While mainly focusing on the Bar Exam, this article has some great tips on how to study  for ANY exam.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The bar exam starts Tuesday, July 28. What can bar candidates do to avoid stress and panic, and so study more effectively, during these intense final weeks? Bar-exam expert Dr. Mary Campbell Gallagher, President of BarWrite®, which offers bar-preparation courses in New York City, asked her students for ideas for reducing stress and maximizing study results, and she chose these ten suggestions:

1. Make a realistic daily schedule that includes both study and exercise. Plan for variety in your studying, and stick to your plan. Get up early and do your most challenging studying first. Take a five-minute break every hour. Work steadily. Do not aim for speed, which just causes stress and reduces how much you can learn.
2. Pray. Do yoga. Use meditation or hypnosis tapes. Get a full-body massage the last week.
3. Stay away from electronic devices which intensify stress, Facebook, MySpace, blogs, text messaging, and email. Turn your cellphone off. Use earplugs while studying.
4. Get plenty of sleep.

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