. I tried your way and i got an 80! Which is incredible for that class
bet, i got a fucking physics test tomorrow and ive been showing up hella late this whole chapter so i dont know ANYTHING, im bout to use these strategies tomorrow 😂😂😭
Physics honestly isn’t bad. The answers are in the reference table, and you’ve just got to plug it in. If your teacher doesn’t teach, then you should educate yourself.
I've been watching your videos since 10th grade. I am a junior now in high school and I have to say they really have helped me stay on top of my game intellectually even though I still have 2 years left til college. Thank you and keep up the great work man.
My college loves questions using "what is the MOST correct", and then having 2-3 answers that could be technically correct but requiring the answer that's the closest
Another IMPORTANT tip: When reading a multiple choice question, BEFORE reading the answers, try to think of the answer yourself. If it's something that's taken straight from your class' notes or textbook that you remember, think of that answer, find the answer in the choices given and move on. Teachers will often make answers that sound half right just to try and confuse you. If you know the answer, pick the answer you know is right and move on, don't confuse yourself by reading the other answers.
My teacher (yesterday) told her children (including me) that when she took her teaching test, she said that her friends failed and had to try again multiple times due to not finishing in time, and so she said the smartest one in her class couldn’t finish the test and she thought she wouldn’t make it in time. She had 2 minutes left and she had a lot of questions left and she said she either picked all b’s for the rest or all c’s (we figured out it was c’s) and she passed the test.
John_Banana "This time" acts as a parenthetical statement. The comma is necessary. I am not familiar enough with the Chicago Manual of Style to say it is required in newspapers.
Well apparently I have pretty good context-dependent memory. I do this a lot for tests. I also have a habit of remembering exactly where I was the first time I heard a song. It's kind of weird to explain, but it helps a lot in the case of test taking. Also, if I write notes instead of type them, I often hold the information better because I remember where a piece of information was on the page. So if I can't remember something I try to visualize whether I had written it toward the top of the page or the bottom, etc. Anyway, I didn't even know that context-dependent memory was actually a thing, but it is very cool that our minds are able to do that.
i doubt it will take you 1.5m for each question on the test, easy ones should take you 5-10secs giving a remainder of 1.4m to use on the harder questions. simply how mc tests are designed :/
Fresh Rock Papa-E Wouldn't it be considered clever, witty, logical or analytical? The real genius people are those who can figure out answers in creative, unlikely ways where others would rather study for 12 hours straight just to ace a test.
Last year I had this Ap gov teacher who on our first 10 question quiz in that class deliberately made the first four questions correct answers D. After the quiz most of the class was confused about it, and he talked about how you should trust your brain more than patterns on a piece of paper. I got an A on the quiz (the first 4 questions correct thankfully) but that’s just a very memorable moment for me.
Jazzy Wikberg Don't study at all, just try to be able to walk in without anxiety. It's not possible for everyone to do this but if you can than I can tell from personal experience you'll do amazingly well on most tests. If you have confidence then your brain will more easily bring back memories of learning the info in class while if you have anxiety then you begin forgetting stuff bc of panic which ultimately makes studying useless. Hope this helps bc its my personal method for acing my advanced classes.
Keli Chen true that's fair enough but in general I just write notes down without paying attention to what they mean and go on my phone in between writing but during class work assignments I learn everything
For the "All of the above" questions, should always select "all of the above". This is because when teachers make these type of questions, they often make the proportion of correct "all of the above" to total number of them above the expected chance from a random selection. This is due to the fact that when a question contains an "all of the above", to the test maker it "feels" as if it is a binary choice. Either that is the correct answer, or that is just a filler. It is also rare for an "all of the above" question to be an appropriate answer, thus limiting the times in which it can even be used. My point is, "all of the above" have a much greater chance of being correct than the other answers in the case you have absolutely no idea.
There was once we had a 12 question test with 4 options A, B, C and D. 7 questions ended up having the correct answer as A because the teachers wanted statistically fewer students to get the answer right by guessing
My five tips: Don't check your answers. Read the question but don't peak at the answer choices, answer the question in your own words and then look at the choices and pick the one closest to your answer. Use this next tip with previous tip: don't pick the most right answer instead, pick the least wrong answer. Use this next tip with first tip: forget stress anxiety worrying and (Fifth tip)prepare to fail.
Bonus tip: if you don't know which answer is the least wrong, eliminate the most wrong or the second most wrong before guessing. But wait here is the tip. This guess has to be unbiased so flip a coin to decide the answer. Spin a pencil, look at the clock: after 4 is a, after 7 is b, etc. Do not do this guy's secret weapon.💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Thanks for this video! I'm one of the people who always checks the entirety of my test once I'm finished. Usually, I'm so desperate to turn it in I skim too quickly and miss obvious mistakes. From now on I'll check my answers at the end of every page. 👍
I owe you so much for such ultimate great tips, man, This is something to obtain for the sake of the studying, for the rest of my life. Thank you, brother.
