Should I really study a lot for brevet?

I may be one of "those" guys, but I didn't really study much for Brevet two years ago, I just focused on remembering the Math, Physics and Chemistry formulas.

I didn't get good grades at school because of my Arabic language, yet I did score a 11/20 in the Brevet easily. (49/60 Math, 18/20 Physics, 16/20 Chemistry, 13/20 Biology)

I say don't stress yourself too much if you're the study type, it is in fact very easy.
Hussam has a point, yet I disagree on the fact that you should keep away gaming... Just schedule yourself to study from X AM to Y PM, after that have a walk, play video games, and most importantly, socialize.

Before the exam, you'll have about an hour of revision before your exam starts, make sure you have everything you need (my friend forgot his calculator...). Everyone is usually friendly there, and they're terrified as much as you are.

Now, is copying a real thing or not: It is, and it's not. In the school I went to take my test, there was a total of about, what, 10 rooms? Only 3 of them allowed copying. I didn't get to copy anything, but I was able to get an answer or two in certain situations. There's a different teacher every day, hopefully one of those "nice" tutors would visit your room.

In other words, don't focus on copying because it's very unlikely to happen.

Good luck with your Brevet!

Johnaudi wrote Hussam has a point, yet I disagree on the fact that you should keep away gaming... Just schedule yourself to study from X AM to Y PM, after that have a walk, play video games, and most importantly, socialize.

Haha yes, I feel like I am turning into an old person when I'm telling a random person to leave the computer games and go study :)

Super Official wrote I am actually not stressed at all. I am getting an average of 17/20 at school. All my scientific grades are excellent. My only problem is arabic and tarbiya. Other than that it's all OK. One more problem. We didn't even get where we are gonna do the exam.

Don't worry, you'll receive it a week before the exam.

And hell, you get 17/20, are you afraid of failing? Brevet is not an important exam really, if it was for the SAT or the Grade 12 exam that'd be different.

Johnaudi wroteI don't know about that, a lot of people mistake gaming as a bad influence on the student.

Games are something you play during your free time when you have nothing else to focus on. It is normal for any distraction to be counter productive when there is something else preoccupying your mind. That is normal and it doesn't mean anyone is attacking playing games in general.

Sure you can play games after school during the academic year and it helps relax after a whole day of classes but not when you have exams.

Chess has many merits but I wouldn't play it if I had exams to prepare for even though it teaches focus and recursive analysis.
The merits of games are real but don't really apply in this case because unless you expect to almost accidentally drop your pen on the floor a lot during the exams, the fast reflexes that first person shooter games won't really help you ;)

At least in my days, exams were "prepare, stay in zone, and then pour it all out during the exam".

Your brain needs to digest everything you memorize. You should instead be sleeping at least 9 full hours a night when there are upcoming exams. You can play games after the exams are over.

Do you understand what I am trying to say now? :-)

hussam wroteIt must be close to 20 years since I did my Brevet exams

Same thing here.
Back in "my days" it was crazy. My friend told me that the person who was supposed to watch the class made him stand up and recite the answers to the rest of the class. I don't think he's lying. Enough said.
I've heard that it's not like that anymore, or at least is not supposed to be like that anymore. I studied for my brevet. I used to spend lots of time at my neighbors house, there were a bunch of girls, one of them was almost my age, and she helped me. Sometimes her older sister helped me. Around that time I saw her older sister in her bra (by accident). But that's off topic.
A lot, no, leave that for the bac, but it's surely not a vacation, or fun in any way, and don't count on the cheating. It's not that hard you can study it.
What I had most trouble with is the Arabic stuff, especially history and geography in arabic. So it was not easy for me. I can imagine it being easy for someone who is good at arabic. But any person will still need to study.

Good luck. It's not too difficult or intense but yeah you need to study for a while (like a week at least), at least like two hours a day, I think. Realistically more, and it probably also got more difficult since.

It depends on you, what grade you are hoping for (though take my advice and don't care) and how fast you memorise things.

I personally did not study much during my time off(4 hours a day maybe), and in the last 10 days I did not study at all. The reason is I had already studied for the school final that was around 2 weeks before the official exam, did well there and was confident that I knew everything, and just reading it again was pointless and boring. I went to the brevet and got 14.7 average. But honestly even a 9.6 would not have made a difference, no one ever asked me about my grades, it was never relevant anywhere in my life (well maybe in this post)

Also rationalising helped me. I figured I'm very good at the science materials back then, and I had like 30 guarantied points above the average just from that, and that in the worst case scenario I should still be able to pass, that's all I ever wanted.

Do your best in the materials you like, and fail reasonably in those you hate. By that I mean if you are going to fail a material or 2, it's fine, but get 7-9/20 and not 2/20 otherwise it will swallow your grades. Have a backup plan in case they screw you over in the exam you were depending on, for example what if they decide this year to bring you the math exam out of hell, are you ready to rely on other places for grades? Aim to get 11/20 instead of just 10 because if you aim for 10, something might go wrong and you might slip. It happened with my brother, he bet it all down on the math exam that he was going to get like 16/20 and screw everything else and pass, but it was hard for him that year (terminal SG) he got 13/20 and failed his year

Focus on your studies until you're done with the exams, don't take any material lightly. Anything you feel you want to do now can be postponed 11 days and you'll be far happier when you aced all your exams.

Johnaudi wrote

hussam wrote Haha yes, I feel like I am turning into an old person when I'm telling a random person to leave the computer games and go study :)

I don't know about that, a lot of people mistake gaming as a bad influence on the student.

Live and let live, hey we only live once and who said video games are bad?
But yeah I have to say here get out as well.

No, just pass it

xterm wroteFocus on your studies until you're done with the exams, don't take any material lightly. Anything you feel you want to do now can be postponed 11 days and you'll be far happier when you aced all your exams.

This ^^^ .

You can have fun, or relax, or do whatever you want to do later. For now, it's only two weeks and you're done with your exams, so prepare well and do your best, and you'll keep good grades for life.You never know when you may need a good record, trust me!

Super Official wroteI have one worry. Is losing a student's paper a thing? Because if there is a blank paper or a missing one the student is counted as missing, and has to do another dawra. It would be great if someone clarifies this for me.

If they lose your paper it will not be graded, it's their fault not yours. So technically they will leave it empty on the final bulletin.

Good luck! Dont stress out!
I have my Terminal Exams next week

so, how did you do? i'm brevet too btw.