Exam preparation checklist
A plan across several weeks: requirements and self-assessment, priorities, daily breakdown, spaced revision, a timed mock, routine and the exam day itself.

[ ] Write out the requirements and exam format
    What is asked, how many tasks, how long, what is allowed. Preparing blind is the most expensive mistake.
[ ] Assess what you know and what you do not
    A practice paper or a short self-test by topic. Without it the plan rests on feelings, and feelings flatter.
[ ] Prioritise by weight and by weakness
    Start with what scores most and is least familiar. Revisiting a favourite topic a third time is pleasant and useless.
[ ] Break the work into days with specific topics
    \u201cTuesday: work through ten problems of this type\u201d, not \u201cstudy maths\u201d. A vague plan does not get done.
[ ] Build in spaced revision
    Material reviewed after a day, three days and a week lasts far longer. Without revision, week one is wasted.
[ ] Study by practising, not by rereading
    Solve, answer, write from memory. Rereading creates a feeling of knowledge that fails in the exam.
[ ] Do a full mock under exam timing
    The single most useful exercise: it shows both the gaps and how you manage time under pressure.
[ ] Analyse mistakes rather than counting scores
    An unexamined mistake repeats. Keep a short list of recurring errors and review it before the exam.
[ ] Work in blocks with breaks
    Forty to fifty minutes then a short break beats an unbroken evening. Keep the phone in another room.
[ ] Do not trade sleep for volume
    A sleepless night before an exam costs more than an unlearned topic. Sleep is part of preparation.
[ ] Ask for help where you are stuck
    A teacher, a tutor, a classmate, a study group. Three weeks stuck on one topic costs more than one question.
[ ] Agree the routine with the household
    Quiet hours, meals, who does not interrupt. Preparing in a home where nobody knows takes twice as long.
[ ] Check the exam logistics in advance
    Address, time, documents, what is permitted, when to leave. Not something to discover on the morning.
[ ] Pack everything the night before
    Documents, pens, water, a snack, clothes. A rushed morning consumes the attention the exam needs.
[ ] Do not dissect the exam right afterwards
    Especially if another one follows. Comparing answers in the corridor ruins the mood and changes nothing.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/exam-preparation