Sweaty palms and everlasting author’s bumps are two signs I do know all too properly.

As an English Literature graduate, I’ve participated in my fair proportion of prolonged examinations which require lightening-speed writing and ideal legibility for worry of being deducted marks as a result of ‘transient’ appeared like ‘translucent’ or ‘protestant’ like ‘prostitute’ (a mistake I’ve devastatingly made in an examination frenzy earlier than).

As soon as upon a time, I whipped open an examination so quick that I gave myself a papercut – and the one pen I had with me was an old-school Bic biro – the sort you get in banks and physician’s workplaces with harsh plastic ridges and completely zero assist.

Fortunately, I didn’t fail the Russia module for Historical past GCSE, however I vowed to by no means once more put myself by such bodily and psychological agony. Everyone knows {that a} papercut left untended looks like a swordsman has pierced one’s armour within the throes of an historical battle.

So, my clear, exam-ready pencil case all through the remainder of my larger training profession consisted of the next:

Don’t use correcting pens, fluid or tape, erasable pens, highlighters or gel pens in your solutions. Gel pens can’t be used as a result of they don’t are inclined to scan properly and might make it tough to learn solutions. The identical goes for blue ink pens.

Nevertheless, it’s essential to take into account that in case your writing doesn’t scan properly – your paper will nonetheless be marked. AQA’s useful myth-busting information declares that if handwriting is in any respect unclear, the script is taken out of on-line marking and marked bodily as an alternative.

From age 16 till the ultimate yr of my Grasp’s, I’ve examined so many sorts of examination-approved pens that I’ve frankly misplaced rely. Beneath you’ll discover a collection of the absolute best stationery that can assist you write your option to that A*, 9, or first-class diploma.