0:40 - Skim ahead to prime your brain and get potential clues to the questions you'll answer. 2:39 - Don't spend too much time on one question. Move on and let your subconscious brain work in the background, then return once you get the answer. 3:46 - Read the question twice. Questions can be specific and tricky. Missing out on a key detail can cost you a point. 4:43 - Double check at the end of the page. This will save more time compared to checking all the questions at once when you're finished. 5:24 - Envision where you learned it. Studies show that envisioning the learning environment can help you remember what you were taught.
If I have to remember the order of things (For example, the continents in order) I would make an acronym for the things and if there’s 2 with the first same letter, I would use the first two letters. Idk why but it works really good for me
Something that's helped me on exams from really difficult courses is to get familiar with the style of the exams. I admit the first exams are experimental for me because I don't know how the professors write their tests at first. Once I see a pattern, I train myself for those questions for the following exams. For example, my former boss writes his questions as A answer choice B answer choice C answer choice D answer choices A and B E all/none of the above It helped to study obviously, but I noticed his answer choices either didn't make sense or there were familiar words for what he was asking. If he asked for a gene or multiple genes and he wrote answer choices that werent genes, then those I knew I could eliminate right away. Even if most of the answer choices looked like genes. Another professor really liked lists, so his questions would be like: which of these are safe to drink? I. Water II. Soda III. Bleach IV. Juice V. Antifreeze And then the answer choices would be A. I only B. II and IV C. I, II, and IV D. III and V E. None of these It wasn't easy like this example (it was biochemistry), but that's what I noticed a lot. He would also write questions to confuse his students, especially for true and false questions. Ive also noticed that lots of professors like asking questions like Which is the most reactive, for example. So they're also asking Which is the least stable. So if you know these terms, it should help a lot to figuring out what your professors want you to answer. This semester, I had exams like this where she asked for The Most, The Least, Which is NOT, things like that. And she would tell us to switch her questions around so they'd ask the opposite of what she wrote so we would be able to sort of predict what she'd ask.
I've also heard that chewing gum while you study will help you remember the material if you also chew gum while taking the test. Its better if it has a distinct taste and/or smell to it as well. I remember hearing from one of my instructors that one of his students used scented highlighters to help her remember what she studied.
I had a science exam and I didnot study apperantly I got the highest mark of the class and the teacher said how so I said I chose the answer by looking at which multiple choice anwers had the most scientific words. ITs bIg BraIn tIMe
You know you are desperate when you've given up studying and are watching this.
Rachel D same 😂
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Literally no one :
Me: hmm.. I haven’t chose C in a while....
Cara Doyle that’s me
C is literally my escape route
Lol
Also me:I've chosen too many A's
😂😂😂😂
Maths question's options are like
a) 5/3
b) -5/3
c) 3/5
d) -3/5
I have never seen a math test with multiple choice questions
Luuk Smedts Lol What? Almost all of mine are.
@@luuksmedts ??? Tf how
@@bobbyshmurdashat1344 I believe in Europe (Netherlands for me) you mostly get open questions for everything. So you also need to fill in how you got the answer.
Luuk Smedts In highschool there are a lot of multiple choice
This is me on literally every MCQ test:
Choose option A
Have doubts
Switch to option C
Results come out:
Option A ✅
Option C ❌
Omg i feel that
John Jove ikr
I've actually been doing the same. Now I use a pencil first so I can erase it and mark it with a pen for a final answer. It works tbh
omfg bro my life right here
Literally me
Most of the time when I go back to check over questions the ones that I change are wrong. And I regret not just going with my gut. Am I the only one?
goats that yell no
Happens to me every time! Lol
same here, only if im more biased towards if its wrong but otherwise its right
It's probably just confirmation bias
I hate how there’s always that one question with two similar answers.
#1 tip
Don't circle the wrong one
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Evil Component I've heard that its impossible /)0o0(\
Lizzy Lizz Well its called cheating duuuhhh
Lizzy Lizz "Nothing is impossible" -Shia Lebeouf
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This is basically me:
Tip #1 ... have a strong memory.
Tip #2 ... study and memorize everything.
Tip#3 ... forget everything at the day of the exam.
I'm just tip 1
Paulo Domes o
"Strong memory"
"Forgets everything"
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Bro literally me
i love how everyone watching this is still avoiding actually studying by watching this
You know, I had 3 weeks to study... Yea, I am procrastinating and being lazy. The test is in a few hours and it’s 1AM now. Nice
@@rinaldskalvis5071 how did it go?
@@rinaldskalvis5071 omg I had 2 weeks and I procrastinated and now the test is today and haven’t studied yet
@@pabloalvarez334 Yea, there were no multiple choices. Kinda sad
@@miyastone4387 Yikes
Once on 7th grade a teacher put all "D" (all of the above) no one passed
F. G. E. Sci. That teacher trolled
Xavier Obezo yes h did
F. G. E. Sci. was his name mr. snowden?
son goku naw
F. G. E. Sci. did you cri?
PRO TIP:
I personally eliminate 2 answers then play eeny meeny miny moe.
