Get Motivated
to Study for
Exams
Twilight Style!
Want to be as confident as
Rosalie?
• Whether you think you can, or you think
you can’t, you’re right!
– Don’t let negative thoughts about an exam get
to you, positivity is the key.
– Put in your best effort, if you’ve done
everything you can, you’ll feel good about
writing your exam!
– Believe in yourself! You`re smart! You`re in
University! And YOU can DO THIS!!!
How can you be as on top of
things like Carlisle?
• Manage your time wisely
– Cramming rarely helps anyone, start studying
well in advance. Daily reviews are great!
– Take study breaks!!! Chat with friends, go for
coffee, check your facebook, do anything
that’ll take your mind off of the dreaded final.
– Use an agenda to organize your school work
and social life, to avoid scheduling conflicts.
– Take some much needed “YOU” time.
Want to be as focused as
Edward?
• Study in a quiet place, with few
distractions
• Choose a time you know works for you
• Avoid studying when hungry or tired
• Multitasking with studying = bad plan
• Break large tasks into smaller ones
• Try to relax
• Keep the worries out of your head,
thoughts can be distracting
Need Alice to foresee your study
future?
• Study methods:
– Make Flashcards
– Talk through notes with classmates
– Go through readings/notes and create sample
questions you think might be asked
– Have group discussions
– Summarize notes/readings to better
understand them
Is procrastination your middle
name like Bella?
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Keep yourself motivated
Prioritize tasks
Reward yourself when a task is completed
Create a study group
Set reasonable standards
Work on the most unpleasant task first
Don’t wear yourself down
Need Jasper to calm down your
test anxiety?
• Use good study techniques to master the
subject
• Don’t psych yourself out!
• Sleep well and eat before the exam
• Relax during the test
• Don’t worry about students finishing before
you
• Once your test is written, stop worrying about
it. What’s done is done.
Need some guidance as to where
the treaty lines are? (aka study
spaces?)
• The Killam (atrium, study commons and
stacks)
• The McCain (fireplace lounges & work area in
the back)
• Newcombe Study Lounges
• Shirreff Hall Cafeteria
• Cobourg Coffee, Second Cup, Starbucks etc.
Need to keep your memory
fresh, like Emmett?
• Make acronyms
– Acronymic sentences are great too!
• Relate the things you’re studying to your
every day life and visualize them (if
possible)
• Use pegwords
– Words that rhyme with numbers, great for lists
of things to remember, each word
corresponds with one thing on your list
• Make Flashcards
If you want to talk about Twilight
(with Rachel), the Office (with
Chelsea), any other type of
movie/interesting thing that
happened to you, your exams,
your homework, or your pet
rabbit that you miss greatly,
COME SEE US!!!
We’re here for you 
ENJOY!!!
Created by Rachel Bruins
Residence Assistant
Dalhousie University
If you can’t see this powerpoint in the
Twilight font (the actual one) you can
download it if you google Zephyr fonts.