Honestly, I can’t be happier it’s over, some days I was really happy after the examination, some days I was sad, some I cried.

Why can’t lecturers believe us when we say we understand the course and not examine us or at least give us simple questions?

There was this exam I wrote, it was a microbiology course, we all knew it was German questions (fill in the gap) and prepared for it, I read a lot for it, then we entered the exam hall and saw about 105 questions, about 50 of it was theory (explanation).

I went blank for the first few minutes, the questions were familiar, it was something that I had an idea of but I couldn’t put pen to words at first.

Slowly, I started remembering some of what I read, little by little, I couldn’t remember all, much to my dismay.

Imagine my anger and frustration when I started remembering some of what I forgot as I was having my bath later that night, I kept beating myself up, I had to keep telling myself it wasn’t worth it, I just prayed and handed everything over to God and hoped for the best.

Some exams weren’t so bad, some were sweet like our Chemistry and French exams, it had me and my friends all smiles as we went back to our hostels.

I remember when I used to say I couldn’t read much at night, that I mostly assimilate better during the day, naïve little me.

I had to find a way to stay awake when there are so many things to read, I drank a lot of coffee during the last two weeks.

There was something I did that I made sure to never do again.

I had two papers the next day and I hadn’t finished one nor even start the second one, I read till like 10:50 pm or so and I decided to rest for a while, I woke up at midnight and kept trying to cover up the whole syllabus, I didn’t sleep at all as I went for the first exam which was around 9:00 am, needless to say, it was a mistake.

Our exams were postponed till around 11:00 am, as I was at the exam centre, I had a throbbing headache, I had dizzy spells, I had to use a lot of energy to keep my eyes from closing which failed terribly, I kept falling asleep, I am extremely thankful I managed to stay awake during the course of both examinations.

Even after I slept after getting back to my hostels, the headache persisted, it lasted for the whole day.

Some days I was moody when I think about silly mistakes I made.

Recounting these experiences is making me a tad bit emotional but then I just thought to share this with you guys, the reason for my absence the past 2 weeks.

You can share your exam experiences with me too, was it as bad as mine? Was it worse?

What was your worst exam experience? What was the best?

I wish the best to my friends writing exams at the moment, I wish success to all of us.