I did this on my AP human geo finial yesterday and got a 92% with no other studying.
Ethan POV 9th grade huh?
Is that class hard im deciding if i should take it
Ethan POV I'ma try that
Jacob Lopez I would take it, you can only gain from it. There’s basically nothing to lose, exposing yourself to AP can help you out for the rest of high school. My piece of advice ✌️
In MY high school you need to study if you want to pass 'cause multiple choice is only 50% of the exam type. They're really gonna test your knowledge like a multiple choice arranged in a matching type format (listed a-z, aa-zz, aaa-zzz) with LITERALLY multiple choices (there can be 10 answers in one question and if you got 1 wrong answer then you're wrong already even if the other choices you picked on the same number are right, but if you answered only 5 choices out of 10 and they're all correct, then you're gonna get half the points for that particular number). What's worse is they do NOT indicate how many possible answers are there on a particular item (so you really need to use your comprehension and study everything). Again, that's only a portion of the exam. They also loved torturing us with diagrams, long-ass enumerations (that you need to memorize), and comprehensive essay questions. BUT in subjects like trigonometry, there were NO multiple choice type. We had to sit there and answer like 30 problem solving with solutions (15 questions easy, 10 moderate, 5 superduper hard questions). It's tough but it's all worth it 'cause when we took college entrance exams (which are all multiple choice questions of course), we didn't have a hard time answering (I remember the LOWEST in our class was on the 89th percentile, and there were like 7 of them who got the highest 99+ percentile and I was on the 98th). It's all worth it especially when you go to college. Now I'm in my first year on med school. 😁
Bonus tip!
Some multiple choice questions are worded so that the answer will complete the question's sentence. In these cases, one trick that can potentially help you narrow down your options is to look for answers that make the sentence grammatically correct. Here's an example.
Charles Lindbergh was an:
A) Truck driver
B) Aviator
C) Surgeon
D) Ninja
Only "Aviator" makes the sentence grammatically correct. This won't always happen, but it's something to look for.
Thomas Frank thanks for the tips man and this bonus tip really helps out :D
Thomas Frank A tip that has worked for me over multiple exams is that absolutes like "always" and "never" are NOT usually the correct answer.
Thomas Frank perfect timing!
Thomas Frank Thank you for the informative video !
Thomas Frank Nooooooooooo, i just had a test before you upload this video 😣
Me on test day: when in doubt circle C
My final test answers: every answer is C
so how did it go?
Grace well you’ll get at least one right
Grade for the test: C
Grace and I will have a lovely time
One tip that I learned from one of my teachers is that when all else fails, pick the longest answer. It makes sense, because in order to explain something correctly, one usually utilizes more words. Kinda like this :)
It's false tho
So..you're just going to say something is false without elaborating on your point?
I can explain something correct briefly.
There is my elaboration, it's ironically an example too.
Fresh Rock Papa-E That's why I said the strategy is used when all else fails.
But it's wrong.
That feeling when the right answer comes into ur mind after spending 10 minutes for that question
Mhamad Awat your profile picture makes it seem kinda funny
Also that feeling when you turn in your test and remember the answer to that question you skipped
Oh hey
Or when you hear everyone in the room turning to the next page and your still on the first qestion
samantha volinsky first question?? You must’ve been pretty dumb
So you're telling me that Yoda was never a president of the United States?!
All I'm saying is... have you ever seen George Washington and Yoda in the same room at the same time?
Thomas Frank So you're saying George Washington is Yoda?
Blank Canvas OH YAS BOI I KNEW THAT SHIT RESEARCH BABY
Vote Yoda 2020?
Coal make it 2024 Trumps taking two terms tbh
21.)D
22.)D
23.)D
Me: *hmmm...something's wrong here*
And then turns out all of them exam's answer is D then u changed it
Reminds me when my teacher trolled us in a true or false test
@@otaku-san_x6655 Same, that's where my trust issues started 💀
Lmao trueee
Lol me
I have a tip:
When you have multiple choice questions, always cover the answers when reading the question, so then an idea pops into your mind. Then, uncover the answer choices and see which one suits your answer. Then look to see if any answer choice is better than that. Then realize that your answer was wrong in the first place. Sad.
Avo cado that’s exactly what I do and it helps so much !
This me. That's the best method
My tip is to NEVER 2ND GUESS, because your 2nd always the wrong guess.
True
Never doubt your inner workings of your mind UNLESS you are *100%* certain it is WRONG
Barbie Bing That’s what happened to me during 5th grade finals 🦄😂
Not always. Sometimes my 2nd guess saved me from choosing the wrong answer. Though, usually when my second guess contradicts my first guess it'll be wrong.
Never change your original answer. Learned that in 8th grade.
