Maybe this is your first unit test in biology; maybe it is the final one. It makes little difference because sooner or later you are going to have to revise. Revision is a personal thing, so this Upgrade is not going to present you with an infallible approach to revision. What it does, however, is to offer you a set of suggestions. Build these into your revision and you will probably use your valuable time efficiently.
You will never get anywhere if you don’t get started. I have been thinking about this column all week but, somehow, things kept getting in the way of writing it. I had a talk to prepare for the end of the week, a string of e-mails came through and they all needed answering. Wednesday was a pleasant day of spring sunshine and I fancied a walk round… and so it went on. It is now the weekend and I still haven’t started, and we have visitors arriving shortly. It is much the same with revision. You will find all sorts of reasons why it is not convenient to begin work, but putting off making a start is not going to get you anywhere. Set yourself a date, at least 4 weeks before the actual test, on which to start your revision. Sticking to it is the hardest step you will have to take, but it is by far the most important.
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