The top 20 mistakes that most students make when attempting a test or exam paper are:

• Spotting questions
• Cramming too much information into memory
• Panicking before or during a paper
• Arriving late for a paper
• Failing to scan through the questions once
• Failing to allocate time for each question
• Starting with the most difficult question
• Jumping straight into answering a question without proper planning
• Misinterpreting a question
• Producing an incoherent answer
• Poor writing style
• Not sure how to start or end an Essay
• Writing too much or too little
• Failing to answer all the unanswered questions in the last few minutes
• Writing illegibly
• Reading and writing too slowly
• Failing to check your answers
• Failing to bring along required stationery or items
• Forgetting to write down your name and other personal particulars
• Forgetting to answer a question