Me: *fails test* F-
Me: *Watches video*
Me:*Takes test again*
Me: Gets F+
Me: *I learned something*
Enchanted_Hydrated Lit 🔥 yes boiii or girllll
Cool u got a high F
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I have a Z
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Good tip-
If 2 answers are exact opposites there's a high chance it's one of those.
EX.
A) John did it
B) John did not do it
C) bob did it
D) sally did not do it.
Answer is either A or B
I am retarded but nah, some teacher uses those method to trick their student so they wont choose the C and D as an answer, so its still a blank guess
Macky Rayne dude, if you choose c or d, then that would make b true since choosing c or d would mean john did not do it...
But then, it's important to remember that sometimes you need to choose the BEST answer, not just one of the RIGHT answers. If John wasn't even in the room where and when "it" happened, but sally was a witness and didn't do it either, D might actually be the correct answer.
Of course, this is an example that has entirely absolutes for answers, which makes it a lot more likely that A or B is correct than if the possible answers are all statements that may be SORT OF true, which you're most likely to see on a history test.
NJE Recordings well that's pretty much a given. My WH AP teacher said that herself to one of the questions she wrote on a quiz
NJE Recordings Yeah also when there's one answer that is completely different from the others it's almost never that
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Great video! Here are five more that have always worked for me...
6.) When reading each question, cover the answer choices and come up with the answer yourself. Then look to see if you can find that answer in the options. Looking and then choosing only makes you vulnerable to fall into a trap of thinking the wrong way because your mind automatically tries to find a way the answer you are looking at could be correct, which may distract you and easily pacify your urge to think clearly before selecting your answer.
7.) Review each page's answers before moving on because the questions are still fresh in your mind.
8.) Look at the pattern of answer choices on each page. Pick the letter for each question unanswered that balances out your answer choices.
9.) If you are stuck on a question, look for one of the answer options in the next question. It is often there!
10.) When narrowing down your answers, use logic to determine what might be true based on what you already know about that subject or even other subjects. For ex, if asked about a machinery part that you do not know, consider the name of the part and its literal definition and apply that knowledge to the answer process.
For all my Social exams, we had a source booklet, and a question booklet. I ALWAYS read the question first, then hopped into the source, then hopped back to the question and answers. Reading the question first will help you pick up what you need while reading the source. (Or looking at the image)
Another little humorous thing I did last year during finals was that as soon as I started to feel hopeless, I did a tally of all the questions i felt confident in, and made a percentage. If my percentage is already quite high, I know that I can relax about getting an answer wrong. Probably not a good strategy
Ask Polymath Geddy 8 is false every test I take there's always one letter that's picked a lot more
These were all the tips in this video
👇
1 read all the questions before actually working them out one by one
You can also answer all of the hard question 1st
2 if you are on a hard question and cannot work it out go on to an easier question and work that and come back bc your brain will still be working out that question in the background
3 reread each question twice before answering it so you don’t misread anything and not realize any mistakes
4 check all your answers after you finish the PAGE not the whole test so your not intimidated by the number of questions you have to check
5 if there is a question that you just can’t remember the answer to but it’s at the tip of your thumb and you know it but you just can’t remember what the answer was, then just remember the room you were in when you learnt that and you are more likely to remember the answer or conversation
Your welcome. Hope this helped!🥰
Thank u very much🙂
thanks!
Thanx
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thank you sir
My exam is actually tomorrow. Wish me luck lol 😂
Angeline Lozano hope you did well
Angeline Lozano nodu
Angeline Lozano, I have a history test tomorrow, I cannot wait!! I want to just get over it.X (
Bagdagul Lukpanova same 😂
My Regents is tomorrow
I hate when you get 3 of the same answers in a row or when there is a pattern. I almost cried in stressed when that happens
Why? Either you know the answer or you don't, why do you care about patterns?
Because it makes you question yourself - as if it can't be right (even if you are 90-99% sure)
Why can't be right if you see a patern? Humans find paterns in everything, even if they aren't.
taesthetic
Omg I love your profile ARMY~!!!
taesthetic yeah,when you get 3 same letters in a row,you would think one is wrong but you dont see anything wrong.
These are all great! I'm also a big believer in the 'falsification' method. Look for answers that are wrong and work backwards as opposed to looking for answers that are right (this helps control for confirmation bias). Each elimination only helps your chances. Taking 1/4 away means an outright guess jumps from 25% likely to 33% likely. If you falsify down to 1/2 you've got yourself to 50/50.
Kyle Ferris so... slash the trash
mika see but when you have anxiety you wonder if you slashed out the right answer
Pro- tip: Mostly the answers for last 10 questions are either A or B. Teachers do know that you’re more likely to make mistake under intense time pressure and you go with your most comfortable options i.e C or D.
Actually the answers are usually 'D' and 'B'.
Also, "true" IS more likely to be the correct answer.
When in doubt, choose the *longest* answer. (Makes sense, teacher types ALL of those words to make it a wrong answer..?)
