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of the game, so be prepared.

Here are some reminders from someone who feels she's spent a lifetime in school. First, Don't skip test or quiz days. These are especially important, and you'll want to attend these class periods if you're not allowed to make these up. Your teacher should declare on the syllabus whether or not these are acceptable to be made up on a later date. Usually if they don't allow make ups then they'll drop the lowest grades. Don't panic until you talk to the teacher. These quiz/test grades may save your grade in the class.

Don't start studying the night before a big exam. If you've known about this test for three weeks, and you start studying the night before or the day of an exam, your chances of a good grade are very low. Good grades result from preparation, and those that don't study are obvious to the teacher. Don't fall into this trap.

Don't listen to students who say "I'm probably going to fail." These students studied a minimal amount of time-if at all. They're the procrastinators, and often care more about the partying aspect of college than the college grade policies. The majority of them will be repeating the class because they only come on test days. If you only come on these days, the success rate for you passing the course drops each class you miss.

Don't panic after one low test score. Set your goals higher to include more study time so your next test is much better. One test that's bad won't hurt your grade, but many bad tests/quizes will damage your gpa. Get help early, and you won't have anything to worry about in the class.

Don't cheat on a test. It's not worth getting an F in the course and expelled from your college. There's a variety of ways to go about cheating on a test-and no, I'm not guilty of any of them. First, you can copy a term paper word or word-or just skip copyng it, buy it off the Internet and paste your name on it! Beware-teachers talk, and you will get caught. Another way is to text a friend who hasn't taken the test the answers. This way they ace the test, and the teacher isn't going to be suspicious? For this reasons, teachers wait until they all tests returned to them until they give back the tests.

Tests are hard in college, but everyone lives through them. Just try your best and you'll get through them too!

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