Many students have confessed to me that they do well on everything in their courses but their exams. There are three main reasons to explain this:



1. College and university level courses have far more weight placed on the final exam than high school classes.

2. High school students are not used to comprehensive exams, that is, where an entire term or year of material is tested.

3. Secondary school tests use regurgitation to measure understanding whereas college and university examinations use comprehension and analysis to measure a student’s understanding of the material.

As a result, students are not properly trained for their final exams. What is the trick to doing well on exams? The answer is train like an athlete.