Zero Hour - SSB4 oof
Yeah and they want to be precise
It is always the shortest for my Accelerated Math and Science classes.;)
Zero Hour - SSB4 se
Zero Hour - SSB4 English tests it’s the shortest answer cause the simplest is a,ways correct in English
Omg thank you! I think speak for everyone when I say that this exactly what I needed tonight!hank you
Seth Conway no
Please. You may definitely not speak for me.
Pro tip
Place a pen on the paper and spin it
Whatever answer it lands on is right
well.....
The pen fell down.
Mine turned into a sword (using Percy's riptide)..
Shubh Thakkar
I appreciate you as a human being for that reference
What if its left...ill leave now
bro just from ur username I don't trust u I mean dingle berries really?
This is what i consider studying for my ap test tomorrow. I've given up at this point
A fellow AP English and Comp-er?
How’d you do?
Best Strategie is to circle not the wrong one.
Has Harvard offered you a scholarship yet?
😂😆
Harvard: n i g g a y o u i n
best strategy is to learn to spell :))
BEAUTIFUL!!
A tip that I personally use: when reading the answers, read d first and then make your way to a rather than going in order of the alphabet. My logic behind this is that if the creator of the test puts the answers in a certain order to take advantage of the way our brains work, you can bypass their technique.
I've been doing that for a while now
@@maame2006 is it working?
trying this tomorrow
@@ratmadhat3792 did it work
@@EI_Greko lol not really
Another tip. Multiple choice actually sometimes helps you remember the short written answers. Or name of something. And also if you are not sure about a multiple choice questions always go with your gut feeling or your first extinct.
Good point!
Thomas Frank didn't expect a reply from you Thomas. I wanna say a massive thank you for all the study tips, it really helps students like myself and other students. Appreciate your time making these videos.
Unknown I agree I am now using his techniques and will be uploading a video on how I used his techniques and now make notes
I have an exam in 30 minutes and I’m sitting outside the exam room PANICKING!!
Help~
Karma Genesis how’d u go?
Serb Eagle It was fine- I overreacted 😂😂
@@karmagenesis2201 lol
Also, if there is a "All of the above"; there is about a 80% chance it's the correct answer
elaborate on that please
Actually, it’s more of a 20% chance just to make you give up on all the other answers (at least from my experience).
If all the questions dont have “all of the above” or “none of the above” and suddenly a question pops up with one of hem its definitely correct
Jimmy says
@jayl but where did he pull 80% from?
I like how some tests do this:
1- is the character a male or a female?
A- male B- female
2- did she have a cat?
Questions that get answered in the next question XD
Frenchie The Fry yes but for me it's a few questions later
Frenchie The Fry ikr haha
Your editing game is getting better
Thanks! I checked out some of your videos last night - your editing is fantastic as well. Are you doing all of those animations yourself? It looks like you're using the Puppet features in After Effects, which I still need to learn...
Thank you! I haven't used the puppet tool yet, I'm sending you an e-mail now with some details.
boom, friendship made
Sam.T. - 😂
My method is I haven't picked D for a while so that's the answer
Alright, you get this like for now, but if I don't get at least a B on my AP Chemistry Midterm, I'm taking it back
You drive a hard bargain
Shinigami Asashin how did it gooo?
Shinigami Asashin me to I procrastinate like crazy and I don't have anything to study as I rushed on my study guid
Xavier Rodriguez did you take your like back?
Xavier Rodriguez so hilarious
I had a teacher that liked to screw with us and used to put 50 multiple choice questions all withe same answer: C or patterns: CDBA CDBA CDBA...
savage
Haha - I had a teacher in 7th grade who did something similar. He also gave us a test that said "Read all directions first," which was followed by a ton of different tasks and problems. The last one was "Don't do any of the problems on this sheet; just turn it in blank with your name." I failed that one :P
Sagen Sagita those are great though because once you find the pattern you just fill them all in
The problem is that you get paranoiac that a pattern would appear and start doubting of yourself
If you doubt of yourself is because you don't know the answer, so it's your fault anyway. Patterns only help you pass without knowing anything, I don't see why people complain.
Test tip!
You are more likely to get a better test grade by drinking water right before the test! I have done it for all my tests!
Until you need to piss during the exam...
bevarsi nin bajva hadbi
Hitsu Bitsa pretty sure that's the joke.
good luck on finals friends
Karah Lee 😭
ya too :)
I have it tommorow :(
Mine is in a couple hours😭
it's in 30 minutes thank you
What's the answer?
a)10 b)36 c)16 d)29
It's "c"!
You can see that the numbers contain of two digits. And then you just have to look for digits that are the same. If a number has digits that other dont have, it's not the answer. And then you just find the number with both digits matching each other numbers
This can be helpful at times - but just like the tips on guessing at the end of the video, don't rely on it too much.
Thomas Frank True, just a last resort
Gundars Šlitke Lol I've done this strategy on tests before
the question:
what how much is 6x6?
I thought this comment was just a troll, but after looking at the answer's explanation I can say that this tip works for *almost* all types of mental ability and concept based tests.
For fact-based subjects like History, however, this trick may not work.
In short, you have to try to narrow down your choices based on what you already know about the given choices and then finding links between the answers.
My physics proffesor is horrible! Almost everyone fails every time. I mean this one girl got a 7% with a curve... he's horrible! Everyone has to guess on his exams. I tried your way and i got an 80! Which is incredible for that class
bet, i got a fucking physics test tomorrow and ive been showing up hella late this whole chapter so i dont know ANYTHING, im bout to use these strategies tomorrow 😂😂😭
mine just can't teach
madelineelizabeth19 sounds like my amp human geography teacher
Physics honestly isn’t bad. The answers are in the reference table, and you’ve just got to plug it in. If your teacher doesn’t teach, then you should educate yourself.
Don't really need it passed what I know so.
I've been watching your videos since 10th grade. I am a junior now in high school and I have to say they really have helped me stay on top of my game intellectually even though I still have 2 years left til college. Thank you and keep up the great work man.
Now you've graduated college.
who else is here because of AP exams
Rose ie next Tuesday is my AP exam :-)
i’m so scared my test is on Tuesday
@@allisonmartinez5153 me too! I need help studying'
are you doing AP Human???
FabianG_305 yep and it’s tomorrow and i’m freaking out
This would have been helpful 3.5 years ago
Redsoxking 😂
Redsoxking lmao
Louis Williams Suga Adams the 3rd both the replies are ARMYs 😂
My college loves questions using "what is the MOST correct", and then having 2-3 answers that could be technically correct but requiring the answer that's the closest
is it just me, or when every time I get like 3 A’s in a row, I have to change one cause I feel like somethings wrong.
For me its 4 A's
yes exaclty , then i end up changing my answer
@@leispotatochips and the last A ends up being right
Another IMPORTANT tip:
When reading a multiple choice question, BEFORE reading the answers, try to think of the answer yourself. If it's something that's taken straight from your class' notes or textbook that you remember, think of that answer, find the answer in the choices given and move on. Teachers will often make answers that sound half right just to try and confuse you. If you know the answer, pick the answer you know is right and move on, don't confuse yourself by reading the other answers.
Editing ON POINT.
Thank you!
XxMelonGamingxX Low Blow. Not cool.
Step#1 Study!
Step#2 fail step#1
step#3 fail the test
Step 5: Become homeless, feel guilty and turn super motivated in the process..
*My way*
Step 1- "I'm going to study!"
Step 2- "I'll studying later"
Step 3- (5 minutes before test starts) "QUICKLY STUDY YA LAZY AZ"
Step 6 fail life
Step 7: end my life ``/
yup
My teacher (yesterday) told her children (including me) that when she took her teaching test, she said that her friends failed and had to try again multiple times due to not finishing in time, and so she said the smartest one in her class couldn’t finish the test and she thought she wouldn’t make it in time. She had 2 minutes left and she had a lot of questions left and she said she either picked all b’s for the rest or all c’s (we figured out it was c’s) and she passed the test.
Thanks I mangaed to get a d on my history test this time
Michael Mills means, "Thanks. I managed to get a 'D' on my history test, this time."
He also got a "D" on his English test.
i wonder how you no that
Michael Mills 😂
Michael Winter unnecessary comma -1
John_Banana "This time" acts as a parenthetical statement. The comma is necessary. I am not familiar enough with the Chicago Manual of Style to say it is required in newspapers.
I used when in doubt choose c like 10 times on the SAT .. great.
**when you watch it AFTER a multiple choice test**
Sugar Tiramisu omg same!!!
and you realize how badly you fucked up that test
Sugar Tiramisu I can relate sooooo bad. Today I had a Russian literature multiple answer test, I think I did it pretty bad...
Me today
Sugar Tiramisu I got 27 out of 60
Tip: If your answers in three consecutive questions are: d, a, b your at least one answer is wrong because your teachers dont know how to dab
Nick Sigal Savage
lmao 💀
Nick Sigal actually, its true. Last time it was 1.d 2.a 3.b I got 2. Wrong xD
My teacher dabs I mean ALL of them
Savagely lame 😂
Ok. My teacher gave a test and all the answers were C. I was pretty confident that my answers were right
Oh no.... did u ? Lol
Did you get 100%?
@@daliasaeed6099 that is sone lazy teachet
Then the All of the answers were B
👁👄👁
Jhiara Malate that would’ve been really funny 😆, but they were C. He even said that it was intentional 😂 😂
Well apparently I have pretty good context-dependent memory. I do this a lot for tests. I also have a habit of remembering exactly where I was the first time I heard a song. It's kind of weird to explain, but it helps a lot in the case of test taking. Also, if I write notes instead of type them, I often hold the information better because I remember where a piece of information was on the page. So if I can't remember something I try to visualize whether I had written it toward the top of the page or the bottom, etc. Anyway, I didn't even know that context-dependent memory was actually a thing, but it is very cool that our minds are able to do that.
why didnt this show up in my recommended before the exams
Napoleon and Yoda were tight buds
Pro tip: close ur eyes and just circle one
** 45%
Or do any mini miny moe
@@cleora2807 how do you do that ?
@@2155-d3e You sing the words and where it lands at the end is the one you pick
Or or or you just circle alllll the answers
Am I the only one who takes notes on his videos just to get better at making notes?
YES!
Omg that is so smart \°O°/
Tara nguyen why... why have I never thought of that? No wonder I fail tests. I'm not even smart enough to take notes which will help me on tests.
Aurelia Lucinus loooooool
Great idea! Thx
tomorrow I have multiple choice exam and instead of studying I'm ... well you guessed it lol
If you only have 1.5 mins per question for 40 questions, will these method still work?
I have 1.2 m for 6o questions :(
Joel Koh Maybe then just go on and answer what you know the answer to and then go back to the harder ones.
Joel Koh that's a lot considering how much time you have for the SAT.
luckyyy we get 50 question for 35 minutes
i doubt it will take you 1.5m for each question on the test, easy ones should take you 5-10secs giving a remainder of 1.4m to use on the harder questions. simply how mc tests are designed :/
So basically just take your time, study, have good memory, and choose the most plausible answer if you don’t know what the answer is.
I got Finals tomorrow and haven't studied shit
Real Nigga Shit did you pass?
passed?
Finals tomorrow
Same!
Ella May I live in Southern California and they cancelled school so I had extra time to study
i always read other questions for hints to others... legit have gotten like 5 extra questions right that were given away in later questions
You sound so proud of having a shitty education.
Fresh Rock Papa-E
Wouldn't it be considered clever, witty, logical or analytical? The real genius people are those who can figure out answers in creative, unlikely ways where others would rather study for 12 hours straight just to ace a test.
dog same!!!
Just bubble every single answer choice. Boom you’ve aced it.
genius
😂
Beat the system
Tanks bro I got a 0 and kicked out of college
Last year I had this Ap gov teacher who on our first 10 question quiz in that class deliberately made the first four questions correct answers D. After the quiz most of the class was confused about it, and he talked about how you should trust your brain more than patterns on a piece of paper. I got an A on the quiz (the first 4 questions correct thankfully) but that’s just a very memorable moment for me.
best timing, having a multiple choice exam tomorrow!
KyzakyJenkins good Luck :D
Thanks!
Good luck ! :D
how did it go?
How do you plan your week if you have multiple tests on like the same week or day even?
Jazzy Wikberg Study the stuff you're not confident in.
Jazzy Wikberg study well in advanced, the week of exams should only be review.
Jazzy Wikberg Don't study at all, just try to be able to walk in without anxiety. It's not possible for everyone to do this but if you can than I can tell from personal experience you'll do amazingly well on most tests. If you have confidence then your brain will more easily bring back memories of learning the info in class while if you have anxiety then you begin forgetting stuff bc of panic which ultimately makes studying useless. Hope this helps bc its my personal method for acing my advanced classes.
+Amir Palamar Lol, if that person didn't even pay attention in class, then they're done for
Keli Chen true that's fair enough but in general I just write notes down without paying attention to what they mean and go on my phone in between writing but during class work assignments I learn everything
For the "All of the above" questions, should always select "all of the above". This is because when teachers make these type of questions, they often make the proportion of correct "all of the above" to total number of them above the expected chance from a random selection. This is due to the fact that when a question contains an "all of the above", to the test maker it "feels" as if it is a binary choice. Either that is the correct answer, or that is just a filler. It is also rare for an "all of the above" question to be an appropriate answer, thus limiting the times in which it can even be used.
My point is, "all of the above" have a much greater chance of being correct than the other answers in the case you have absolutely no idea.
There was once we had a 12 question test with 4 options A, B, C and D. 7 questions ended up having the correct answer as A because the teachers wanted statistically fewer students to get the answer right by guessing
I'm tryna figure out the formula for that fucking hairline
Andrew Roman W
Andrew Roman he wanted that nike swoosh but crooked instead😂😂😂😂
Andrew Roman quadratic
hahaha! Parabolic?
Andrew Roman Choose Flask letter B XD
My five tips:
Don't check your answers.
Read the question but don't peak at the answer choices, answer the question in your own words and then look at the choices and pick the one closest to your answer.
Use this next tip with previous tip: don't pick the most right answer instead, pick the least wrong answer.
Use this next tip with first tip: forget stress anxiety worrying and
(Fifth tip)prepare to fail.
Bonus tip: if you don't know which answer is the least wrong, eliminate the most wrong or the second most wrong before guessing. But wait here is the tip. This guess has to be unbiased so flip a coin to decide the answer. Spin a pencil, look at the clock: after 4 is a, after 7 is b, etc. Do not do this guy's secret weapon.💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Solidwater Slayer q
Thanks for this video! I'm one of the people who always checks the entirety of my test once I'm finished. Usually, I'm so desperate to turn it in I skim too quickly and miss obvious mistakes. From now on I'll check my answers at the end of every page. 👍
I owe you so much for such ultimate great tips, man, This is something to obtain for the sake of the studying, for the rest of my life. Thank you, brother.
Tip 1: Quickly skim through test when first receiving it
Tip 3: Don't quickly skim through the test
*BOI WTF*
He meant skim BEFORE you start but not when you're actually reading the questions. It's kind of like "how hard is this going to be?" skim.
0:52 the DarthJarJar question I have gotten wrong a few time but thanks for clearing it up for me
No problem :P
"Yoda" 😂😂
hahahh
Hufflepuff Beitch lol I saw the same !
IT MUST BE IT!!
what that got to do with what he saying
"Who somtimes helped the sailor scouts"
It's 4am. This is literally my last resort 😂😂😭😭
God answer my prayer!
Probably still going fail Caribbean History tomorrow
Good luck. Have a literature test tomorrow
Trevon Fletcher you will pass
How'd you do?
I passed with help
which Caribbean country r u in ?
#1 tip
STOP WATCHING RUclips AND REVIEW ALL OF YOUR PAST LESSONS
NEVER
The globe is making me uncomfortable because Indonesia looks like eyes and Australia looks like a mustache.
ATMdog I cannot un see it now
. . . Thanks so much for that, I can't stop nervously glancing at it every few seconds now.
And Italia looks like a heel LOL
Thank you. I hate this.
Maybe I'm used to seeing a zoom in Indonesia (and a little bit of Australia) map that I can't see the eyes. What makes it look like eyes though ? :v
0:40 - Skim ahead to prime your brain and get potential clues to the questions you'll answer.
2:39 - Don't spend too much time on one question. Move on and let your subconscious brain work in the background, then return once you get the answer.
3:46 - Read the question twice. Questions can be specific and tricky. Missing out on a key detail can cost you a point.
4:43 - Double check at the end of the page. This will save more time compared to checking all the questions at once when you're finished.
5:24 - Envision where you learned it. Studies show that envisioning the learning environment can help you remember what you were taught.
So glad to be done with school
I'm so jealous of people who get multiple choice tests. never had one in my life
Gaja Repolusk ha be jealous
Gaja Repolusk lies
//sighs// ._.
I'm afraid that teachers can be watching the videos, and the techniques
on the comments..
If I have to remember the order of things (For example, the continents in order) I would make an acronym for the things and if there’s 2 with the first same letter, I would use the first two letters. Idk why but it works really good for me
OMG when I have my chem and it multiple choice exam tomorrow
Same! I have 15 tests over the next 3 weeks
meltray92 GOODLUCK !
Literally same, I'm doomed today😂💀
Yeah man, I have my AP Bio test tomorrow. RIP me. Im not ready.
The GM binge watch crash cource/khan academy protips
BLESS!!!! 🙌🏻 I have been freaking out over my tests the next few weeks.
This is so helpful, if i'm ever studying for a test I will definitely come back to this video. Thanks!
0:12
Yes, I did hear this tip from a teacher who wants to destroy the world
Something that's helped me on exams from really difficult courses is to get familiar with the style of the exams. I admit the first exams are experimental for me because I don't know how the professors write their tests at first. Once I see a pattern, I train myself for those questions for the following exams. For example, my former boss writes his questions as A answer choice
B answer choice
C answer choice
D answer choices A and B
E all/none of the above
It helped to study obviously, but I noticed his answer choices either didn't make sense or there were familiar words for what he was asking. If he asked for a gene or multiple genes and he wrote answer choices that werent genes, then those I knew I could eliminate right away. Even if most of the answer choices looked like genes. Another professor really liked lists, so his questions would be like: which of these are safe to drink?
I. Water
II. Soda
III. Bleach
IV. Juice
V. Antifreeze
And then the answer choices would be
A. I only
B. II and IV
C. I, II, and IV
D. III and V
E. None of these
It wasn't easy like this example (it was biochemistry), but that's what I noticed a lot. He would also write questions to confuse his students, especially for true and false questions. Ive also noticed that lots of professors like asking questions like Which is the most reactive, for example. So they're also asking Which is the least stable. So if you know these terms, it should help a lot to figuring out what your professors want you to answer. This semester, I had exams like this where she asked for The Most, The Least, Which is NOT, things like that. And she would tell us to switch her questions around so they'd ask the opposite of what she wrote so we would be able to sort of predict what she'd ask.
I've also heard that chewing gum while you study will help you remember the material if you also chew gum while taking the test. Its better if it has a distinct taste and/or smell to it as well. I remember hearing from one of my instructors that one of his students used scented highlighters to help her remember what she studied.
I needed this video sooo much
I had a science exam and I didnot study apperantly I got the highest mark of the class and the teacher said how so I said I chose the answer by looking at which multiple choice anwers had the most scientific words. ITs bIg BraIn tIMe